I managed to lose (well, I blame my 6 year old) the mounted Type 97 machine gun for the exterior AA mount from Fine Mold's Type 89 tank kit. My scratchbuilt replacement is seriously lacking as I'm struggling with the barrel fluting so I'm looking for donor kits, preferably cheap. Does anyone know which Fine Molds kits come with the exterior mounted AA machine gun to help me narrow the search?

Thanks,
Matt

Dragon's Type 2 Ka-Mi Japanese Amphibious Tank includes a nice looking Type 97 Machine gun :

http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/axis/dml6678previewbg_1.html

Here you'll find some Fine Mold kit box arts. Some show the Type 97 MG :

http://www.modelsforsale.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=14219+Fine+Molds&sort=3a&filter_id=109999120


HTH

Frenchy

Just curious, but did you ever find a decent replacement? I am looking for one too and was wondering if you found a source.

Spence

Sort of. After much searching I ended up tacking on a Fine Mold's Type 89 kit from HLJ to an order. For $30 I figure I'll cast the part to reuse on multiple projects.

Matt