Voyager 1/35 81mm Ammunition Stowage (PEA102) for Dragon's 1/35 M4 Mortar Carrier.

Overview

One of the problems with Dragon's 1/35 M4 81mm Mortar Carrier kit (DR6032) is that the ammunition racks are all full. Voyager's photo-etched metal set lets you replace the kit ammunition bins with empty racks and to populate them with separate ammunition tubes. The set provides replacements for the open-top bins as well as racks to insert into the side ammunition bins of the kit. All fold seams are etched to aid in folding and there are small marks on the inside of the bins to help align the pieces for the racks.

The Parts

Tree A (2 included) has the pieces for the ammunition racks and most of the bin sides.

Tree B has the major portion of the body for the large open top bins. When assembled, the large open top bins will look different from the kit bins. This is due to Dragon extending the bin to fill the space under the machine gun track. The bins don't actually extend all the way to the side so the Voyager kit also fixes up that error.

Tree C has the end caps for the ammunition tubes. The top and bottom caps are different. There are 28 of each type. The instructions have you use one type for the open-top bins and the other for the side bins but you could also use both for making whole tubes. With a little work with a file and a drill, one could make discarded empty tubes.

Included are 10 100mm long plastic tubes for making the ammunition tubes. Each tube is 18mm long, so a total of 50 tubes could be made with what is provided. Unfortunately there are no decals for the extensive markings present on such tubes.

Conclusion

If you want to have some of the bins with rounds missing, this is a set you should get.