armorscale

85mm D-5T Barrel
for KV-85 and JS-1
armorscale Set No. B35-007
1:35th Scale
Review by Terry Ashley

This is another simple barrel set from Armorscale which provides one replacement barrel for the KV-85 or JS-1 with just a single aluminium barrel and a resin mantlet plus a small instruction sheet.

The metal barrel is finished to a high standard without any surface blemishes and includes fine rifling in the drilled out muzzle. The detail on the resin mantlet is excellent with subtle cast texture and well defined bolt head details and flame cut marks on the edges.

Resin and metal barrel parts
armorscale

Assembled gun/mantlet
armorscale

The barrel fits very snugly into the resin mantlet and the instructions indicate the modifications needed to fit the new resin mantlet to the Dragon kits which are quite straightforward and shouldn't present any problems.

Instructions
armorscale

Conclusion:
A nicely machined barrel with well detailed mantlet and with only minor adjustments needed to fit the barrel/mantlet offers a quick update to provide enhanced details on the kit.

Highly recommended.

Thanks to armorscale for the review set.

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