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Tommygun

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About Tommygun

  • Birthday 11/16/1947

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    Cambridgeshire
  • Interests
    Military, mainly aircraft - 1:48 scale.
    Sub-machine guns of WW2. Scratch building to 1:1 scale

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  1. Love it. Its going to look great. I'll keep watching.
  2. Made some progress over the weekend. I cut a section out of the plywood spine to take the upper part of the receiver with the cocking handle. This I turned and routed (7mm) then drilled and screwed it to the spine. I turned another, larger diameter part that holds the bolt. 2 sections were cut from this and glued either side of the spine underneath the upper part. The front end of the upper part was turned down to fit inside a section of 22mm steel tubing, This forms a sturdy socket into which I will later fix the front end of the rifle. I am now building up layers of filler between the two wooden sections. The screw heads will eventually be hidden under other components.
  3. Hi, I am new to LSM and have just picked up this build. Great work, I love this type of model making. I will watch with great interest'
  4. Thanks for your comments. Materials will be mainly wood, including balsa, which is easy to shape. I then resin coat any softwood to firm it up. Many of the details will be made using plasticard (up to 2mm). I will make some details with epoxy putty. Some metal will be used (rod and tube). The whole thing will be held together with glue and screws. In order to maintain strength the finished item will have no moving parts. It must, however, look totally realistic - that will be my aim.
  5. Can't help with your decision, although if it were me, I would definitely go with paint. It is a build I would love to follow, hope you make that start.
  6. I have decided on my next build - the historically important StG 44 Assault Rifle. Hitler was against its development but it did become the first of its kind to see major deployment - however it came too late to have any effect on the outcome of the war. STEP 1 Several searches of the Internet resulted in a good selection of photographs and engineers drawings with detailed measurements. I also found, and purchased a set of reproduction grips. Using these images I produced a full size (94cm overall) picture and printed it out on 5 sheets of A4 paper. I split the build into two halves to make it easier to shape. The assembled images were spray-glued to a piece of 12mm ply wood which will form the rigid spine of the model. The shape was roughly cut out with a jig saw and then carefully trimmed with the scroll saw. The left grip helps to check everything looks OK.
  7. Does look good - impressive modelling.
  8. Big improvement on the old Airfix offerings. Nice work, look forward to the finish.
  9. Very nice work indeed. Will you be doing D-Day markings - I love those stripes.
  10. UK gun law regarding deact/replica ownership is a bit more relaxed, although, strangely, there are restrictions sending a replica gun through the post but no problem if you order a deactivated one! - go figure!! As for my next build Dave, It was going to be a MkV Sten Gun but I am tempted with the German WW2 StG 44 assault rifle. The StG looks more daunting but I have found some working drawings on line. Many thanks for the interest. David
  11. Just found this post. Looks cool in the matt finish. Great modelling.
  12. Great detail in 1/72 - very precise - good looking build.
  13. My completed build - full size (1:1) scale Thompson M1A1. I bought a set of genuine original woodwork for £40 (stock and grips) for this project. They came complete with all the metalwork, incluuding butt plate and sling swivels. I have a genuine set of M1A1 stock and grip screws let over - I am hoping to recover some of the cost by selling these on ebay. The rest was built using wood, plasticard and some metal rod and tubing. Paint and weathering was a mixture of rattle can and air brush using acrylics. Plans purchased from the internet (www.john-tom.com/ReplicaFirearms/ReplicaFirearms) The model is posed with 2 geniune 30 round magazines and a reproduction sling (with genuine metalwaork). Hope you all like it - I can't make my mind up yet for my next build - I will keep you posted. Regards David
  14. Very nicely modelled. Lovely choice of paint scheme. It certainly pays to take care when lighting and photographing a model. Regards David
  15. Added the final details on the weekend. I made a simple mold from epoxy putty and impressed a screw head (wear damaged) into it. When set I cast 4 dummy screw heads, again using epoxy putty. These were then painted and weathered - (photo A). The original woodwork was fixed to the model with modern wood screws (photo . The modern screw heads are hidden by the epoxy dummies with great effect. Surprising how little details can add so much to the look of a model. (photo C). That's this build finished. Thanks to all those who have showed an interest and have made comments. I have taken some shots of the completed model and will post them in the 'finished build' section.
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