E.T. Model 1:35 WWII US ARMY M2 .50 Cal. Machine Gun is a small photo-etched detail set made of thin metal for a model of the American 12.7 mm M2 heavy machine gun. It is an accessory, not a kit.
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This item is neither a model nor a kit. It is a small set of photo-etched parts, that is parts etched out of thin sheet metal, intended to improve the plastic moldings of the American M2 heavy machine gun in 1:35 scale. The machine gun comes with most kits of American vehicles and is at the same time the most simplified part in the box: the perforated barrel jacket, the sights, the trigger group and the ammunition box cannot be molded finely in plastic. Photo-etched metal replaces these items and the weapon on the model stops looking like a coarse molding. The set also lends itself to diorama use, because the machine gun tends to be a prominent item on the roof of a vehicle, where the eye falls on it first.
The 12.7 mm M2 heavy machine gun is among the longest-serving weapons of its kind. It was introduced before the Second World War and is in use to this day. It was mounted on tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks, ships and aircraft, in both the anti-personnel and the anti-aircraft role. Its characteristic marks are the heavy barrel with a perforated cooling jacket and the box for the ammunition belt fixed beside the weapon. It is exactly this perforation that is the main reason why a photo-etched replacement pays off on this part.
Cut the small parts with a sharp scalpel on a hard surface and work over a tray, so that a part flying off does not disappear on you. Make the folds in a photo-etch bender. Glue them with cyanoacrylate applied on the tip of a piece of wire, as any excess turns white when it dries. Degrease the metal and brush on a metal primer. Paint the weapon a dark metallic shade, bring the edges out with a graphite pencil or with drybrushing with a metallic pigment, and run a dark wash into the recesses.
This is an accessory set for advanced modelers. It does not hold a model or a kit, and glue and paints are not included in the package.
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