After seeing Riflemans MG34 at Patton and reading his thread on making it ,I thought I'd have a go. I then had a good look at Tims version at the Corridor game. I'd never done anything like it before, or in fact, done any metal work so I was looking forward to the challenge.
After reading Tonys thread about 10 times I downloaded the blueprint plans from his link. They are excellent, I took them to work, blew them up to the correct size (1219mm I think) and sellotaped them together. The measurements from the plans have been copied exactly whenever possible. I bought 3mm wall tubing and 3mm box tubing because I thought it would be sturdier than the 2mm. I think I probably caused myself a lot more difficulty and work as it's harder to drill through and cut.
I bought a cyma AK47 gearbox, element AK hop, 650mm barrel, etc from RSOV. Really from then on in, it's been it's been trial and error, measure twice cut once. The pics show hopefully how it was done. Started at the front barrel section, barrel, receiver, upper receiver then stock. the grip and motor section are bolted in so they can be removed if necessary. The mag bracket was easier than I thought (thanks again Tony and Tim for the pics) The gearbox and hop seem to mate up fine. The 650mm barrel is fitted inside an ali inner barrel using cut out tap washer spacers.
It's about 3/4 done, got to do the magazine and feed and make the bipod, make and fit the bolt, finish the grips, final filler and sanding, finish painting it and fit the starter tab with used round. To be honest it has taken alot longer than I thought, probably because I've over engineered it. Whether it holds up to a good days battle is another question, but I'm quitely confident it will. I'll put some finished pics up when completed.
That looks superb!
I just don't know how people can keep so quite building such aweosmeness. Amazing progress you've made already.
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That is truly amazing.. It really gives me confidence to have a bash at one.. The MG34 really must be on every ones wish list.. Fantastic job..
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Really good work Nick, look forward to seeing it finished 
excellent work Nick,well done .
armoury
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Outstanding
Nice work mate, glad to see another MG on the circuit, the more the merrier 
Stunning mate
Glad there is at least a couple of us allied support gunners about to even up the ever expanding heer arsenal 
Amazing work!
Absolutely amazing work, well done sir! I'm constantly in awe of what the creative minded on this forum have achieved with their custom builds - staggering work.
Cheers guys. I've put up a few more construction pics that may help, if someone's thinking of doing the same. This is just how I did it, but there are, of course, much quicker and less complicated ways to do it. The only pic that probably needs any explanation is the front view of the flash hider showing the inner barrel inside. I made small cuts at the top of the inner barrel and flared them out slightly with a screwdriver. I did it to help secure the front barrel section once it was fitted to the outer barrel. The inner barrel then drops down through the length of the outer barrel, through a plate and finishes inside the receiver.
Thats amazing I want one for my Krad 
Lovely work sir!
Shame its another German Mg though 
they dont need anymore
I have finally finished my MG34. I put about 600 rounds through it today and it's working a treat. I did have a problem with it jamming after a few bursts. When I took it apart I could see the BB was turning up the lip of the hop bucking at the bottom. Thanks to Dadio's expert advice, I made a mod to the barrel by very carefully filing the barrel hop up clip notch back by 1.5mm. This allowed the barrel to sit further forward in the hop up unit so only a sliver was showing when you looked up the BB feed. Problem solved!
This gun has been built in the garage using only standard DIY/mechanics tools - Bosch drill, various hacksaws and all sizes of files. The only things I did by off ebay were a Wolf drill stand and a 13mm drill bit for doing the holes in the barrel. The rest of it was just a lot of measuring, cutting, drilling, bending, glueing and filling (Evostik Hard and Fast metal epoxy filler is superb stuff).The stock is made from 2 old pieces of floorboard, glued and clamped together, then rough cut to shape (from plan) and finished with a wood rasp drill bit, sanded and painted with a few coats of Wilkos walnut stain. The blueprint plans from Riflemans original thread are vital for an accurate looking gun.
I've throughly enjoyed doing it and after an obsessive 4 months I think time to do some stuff round the house before my missus shoots me with it. Here's some reference pics in case anyone else is thinking of making one.
Few more...
Final lot...
Vey nice sir.
Armoury: AGM MP40, AGM Sten MkII, K98K/vsr and Maruzen P38.
Very impressive!
Very VERY nice! No machining whatsoever? Amazing. I would very much appreciate if you could go into details on how you made the receiver. Oh and is this aluminium or steel?
Fantastic, well done Nick, look forward to getting shot by it on the weekend 
