Metal gun barrel for
M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer
Vision Models 1:35 Kit #VA9001
Review by Terry Ashley
The standard of plastic moulding is good with just the usual sprue attachment burs and fine moulding seams to deal with while the brass barrel does not require any cleanup at all and has the muzzle hollowed out with an inner lip for the actual barrel tube.
unfortunately someone at Vision Models has not through this set through as it simply can't be used on my kit without some major surgery. In the kits I have (3 of them) the barrel is moulded with the bottom sleigh as one piece and to hollow this out for the metal barrel is a monumental task.
In the set instructions is shows to use parts B41 and B42 from the kit, these are separate bottom sleigh halves designed to take the metal barrel but these parts are not in my three kits, I can only assume they have been added to the Pack Howitzer kit after the initial production run.
But where does that leave anyone who bought the kit when first released, nowhere really as this update set is of little use and it should really have included the new parts B41 and B42 so those modellers could actually use the barrel?
Not recommended unless you have the updated Pack Howitzer kit, if you do then this is a quick and easy update to add the metal barrel.