A turned 105 mm M-68 barrel with a thermal shroud is a replacement part in 1:35 scale from the Polish maker Aber, intended for a model of the M60A3 tank.
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This is a turned replacement barrel for a model of the M60A3 tank in 1:35 scale. It is not a kit but a single, highly visible part: the barrel is the longest and most conspicuous feature of the whole model, and a plastic barrel from the box always has a parting seam on it that has to be sanded away all the way round. With a turned part that problem disappears — the barrel is perfectly round along its whole length and the muzzle has a real opening, not just a suggested depression. According to its name the set is in the form with a thermal shroud, that is as the gun looked on machines of the M60A3 version.
The M60A3 carried a 105 mm tank gun designated M68, a licensed derivative of the British gun of the same caliber, which appeared on other Western tanks of the same period as well. The thermal shroud on the barrel is a jacket that limits uneven heating of the barrel by the sun, by rain and by its own firing. An unevenly heated barrel bends slightly, and on a gun part this long that tells on accuracy. On earlier machines of this family the thermal shroud was missing, so its presence is one of the pointers by which the versions are told apart.
A turned part is bonded into the plastic cradle with super glue; cement for plastic does not hold on metal. Try the contact surface in the gun mantlet dry first and widen it with a round file if need be, so that the barrel seats straight — a barrel seated crooked spoils even an otherwise fine model. Degrease the metal with alcohol before painting and use a primer; without it the paint holds badly on smooth metal and rubs off in handling. Fill the muzzle with a dark shade with a slight hint of soot; a sharp black ring looks unnatural.
The package holds the replacement barrel only. The model, glue and paints are not included.
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