Sd.Kfz.251/17 Ausf.C
Luftwaffe
AFV Club 1:35 Kit No. AF 35118
20mm FlaK38 gun details
New revised gun mountings with separate top bearings and separate inner
panel
Original Tristar gun mountings for comparison
Right side gun mounting showing the excelllent detail with the top bearings
attached with the ring small pins supplied
and the connecting rod inside the mounting. Note; the mounting halves are only
spot glued for the images and
fit together without the gap showing when glued porper.
Thin plastic gun shields without any pin marks and new revised upper etched
shield
with separate hinges and rear triangular cover
Old and new gun base plate with revised details
AFV Club/Tristar 20mm FlaK38 gun the correct overall length but the barrel
is about 2mm too long and the
received correspondingly short while the Dragon 20mm 20mm FlaK38
gun is correctly proportioned.
The New Lion Roar metal barrel of the correct length is included for comparison.
The images below show the Lion Roar barrel fitted to the Tristar gun after
removing the raised collar
and cutting off the plastic barrel, drilling a small hole and fitting the
metal barrel in place.
The same procedure applies for any of the other correctly sized metal 20mm
barrels.
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