40mm BOFORS Twin gun

Wildcat

Member since
March 2008

40mm BOFORS Twin gun

Posted by Wildcat on Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:46 PM

I'm going to replace the 40mm BOFORS on my USS Missoui 1/350 with photo etch.

I have a question on here on painting them. I've seen pictures of the real 40mm BOFORS in action , some of them had the ends of the guns in brass or copper and other had the ends painted black.

Which is the right way to have them on the Missoui?

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bostonbruins34

Member since
December 2007
From: Newnan, Ga

Posted by bostonbruins34 on Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:00 PM

I googled and couldn't see a clear picture but it didn't look brass or copper. I'd feel safe to say black would be the safe bet...

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EdGrune

Member since
August 2005
From: Mansfield, TX

Posted by EdGrune on Friday, April 25, 2008 6:44 AM

bostonbruins34 wrote:
I googled and couldn't see a clear picture but it didn't look brass or copper. I'd feel safe to say black would be the safe bet...

USNHC picture

Be sure to check the date on your references. This picture from 1944 shows the flash hider, barrel and recoil springs as black. You can also make out the carrier bar for the sights and just a bit of the breech as grey. Control levers & mechanisms for clearing and safing are bronze (harder than brass) or Parkerized.

Photos from Korea at the USNHC site show gray barrels with black recoil springs and flash hiders and gray breech

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Wildcat

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March 2008

Posted by Wildcat on Friday, April 25, 2008 7:14 AM

Flash hider was what I was thinking about.

I remember now I was watching a color WW II flim of the air battle off Okinawa and several of the 40mm guns had bronze flash hiders.

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bondoman

Member since
March 2007
From: Carmel, CA

Posted by bondoman on Friday, April 25, 2008 3:55 PM

Maybe they were glowing hot?

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Friday, April 25, 2008 5:34 PM

Have you also thought about replacing it with either the L'Arsenal 40mm bofors which are resin and Photo-Etch or the Lion Roar 40mm Quad and Dual Bofors which are completely Photo-Etch? and what about the gun tubs?

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Wildcat

Member since
March 2008

Posted by Wildcat on Friday, April 25, 2008 9:40 PM

Mikeym_us wrote:

Have you also thought about replacing it with either the L'Arsenal 40mm bofors which are resin and Photo-Etch or the Lion Roar 40mm Quad and Dual Bofors which are completely Photo-Etch? and what about the gun tubs?

I am going to use the Lion Roar 40mm Quad and Dual Bofors I am also going to use the Eduard photo etch upgrade for the whole ship. I was thinking about using one or both of the Gold Medal photo etch parts which has the gun tubs. plus some brass 16" and 5" guns. I want to go all out on this one and make her my best.

I spend a whole day aboard the USS Missoui in Hawaii last year and I just had to do my best job after that.

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