B-25, PE .50cal barrels

[DarrellC]

So I have these Eduard .50 cal barrels. Flat piece of PE. Thoughts on how to roll them into a tube. Thanks

 

[meatloaf109]

Mouse pad and a tiny drill bit. Roll it back and forth, it will turn it into a tube

 

[DarrellC]

Wow! Thanks Meatloaf. You have been a big help on several questions.

 

[fubar57]

We like him.

Geo

 

[Matt308]

Mom says we get to keep him, but we have to clean up his potty mess.

We voted. That's Lucky's job.

 

[meatloaf109]

Actually, I've been house-broke for a year or two now.
It's hitting my mouth with food that I have trouble with. A good deal of it usually ends up in the face fur.

 

[Airframes]

Well then, roll it into a tube and feed that way!

 

[meatloaf109]

The food or the beard?

 

[Airframes]

Ah, that's up to you Paul, and could depend on what flavour the beard is .....

 

[dneid]

Hey, Terry,
Let me know what you do there. That sounds like an interesting dilemma.

Paul, hmmmmm, not too sure about that one. Maybe something by Hoover?

Dale

 

[N4521U]

Fortunate for me Annie keeps picking the food outta my gaot-tee before it hardens and is impossible to chew off.

 

[ian lanc]

Would be good to see pictures of the flat bits of brass with updated pictures showing the end result of the barrels.

 

[meatloaf109]

Fortunate for me Annie keeps picking the food outta my gaot-tee before it hardens and is impossible to chew off.

Don't you mean "Old Goat" tee?
Just Sayin!

 

[DarrellC]

Couldn't get an acceptable barrel out of 4 trys. Maybe, if I could have found the exact drill bit size I needed. So I ordered Master-Model, Air Master barrels. They are amazing. Barrel with cooling sleeve to slip over it.

 

[Airframes]

Yep, I've got some of their 1/32nd scale .303 Brownings - amazing!
I often feel too much is attempted with PE, and trying to roll a piece of flat, perforated brass sheet into a tube to represent a cooling jacket seems to me beyond average capabilities in small scales, and not the best way to replicate the required item.

 

[meatloaf109]

Perhaps I should have been more specific. It has always worked for me.

 

[DarrellC]

I do not doubt it. Like I said, maybe if I had the right bit...and was a few years younger ( steady hands and better eyesight) I could have done it.

 

[dneid]

Mom says we get to keep him, but we have to clean up his potty mess.

We voted. That's Lucky's job.

Man, am I glad I missed that bullet!
Dale