Metal barrels for the battleship HMS Agincourt from Flyhawk in 1:700 scale are an add-on set for a plastic kit you already own, not a model. They replace the tiny plastic barrels with accurate metal parts.
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A set of turned metal barrels in 1:700 scale meant for fitting out a plastic kit of the British battleship HMS Agincourt. It is not a model of the ship and not a complete detail set either — these are the barrels alone, with which the plastic parts from the base kit are replaced. That has to be obtained separately.
HMS Agincourt was a British battleship of the period of the First World War with an unusual history. She was originally built to a foreign order, before the outbreak of the war the Royal Navy took her over and she entered service under a new name. She became famous for a record number of main-battery turrets distributed along the length of the hull, thanks to which she has an entirely unmistakable silhouette among the ships of her time.
It is precisely on this ship that replacing the barrels makes the most sense: the main armament is spread over many turrets, so the difference tells along the whole length of the model. An injection-molded barrel a tenth of a millimeter in diameter tends to be rounded, short-shot or bent and never has an open muzzle. A turned metal part is straight, has a correctly thin profile and crisp edges, and in this scale it is a detail even a layman notices.
Work over a light surface with raised edges; the parts are genuinely tiny and on a carpet they are searched for in vain. Cut the plastic barrels off with a sharp scalpel at the root and widen the holes with a micro drill, ideally in a hand drill. Degrease the parts with spirit, take hold of them with fine tweezers and glue them with the smallest possible drop of cyanoacrylate applied with a wire. Apply the paint over a base for metal, otherwise it will come off the barrels at the first handling.
The set is an accessory for a plastic kit, which is not part of the package. Glue, paints and tools are not enclosed.
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