Master 1/72 F6F Barrels
By Matt Bittner
Master makes some exquisite replacement, metal barrels and pitot tubes for models and if you plan on taking your model to "the next level" you really should track them down. Thankfully they have them for almost any model and it's not just aircraft they cater for since you can find replacement barrels for ships and tanks, and pitot tubes for most aircraft models as well.
This set of barrels is for the F6F World War Two fighter series of aircraft and in the 1/72 realm of modeling none are better than Eduard's efforts including an F6F-3 and an F6F-5N Nightfighter. There are three set of barrels:
| AM-72-086 Early Armament |
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| AM-72-087 Late Armament |
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| AM-72-088 Night Fighters |
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You'll need to follow the instructions Master provides to add these to your model but it shouldn't be too difficult, mainly removing the kit-supplied barrels and gluing the Master barrels into the resulting holes.
As I mentioned, these will take your model to an entirely higher level since they're very nicely turned brass and are hollow.
My thanks - and apologies for the late review - to Master for the F6F review barrels.