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Turned Japanese Barrel sets. 1:32


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Turned Japanese Barrel sets

1:32 Master

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We’ve recently had quite an influx of new barrel sets from Master Models with several in 1:32 scale. These three sets continue in this vein with replacement barrels for 1:32 Mitsubishi Zero kits. No matter how many sets I get to see, it’s still amazing how Master produce them with such finesse and detail, making them a must have to replace what can be rather clunky styrene parts. Only the first set has been designed for a specific kit, the fabulous Tamiya A6M5 Zero and contains not only the machine gun barrels, with separate cooling sleeves, but also the cannon barrels and pitot probe. The other two sets contain only barrels, one for the two Type 97 7.7mm machine guns with the perforated cooling sleeves, and the other containing four Type 99 20mm cannon. All the parts are just drop in parts or, with a quick cut to remove the styrene parts followed by drilling out an appropriately sized hole for the barrels to be glued into and can be really be used with any 1:32 Zero, making sure you’ve done some research to identify which weapons were used on which mark.

[AM-32-006] 1:32 A6M5 Zero for the Tamiya kit
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[AM-32-007] 1:32 Type 99 20mm cannon
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[AM-32-008] 1:32 Type 97 7.7mm Machine gun
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Conclusion
As with the other sets recently reviewed these three continue to impress with the way they have been manufactured with so much fine detail. Very highly recommended.


Review sample courtesy of Piotr at


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