A6M5 Gun Barrels

Published on
September 9, 2014
Review Author(s)
Scale
1/32
MSRP
$6.50
Product / Stock #
32153
Base Kit
Tamiya
Company: Quickboost - Website: Visit Site
Provided by: Aires Hobby Models - Website: Visit Site
Product

Tamiya has issued some of the most spectacular 1/32nd scale kits that have ever been made. One of these was the A6M5 Zero (Model 52) which raised the bar yet again. The kit is excellent but Quickboost shows it can make it better. This set includes two perfectly cast gun barrels for the 7.7mm guns above the engine cowling and two 20mm cannons for the wings. There is no assembly, prime and paint the parts and install and you are done.

Comparing the parts to the kits parts, several things are evident. First, the two wing cannons are more representative of the real thing as Quickboost has them narrower than the plastic can be made. The 7.7mm guns have beautiful jacket details and much finer muzzle details than the kit parts.

For $6.50, this is a superb upgrade to an already excellent kit. Recommended. My thanks to Aires, Quickboost and IPMS/USA for the chance to review this great set of detail parts.

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