Just received the RB Models barrel. A true bargain if you ask me...except for no instructions. I know, I know. You are thinking "its just a barrel for crying out loud". Ok then, how do I turn this:



into this:



The end bell and the two collars are self evident, but I'd like to know if the divots on the collars should be aligned a certain way or not. More to the point there is a doughnut inside the end bell, the orientation of which is not so obvious, nor is the exact placement of the three PE rings, or two tiny PE pieces.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Different company but same assembly. Click here.

Is that an 88mm Tiger I barrel? I want one! That's my next adventure, micro soldering!

No soldering required. A little CA glue does the trick since the muzzle brake slips onto the collar with no margin for error.

Thanks for the link.




On this particular one though, should I use a tiny bit of filler to smooth out where the two halves of the "bell" meet ?

Yeah, I would. There seems to be a generous radius on the real thing in that area and the 2-part construction doesn't leave you with the radius. A little Mr. Surfacer run around the seam and then a few swipes with 400 grit wrapped around a toothpick should do the trick nicely!

Paul

Perhaps yes - a coat of primer and the follow-on base-coat will probably fill this in, but as mostly these M-brakes were one-piece fittings (other than that collett nut on the turret end of the brake - just as the scale version has it), there probably should not be any clear gap or tiny seam between the pieces of the bell itself. As mentioned, Mr. Surfacer, or even some thin CA, will fill this right in.

See the following pic of a museum Tiger at...

http://www.worldwar2facts.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/German-Tiger-I.jpg

And the real thing in WWII... pic at

http://ayay.co.uk/backgrounds/historical/german_world_war_2_colour/Tiger-tank-ammunition-is-loaded.jpg

Cheers!

Bob

Yeah, I just hate it when there are a dozen pieces and RB doesn't tell where they go! Nice barrels, though.