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In need advice for metal barrel for Meng M1A2
Seahawk
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 10:03 AM UTC
Need help deciding on a replacement barrel for the Meng M1A2 any advice??

Looked at Orange Hobby seems OK
RB is out of stock everywhere

Any others I should be looking at??
jwest21
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 08:45 PM UTC
Voyager is similar to Orange Hobby. I used the orange Hobby one on my Meng kit. It requires a little surgery, as it's made for the Dragon kit, but nothing major. I can snap a pic this evening if you want to see how I did it.
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 09:48 PM UTC
Pictures would be nice, I did notice that Orange Hobby offers different barrels for Meng, Rye Field, Tamiya and Dragon
Here is the link for the Meng version on EasyHobby

http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/f7jrerlbetcdpjaewg5d.html

I will take a gander at the voyager version.

Thank you very much for your help
jwest21
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 09:53 PM UTC

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Pictures would be nice, I did notice that Orange Hobby offers different barrels for Meng, Rye Field, Tamiya and Dragon
Here is the link for the Meng version on EasyHobby

http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/f7jrerlbetcdpjaewg5d.html

I will take a gander at the voyager version.

Thank you very much for your help
That would be your best bet- no cutting at all. They didn't have that option when I started mine. I'll get some pics this evening
jwest21
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 - 07:09 AM UTC
I see a couple areas that need cleaned up, but here is the results


Seahawk
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Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016 - 07:17 AM UTC
Excellent job on mounting of the barrel. Like to the rest of the build when you have time. I notice Academy's new kit in the background, how do you like it compared to the Meng ?

Thank you very much for the help

jwest21
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Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016 - 08:12 AM UTC
Academy's is really nice. It seems to have more details, but the Meng fit is a tad better. I'll takes some pics of both tomorrow
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