Sorry with all these questions.
Has anyone figured what size to replace the Main Tank gun barrels and machine gun barrels with miniature Copper tubing in scale
What I meant if there is a chart scale already out there
Example a cooper tubing 3/32 x .014 would be good for machine guns on the mantle of the tank and in the hardware store is $1.99 at 12 inches whereas the dedicated after market stuff is $15.00 to $20.00 in the hobby store.
It would be great if anyone has come up with the chart.
Thanks

I would suggest drilling out kit supplied pieces before replacing with just straight copper tubing. At least then you get some minor details.

Gun barrels are usually tapered which is why aftermarket companies turn them on a lathe. For most barrels straight tubing will not do. I buy my barrels from JBModel and they are quite cheap

hi David

As Pat rightly said, the problem is that most of the gun barrels are tapered. You can't replicate them unless you have a lathe

Anyway, some of them could be depicted using small metal tubes

For exemple I made a BMD-1 gun barrel to replace that awful one included in Skif kit



Cheers

You can pick up a mini-lathe for a couple of hundred dollars online. I have a Sherline 4000 and would recomend it as a good starter.