A turned metal barrel for the German 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun in the late production version, 1:35 scale from Voyager Model. This is a replacement part for a kit you already own, not a model.
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A metal barrel machined on a lathe, meant as a replacement for the plastic part in a kit of the anti-tank gun or of a self-propelled vehicle with this weapon. It matches the later production fit, which differs from the earlier one in details of the barrel and the muzzle brake.
On the 7.5 cm Pak 40 gun several assemblies were simplified and modified over the course of wartime production, the barrel among them. Before you glue the part on, compare it with a picture of the particular vehicle or artillery position you are building. If you are building after a particular photograph, the shape of the muzzle brake and the transition of the jacket decide it; for a general build you choose according to the period you are setting the scene in.
The barrel is on axis, with no seam and with a drilled muzzle. That can hardly be achieved on a long thin part made of plastic, because sanding the seam rounds off the tapering transition. Metal is additionally durable: it does not deform while the model is being carried and does not crack when something knocks into it in a transport box.
After machining there tends to be a thin film of oil on the surface. So wash the part in warm water with detergent and let it dry properly. Fine traces left by the tool can be evened out with a very fine abrasive sponge, but do not overdo it, so that the parting edges do not disappear. Glue with cyanoacrylate; a primer for metal is obligatory. The finished barrel can be brought out at the end with graphite or dark pigment at the muzzle.
This is a replacement part for a kit you have already bought. The model, glue and paints are not included in the package.
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