Hi all,
Thanks for your comments.
wmcgill:
Good spot.
The Machine guns supplied with the kit are molded solid with no perforations through the cooling jackets.
The kit does supply wrap around photo-etch cooling jackets, which I chose not to use.
Instead and as they were 'Spandau' 08 weapons, I replaced them with resin versions from 'GasPatch Models, although the breech block had to be modified slightly to fit in the fuselage apertures.
The only obvious difference between the kit item and the 'GasPatch' version is the muzzle, which is shorter on the kit item.
Now you've spotted that difference I'll nip the extended muzzle off,
Mike