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Lion Roar Yamato and Yukikazi barrels
Posted by Chuck Fan
on Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:29 PM
I am doing quite a bit of modification to Tamiya's somewhat aged 1/350 scale Yamato to backdate her to 1941 configuration. I am looking that the very expensive Lion Roar brass and PE set for that ship. UNfortunately, the set is designed for building the Tamiya kit in its intended 1945 configuration, and as such are missing some pieces and have too many of some other piece for my purposes. Lion Roar provides 24 5" barrels, and only 6 6" barrels. I need only 12 5" barrels but 12 6" barrels also. I don't think I can convince myself to spend $105 on a second set just to get 6 6" barrels.
Would anyone have any interest in trading 10 or 12 Lion Roar Japanese 5"/40 barrels for 6 6" barrels?
I also intend to do Hasagawa's 1/350 1940 Yukikazi kit. There is also a Lion Roar set for that ship, but it too is intended for building the ship in 1945 configuration. So it only provided 4 5" barrels. In 1940 Yukikazi carried 6 5" guns. The IJN was well known for having a hard time with standardization. So were Yamato's 5" guns the same as Yukikazi's?
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