gh05ty Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Nearly there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tictoc Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Whoa! Looks fantastic, but.....we missed all the good build stuff on your barrel, etc., especially the muzzle/flash suppressor. Can we back up a step or two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gh05ty Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 He he he ... yea i deliberately missed out the muzzle/flash hider as i wanted to see if anyone could guess what its made from, o heres a pic of just that.. i will be posting more pics soon, as i am currently working on the weathering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gh05ty Posted June 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 OK... heres the barrel stuff i missed : the main barrel is 32mm pvc waste pipe which is actually 36mm? (same pipe i used for my E11) it has an inner barrel made from the kind of tube you would see holding a shower curtain up, the front sight is a bicycle pump bracket that i chopped about and theres a few bits of alloy and 2 part epoxy putty in there. The bipod is made from the same bar as the inner barrel that has been hammered into an oval shape then one side ground off to create the oval shape then i simply hammered the feet to the right angle, for the joints/mounting parts on the barrel i used some of the same waste pipe which i cut and spliced sections into to make the right size to go over the main barrel. The muzzle you will have to wait for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tictoc Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 My only guess on the muzzle was a blitz funnel and some pvc connectors.... Your bipod idea is pretty clever along with the sights. I wondered how you would get the curved shape for the legs and feet. I get so stuck on one type of medium, like wood, that I seem to forget to be inventive like your build. Can we see shots of the bipod? Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gh05ty Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Thanks for the kind words, i know its not perfect but i try to build on a budget with readily available materials (a lot of them found whilst walking the dog). I took 7 pictures of the bipod and only one came out ok... bad light and lots of black paint really doesent help so heres the best pic i could get most of the bipod is made from the same tubing with a bit of epoxy putty filler, some rivets and the nuts in the ends of the short tube nearest the barrel are wheel bearing nuts fron a bicycle. Oh and the muzzle is the neck of a plastic bottle with some epoxy putty shaped/sanded (the cap of the bottle fitted perfectly into the pipe i used for the barrel). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANGO'D FETT Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 You didnt get one of those voo voo zellars to make the flash hider from did you looks great ghosty , a very fine job there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gh05ty Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 You didnt get one of those voo voo zellars to make the flash hider from did you looks great ghosty , a very fine job there lol noooooo its the neck of a plastic bottle (flavoured water if i remember right) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gh05ty Posted June 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Finally done some weathering on this and took a couple of pics in te sunlight. I have been told the original MG34 is 48 inches long in total, this is three quaters of an inch longer than an original... not bad for mostly guesswork i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANGO'D FETT Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Looks awesome mate you should be very pleased with your handywork, still recon it cost more than £2 though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandeman[TK] Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Excellent work! Good seeing you on the RPF as well. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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