cheers pete, not sure i can make the december game but would love to have a look another time. did zib sort you out with the drum mags eventually.
Nope, nor the slings. Del and I sourced them elsewhere but it ramped up the cost quite a bit more than originally planned. A shame really, because I was hoping to make a couple more to sell on but when you have to source parts from all over the place, it pushes the price up and I don't think many would pay £700 odd for one!
If you want to take one on as a project, I can furnish you with photos galore if you want. I used mine as the "prototype" and applied any improvements to Dels' gun, which worked out really well. Both function nicely but have minor differences as I learned from my mistakes.
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oh yes please mate, pics will be great. im kinda holding on for viva to release the mg34 but the more i look at it, the more i think its not going to materialise.its not even mentioned on their website 
oh yes please mate, pics will be great. im kinda holding on for viva to release the mg34 but the more i look at it, the more i think its not going to materialise.its not even mentioned on their website
I think the '34 is a bit of a pipe dream too. I also don't want to see every man and his dog toting an MG because they're only 2 or 3 hundred quid! You can't move for Minimis at open days since the A&K one came out and I'd hate to see WW2 games go the same way. The high cost of WW2 support weapons has kept their numbers sensible.
I've put a fair few photos on this thread already but if you want anything specific, just ask.
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I would love to turn up at a :cough: dare I say it - an open game, with full German kit and an MG-42, and see the expression's on the players faces
I would hate the game day - prolly but hmm a '42 mini-cam capturing mow'ed down modern player - classic 
AT LAST! Thanks to JD7, we now have real steel barrel change doors fitted to the 42's! Couldn't resist putting up a couple of photos of the finished gun. It's been a long and sometimes difficult journey to complete these guns but it was absolutely worth it. For less than the price of one Ultima MG42, we've now got two fully functional, reliable aeg support guns that are, as near as dammit, completely accurate to what an MG42 should look like, including their weight!
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They do indeed look fantastic, can't wait to see them in action. 
Me too ! can't wait to see these beauties lay down some serious cross fire!!
Word of warning to those lucky few who may field these glorious weapons,... they get very heavy as the day progresses,.... if you are not fit,.. you'll soon know about it !! 
if you are not fit,.. you'll soon know about it !!
Hmm I need a MG-42 bitch then lol - for the afternoons
Oh and I must confess, when I got home from Pete's last night - I had the MG-42 in my lounge doing gun drills 
I volunteer! 
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I'm sure there will be a MG-42 Training Session/Demo at the training day - each of them have certain custom features, since they are not mass produced.
They do indeed look fantastic.
As you have two of them, when they breed can i have one of the offspring 
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Awesome! Really looking the mutts nuts now guys. 
I am also gagging to see them in action.
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
I'm still not 100% fit following my back injury (in fact, I'm on light duties at work for the forseeable future), so I'm more than happy to show someone responsible how my MG42 works at the KG SS training day, so it can be used to its' full potential in December. Last thing I want to do is take it and not use it, like I did at Husky.
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Probably said it before but those 42's look superb. Fantastic work. Any chance someonw can get a video clip on somewhere of those bad boys in action?????
Thanks for the compliment. I'll try to get a quick video clip made at the December game.
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Nice work. That looks like a Zib barrel shroud, receiver and barrel change door?
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Heavily modified yes Pete.
So I see! The ones I made for me and Del took a lot of work but, very satisfying in the end. Be sure to update this as you progress.
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Hello Heide, awsome mg42's you've constructed there 
I'm thinking about doing a similar project with one of those mg42's from zib, since i dont think the mg42 from agm and the mg34 from viva newer hits the street.
But how many money have you spent on the whole thing ? (for one mg) and all the stuff you've customized later on ?
And wich parts have you changed to real steel parts on the mg?
And is the mg from zib even worth a project of that scale ?
If you have any guides or things i shouldt notice or somthing, please leave a note for me
Thx from Denmark - Tom skals
