MG34/ DLT19 project

[oota goota]

Damn.

Here's hoping the local Armed Offenders Squad isn't called into your place any time soon!

ha ha yeah my garage/ workshop is open to the road but luckily my street is not busy otherwise yeah things could get interesting

[Postie]

Good times! They look wicked buddy, looking forward to giving mine a"Tatooine dusty, dirty worn as hell" look

[badges2nz]

small update I've nearly finished assembling the first 5 then it's just clean up the seams, add the dlt accessories and a paint job. This first run has been fairly heinous in terms of labour but I will streamline my processes and get faster as I get used to the build

Have you put gun smith on your CV for this?

ha ha cheers Badges I've basically made them the way I would have if I was doing it for work. I'm pretty happy with how they are turning out especially the formula I'm using for casting; it keeps the guns pretty light but they are hard and durable.

I'll have to come and find out what material you are using and how you work your molds etc etc, would be good to find out what is out there for my own interests.

[oota goota]

Good times! They look wicked buddy, looking forward to giving mine a"Tatooine dusty, dirty worn as hell" look

awesome I look forward to seeing that! I'll give it a gunmetal/ flat black finish but leave the weathering to you?

[oota goota]

I'll have to come and find out what material you are using and how you work your molds etc etc, would be good to find out what is out there for my own interests.

yeah man come check out my stuff. I'll have to organise a new Plymouth SWNZ meet up next year methinks

[Postie]

Sounds good Mr Goota! What type of paint will you be using to finish? (Just so I get the correct sealer etc)

[oota goota]

Sounds good Mr Goota! What type of paint will you be using to finish? (Just so I get the correct sealer etc)

I pretty much always use automotive products so colourpak etch and surface primers, gun metal laquer. I'll probably use a etch black as the top coat; it's nice and thin, can be rubbed back easily (but not too easily) to the gun metal and can be sealed with an automotive clearcoat.

the other product I use a lot is design master spray cans. Very toxic but they are really thin really nice to use. I use them a lot for airbrushing.

So if you seal it up you can easily go over them with acrylic washes after. Man I can't wait to see what you come up with!

[oota goota]

Here's a few wips of my home made t -track. It's proven too expensive to buy in t track from overseas so I have estimated the dimensions of the track and made a master that has a curved underside so it will fit the outer barrel. I made a simple 2 part mold and am going to make another double mold to reduce the amount of casting I have to do for each gun.

I'm casting the t track in a semi-rigid urethane, really nice product should work a treat!

[joshsurf]

You should start selling these separately

[oota goota]

You should start selling these separately

they might work on the sterlings too!