A turned replacement barrel for the 75 mm KwK 40 gun 43 calibers long with a single-baffle muzzle brake, for a model of the Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.G in the early version, 1:35 scale.
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The 75 mm KwK 40 gun was the main armament of the German medium tank Pz.Kpfw.IV from the Ausf.F2 version onward and early machines of the Ausf.G version carried it as well. The designation L/43 gives the length of the barrel in multiples of the caliber, that is, forty-three calibers; at a caliber of 75 mm that corresponds to roughly 3.2 meters. The longer barrel gave the shell a higher muzzle velocity and with it a flatter trajectory, which was a fundamental difference against the earlier short guns. Later machines of the same version received a longer version still, 48 calibers long. At the end of the barrel there is a muzzle brake with a single baffle: it diverts part of the pressure gases to the sides and reduces the recoil.
A replacement barrel for a model in 1:35 scale, made by turning. A turned part is precisely round, has no lengthwise joint left by gluing two halves together and already has the muzzle bored through, so drilling and the laborious sanding of a seam both fall away. The extent of the set, the way it is fixed into the gun mantlet and the kits the barrel is cut for are given in the maker's instructions.
Cut the barrel off the kit part square and level the cut face, so that the replacement sits on the axis. Try the assembly dry and check the axis from above and from the front, as a crooked barrel shows at first glance on a finished model. It is bonded with cyanoacrylate glue applied in a small amount. Degrease the part before painting and apply a thin coat of primer, otherwise the paint will not hold and will rub off when the model is handled.
The kit, paints and glue are not part of the delivery, unless stated otherwise.
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