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General Category => Market Place => Looking for Kits, Parts, and Decals => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on January 11, 2015, 01:46:09 PM

Title: 1/48 M621 20mm cannon
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 11, 2015, 01:46:09 PM

Does anyone know if you can get a M621 mount like that pictured below in 1/48?

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/imagejpg1_zps6d5c78bd.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/48 M621 20mm cannon
Post by: Old Wombat on January 11, 2015, 05:29:28 PM

Oooh! Nice! :P

Does it come in 1/35th? ;)



Not helpful, I know, but awesome door gun!

Title: Re: 1/48 M621 20mm cannon
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 24, 2015, 08:04:34 AM

I wonder how one would go using something such as Ace's 1/48 2cm Flugabwehrkanone 30 Flak 30 (see below) as the basis for this?

(https://s1.scalemates.com/products/img/7/6/8/135768-10263.jpg?nr=48102&company=ace)

Title: Re: 1/48 M621 20mm cannon
Post by: LemonJello on January 24, 2015, 08:18:39 AM

Seems as though the gun in that 1/48 kit is a good basis to start from...don't know if the barrel lengths are close, but with some styrene bits-n-bobs you could modify the gun body to more closely resemble the M621.  Same for the swing arm and mount - styrene rod/tube and strip with a lot of sanding to get the shapes right.  That spent brass bag would be a tricky detail - not sure what the best way would be to go on that.

Title: Re: 1/48 M621 20mm cannon
Post by: jcf on January 28, 2015, 05:42:28 AM

Navweaps gives the following for Flak 30/38:

Gun Length oa   88.7 in (2.2525 m)
Bore Length   51.2 in (1.300 m)


... and this for M621:
Gun Length oa    87 in (2.207 m)
Bore Length   @ 57 in (1.460 m)

The Flak 38 would probably be the better choice, as to my eye it looks a bit more 'modern' than the 30.  :icon_fsm:

Tamiya do the Flak 38 Flakvierling in 1/48. So you'd have more guns to play with.  ;)