ronin
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Post by ronin on Sept 25, 2006 0:06:56 GMT -5
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Post by VeeVee on Sept 25, 2006 6:09:25 GMT -5
Very nice! Congratulations on another excellent photo shoot. Post more. So which one is Yahzee and which one is Whitehorse?
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Post by legionnaire on Sept 26, 2006 0:23:14 GMT -5
Just in time for this years great pacific war film "Flags of our Fathers". Incredible B&W pics !
Philip
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kalbs
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Post by kalbs on Sept 26, 2006 21:28:17 GMT -5
The great thing is now our team has a bazooka and real 1919a4. More photos to follow
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Post by VeeVee on Sept 27, 2006 6:21:35 GMT -5
Is the bazooka a non-firing prop or custom airsoft?
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Post by kalbs on Sept 27, 2006 9:04:42 GMT -5
Is the bazooka a non-firing prop or custom airsoft? Just a prop, my first welding project
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Post by milspec on Sept 29, 2006 11:06:41 GMT -5
Greetings Gentlemen, Wow, great USMC impression. You guys are really heavily armed. Where did you guys get the real M1919A4. Looks great. The M1 bazooka looks real awesome. Nice job Kalbs. I could only imagine doing such a project in plastic. Maybe I should learn how to weld. Did you build this from scratch or did you get it as a kit. I saw a nonfunctional reproduction offered by What Price Glory whatpriceglory.com/usbazooka.htm but it will cost you an arm and a leg (about $650.00 + s&h). milspec
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Post by kalbs on Sept 30, 2006 19:54:23 GMT -5
Greetings Gentlemen, Wow, great USMC impression. You guys are really heavily armed. Where did you guys get the real M1919A4. Looks great. The M1 bazooka looks real awesome. Nice job Kalbs. I could only imagine doing such a project in plastic. Maybe I should learn how to weld. Did you build this from scratch or did you get it as a kit. I saw a nonfunctional reproduction offered by What Price Glory whatpriceglory.com/usbazooka.htm but it will cost you an arm and a leg (about $650.00 + s&h). milspec Using auto muffler pipe, oak plank, steel plate and rods I welded and brazed the various parts together. The bazooka actually can be broken in half for easy transport. I had no drawings just pictures so I scaled them from various pictures and drew it all on Autocad. The 1919a4 was a parts kit from Ohio Ordinance for US$300. It comes with everything except the right side plate. I had the right side plate milled from 1/4" Aluminum plate including the proper Browning markings. The tri-pod was custom made in China. Most of the internals and inner barrel were discarted as a weight saving measure. The inner barrel is now gms conduit at the correct diameter. I am in the process of installing the Star M249 gear box to make it an AEG...Not an easy task. The WW2 type ammo box for found on eBay for $10 and reconditioned with the markings retained.
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Post by OneZero on Oct 2, 2006 9:17:07 GMT -5
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Post by VeeVee on Oct 2, 2006 16:21:09 GMT -5
These are exactly the kind of photos I've been wanting to take in Philippine Scout gear But it's hard to get a group together... darn. I've been wanting to make a coffee table book of PS pictures like these... Kalbs, are you left-handed? The A gunner is wearing "Timberlands" ;D (OneZero's photoshop skills can always fix that )
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kalbs
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Post by kalbs on Oct 3, 2006 0:11:50 GMT -5
No right handed, I always keep my shooting finger close to the trigger
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Post by milspec on Oct 3, 2006 12:21:40 GMT -5
Greetings Kalbs,
Great job on the bazooka considering you only had pictures to work from. It looks very authentic. Your M1919A4 is also a great piece of work. Did you get the .308 or the 30.06 version. The belted ammo looks a little short (.308?) I went to the website of Ohio Ordnance and saw what they were offering. Man, they had a lot of stuff I want. I particularly liked the M1928 parts set that can be assembled into a dummy gun. My current puny armory only has the Cyber-gun plastic 1:1 M1928. Your M1919A4 project reminds me of a project I helped out with. We attempted to put together a 1:1 scale AN M2 .50 cal Machine gun from plastic sheet, PVC pipes, a mop handle and galvanized pipe. It looked pretty good for a prop but some details gave it away as a fake. We had fun doing it because it was the first time we had done something like that. We had a drawing, photos and access to a real MG for reference.
milspec
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Post by milspec on Oct 3, 2006 13:19:22 GMT -5
Greetings one-zero and Victor,
Great shots one-zero. Nice action and very authentic looking background and authentic equipment. Could pass for real 1944-45 photos.
What kind of coffee table book were you planning on doing Victor? I know its hard to put a group together. In the Philippines I had classmates and friends who shared similar interests. We collected various militaria and built plastic models kits. I can't remember how,but we decided to one day dress up in our uniforms and started taking pictures of each other. If a particular war movie or some military action was documented in the news we'd try to copy the scenes. Philip and the guys in California are lucky they have a great group who have their own equipment. Plus they have the Fort MacArthur museum nearby.
But hey who knows maybe there'll be enough guys interested to invest the time and the money. Who was that other guy you were with at the Reading Airshow? Does he have the Philippine Scout uniform and equipment? Maybe he knows other guys. I'm still at the infancy of my PS collection. I would like to paricipate but I don't have the time right now ( I work 6 days a week) plus I'm still trying to get the basic items. Tell me how I can help since I think your plan is well worth the effort.
milspec
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Post by legionnaire on Oct 3, 2006 19:16:04 GMT -5
Hi Guys,
yes we too have been discussing how to put together a colored beautifully photograph and printed book on Philippine Uniforms. Pedro Perry javier in Manila is trying to gather colored photos from all angles on uniforms by Pinoy reenactors too. And has been asking everyone to contirbute.
I believe this forum can help in put together a possible very well presented book on uniforms of the Philippine Army.
Philip
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Post by VeeVee on Oct 3, 2006 20:50:32 GMT -5
Milspec,
I've always wanted to put together action shots and "photo journalistic" pictures (both color and sepia) very much like the Vietnam and Pacific impression pictures that OneZero posted. It's another angle of art that I want to enjoy this hobby with.
The other Scout in my Reading photos is Mario Dizon. He and his brothers have the gear and have been in this hobby for a long time. In fact Mario was the one who got me up to speed in the hobby. However they are very busy and wouldn't have any time for such a project. Mario is taking his MBA right now.
Maybe one day when you have enough PS gear and if we can join up with one or two more guys, we can do a photo shoot here in the East coast.
Philip, Yes it would be nice if you guys can come up with some good pictures for Perry.
Victor
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Post by OneZero on Oct 4, 2006 1:11:00 GMT -5
Hey Vee, Thanks! Great eagle eyes on that Timberland! i was wearing one too... we just had to improvise on things that we don't have... most of the time, the answer to that is "Photoshop" hey milspec, Thanks! It looks like we have the same story on how i started on this hobby too. We used .308's on the 1919. Cool M2 .50cal project! please show us some pics if got 'em. Philip and Vee, Great idea about that coffee table book! It doesn't really matter how long will it take to make it but please make it a reality. Our team will definitly support and contribute whatever we can to this project. 1-0
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Post by milspec on Oct 4, 2006 19:24:01 GMT -5
Greetings One-Zero, Here are some pics of our 1:1 scale AN M2 .50 cal. Machine Gun Project. We made it about 10 years ago and had only about 1 month to build it. We used mostly discarded items like plastic sheets, g.i. pipe, pvc pipe. The only thing we had to buy were the rivets and some nuts and bolts. I hope you like the pictures. It would have probably come out more authentic if we had more time and the right tools and equipment. If you notice the wooden grips and and charging handle were made from a wooden mop handle. You'll also notice that the barrel's diameter is too big for a .50 cal bullet, that's the g.i. pipe. The ventilated barrel shroud is made from pvc pipe. See what else you can find. milspec
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Post by milspec on Oct 4, 2006 19:44:58 GMT -5
Greetings One-Zero, I found some of our in the making pictures. It'll give you an idea of what we did. I think it was easier to work with plastic than with steel or metal. The M.G. is really more for display than for play. Oh yeah the only steel thing we assembled was the flexible cradle since this had to support the gun while being mounted on the pedestal. This allowed the gun to be elevated and traversed with out worrying about damage to the model machine gun. We used zinc chromate primer then epoxy primer and finally automotive lacquer for the final finish. milspec
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Post by legionnaire on Oct 4, 2006 20:17:15 GMT -5
WOW Incredible scratch built work milspec! What next? A B-17 ball turret for your 50 cal? ;D Philip
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Post by kalbs on Oct 5, 2006 0:51:13 GMT -5
Excellent!
Please send me the drawings you have of the reciever. I'd love to use them as a base for a Ma Deux (M2)
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