1/35 2A42 Metal barrels

[mokush]

Hi All,
AFAIK I know there are 4 manufacturers producing metal barrels for the 2A42 machine gun. Here I'd like to introduce 3 of them. I cannot find any good drawing with correct sizes, so I cannont judge which one is the best. Here are some pictures, so you can decide which one is the most suitable for you.

All of 'em:


RB Model
Copper + aluminium


Voyager
Copper barrels, PE flash hider


Assembly


Magic
Copper


Assembly


Unpacked








The original




Because of the BMPT-s (we have one from Meng, Zvezda and Trumpeter annouanced) the Voyager and Magic kits contain 2 barrels. Magic also has an other kit with only 1 barrel.

[deafpanzer]

Great info... out of all three I am not impressed with Voyager as its flash hider looks too thin compared to the original pic posted here. I am leaning toward to RB and Magic. I really like the texture of barrel on the Magic... or its just the picture?

[TRM]

Nice review Tamás! The Magic barrel does appear to be the more viable option!! Thanks for sharing the review!!

[mokush]

Hello,
thank you. Yes it has a very fine texture (I thiknk, because it's turned).

[dupes]

Seems odd that the lengths of these barrels are all different. Hmmm.

Is there a U.S. source for Magic products?