crypto Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 It started with this....... And ended with THIS...... The main body is pine with greeblies made out of posterboard with super glue soaked into it and pvc pipe. The barrel of the "beast" is 2 sizes of pvc pipe, a plastic tumbler and 13mm neoprene rubber. For the paint finish I uncoated the the timber on the body of the gun and then coated it with a enamel "hammer" spray paint, then weathered it with silver. The stock and hand grips were stained with a walnut stain and then given 2 coats of clear varnish. Scratches and dents were made with the edge of a metal ruler and then black acrylic paint rubbed into said scratches for a beaten up and used look. The cooling fins were given a coat of gold spray paint and then weathered with black acrylic paint and silver paint. Rear sight is movable. This beast ROCKS.........:punk: Cheers........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypto Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Ok, I have added the finishing touch to the beast in form of a sling. After researching the slings used in the movie I found that they were a Enfield rifle sling used in WW2. These are still quite common to buy and I found 2 at a good price (2 slings are needed for the T-21), alas the shipping from the US to here was a JOKE. Besides I have scratch built the whole gun so I thought I would have a go at making a sling. Started with a ratchet strap, I cut this in half and sewed the 2 halfs together to make it thicker. I made the end clips out of a piece of gal. metal and wire. A thinned out coat of acrylic paint tinted to a shade of tan was painted into the strap and a light coat of gold sprayed on to the clips to give them a brass look. A metal brace was cut and filed into shape for the mount on the stock. All attached and ready to go. Forgot to add in the first post that this can be broken down in two for transport. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seantrooper[TK] Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 awesome. just pure awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xingshen Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 That looks really good Very inspiring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunstphoto Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Excelente! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDutchGuy Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 My god that thing looks awesome!!! Wish I had the skills to make one of them for my planned HWT build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino76076[501st] Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I like alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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