AMT X-Wing build question

[BobaFett6215]

I’m working on building the AMT X-Wing kit. I’m using reference photos from the AMT model that sold at auction a few years ago from RTOTJ movie as they use. The same kit for the movie. But if look at photos I’ve attached of the laser canons it looks like they put something over the barrel. Any ideas as what they might’ve used?

 

[StevenBills]

Maybe they swapped out the kit guns with brass?

 

[Analyzer]

That would be my guess

 

[rbeach84]

The AMT/MPC X-Wing cannon 'tubes' suffer from an 'out of round' mold misalignment which, when sanded to remove the resulting step gives an oval cross-section, not round. Slipping a section of thin tubing over the original part or completely replacing with tubing fixes the problem. It is almost a certainty that they didn't do what I did, which was to use micro saws to separate the parts at the mold line to re-assemble with correct alignment. Needless to say, this is time consuming and tricky to accomplish, and even then I replaced the really thin tips with brass tubing...

 

[pengbuzz]

The AMT/MPC X-Wing cannon 'tubes' suffer from an 'out of round' mold misalignment which, when sanded to remove the resulting step gives an oval cross-section, not round. Slipping a section of thin tubing over the original part or completely replacing with tubing fixes the problem. It is almost a certainty that they didn't do what I did, which was to use micro saws to separate the parts at the mold line to re-assemble with correct alignment. Needless to say, this is time consuming and tricky to accomplish, and even then I replaced the really thin tips with brass tubing...
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In my case, I used a wooden dowel to replace the entire barrel, using masking tape to create the "step" to the larger tube: