scotthldr Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Hi all, Is there such a thing as an unarmed M261 19 shot rocket launcher available in 1/48 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tank Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Yes. Werner Wings 48-05 link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotthldr Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks Tank, they look nice but I'm preferably looking for the launchers to have the tubes open from end to end, a great deal to ask but I'm hoping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tank Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I think that is the best your going to find without making one from scratch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) I believe CMK makes the 7 and 19 shot launchers in 1/48 without the rockets. Check it out. Rod. Edited February 13, 2017 by salvador001 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tank Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 They have this 7 shot pod but it's not hollow. link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 If you were building it in 1/35, then you would have a lot of options out there... Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 As far as I know there are no open rocket tubes in 1/48th scale. I offer the M-260 and M-261 pods at the Werner's Wings website. You could attempt to drill them out but I don't think that will work real well. The problem is the spacing between the tubes. I'm not even sure you could find tubing with a thin enough wall thickness to scratchbuild them in 1/48th scale. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotthldr Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thanks all for the replies. Floyd, regards the tube spacing that was my concern and I have thought about drilling out the faces but as you say getting styrene tubing small enough and in proportion seems to be a non starter. I've got stainless steel tubing but I think the proportions will be wrong and then I'd need to think on how to fix it in place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Maybe the solution would be to have a launcher where just the "end caps" had the individual holes and the launcher body itself was hollow. For a scale like 1/48, it should look pretty similar to the real thing from fore and aft. I am not sure if anyone does anything like this, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotthldr Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thanks for the input and suggestions. I've managed to find both Styrene and Brass hollow rod with 1mm internal and 2mm external diameter, I've even found Brass with 1.2mm outer and 0.6mm inner. I think a few experiments are called for............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Take a look at Albion tubing. Walls are quite thin; 0.1mm (~0.2" in 1/48 scale). I cut them with a JLC razor saw. Here are some replacement parts I've built from their Slide Fit Tube Selection Packs. Note those steps are formed by multiple steps in tubing size. No financial interest, just a highly satisfied customer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotthldr Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Wow, thanks for that link dnl42, some seriously small tubing in there I mean 0.3mm OD with 0.1mm ID. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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