she went for her first outing yesterday ,a half day at my local site and she performed verry well but it did highlight a few shortcomeings .
1 only one mag
2 mag winding key wore out verry fast as its plastick
3 need a sling (probably most urgent)
4 the hop is verry hard to get at
5 need a decent stock (ive baught 2 ,one is cracked but looks nice ,the other has been used for repair practice and is falklands era but is sound)
well ive now made a second mag, made a metal winding key and ordered a sling.that just leaves finding a way to make hop adjustment easier and finding a sound stock at a reasonable price.
having said all that i was varry pleased how well she fires ,not suprising when you consider the barrel is the longest one i coud find (meant for a psg1 sniper rifle)its varry accurate with a close grouping (just like the real thing) rate of fire is good and shoots at a respectable 330 fps (may tinker a bit to get nearer 350).
so some minor finishing ,the hop and a stock if possible and she's done .
will post more picks when finished.
ps if anybody has or can find a decent stock please let me know ,thanks in advance
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Great work - it certainly looked awesome even before it was complete. 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
ps if anybody has or can find a decent stock please let me know ,thanks in advance
I saw one with metalwork (except the receiver end) at Chatham the other week for £35.
Absolutely stunning piece of work, looking forward to you shooting it at me at Ford Next year, (may be able to squeeze your son in too!) Did you get the carry handle to fully lock in place? If ever you feel the urge to build an mg42, I'll book an order in advance 
no the carry handle still doesent lock in place but its on the list and will be lookewd at.on that subject and a little out of period but if you'v seen the film aliens ,when you swing her around on the carry handle and pistol grip it feels a bit like one of the big guns the marines carry and you wish you had the support frame they had to carry them , its also loads of fun laying down suppresing fire from the hip.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
That "support frame" in Aliens was a Steadicam vest and arm.
That's very impressive! It's really nice to see well made Bren!
That "support frame" in Aliens was a Steadicam vest and arm.
..with an MG42 attached to the end of it!
“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
finished the selector assembly today ,now has semi and safe .so verry little left to do it will probably be finished tomorrow will post final picks when its done.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
some really minor stuff to do but that i'll take my time over ,haveing said that she is essentially finished.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
That is superb Mate,a stunning piece of 
work
Fantastic work of art there fella, great photos too
at this point i really must say a big thank you to Wallace (Mike) ,No1Sonuk ,Webby and Yith who have all contributed to this project in ways large and small but to all a big thank's.Mike's allowing a total stanger into his home and all over his mk1 was espetially helpfull even though i then elected to do a mk2.once again thank you all.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
jaw-droppingly awesome bit of kit there sir! Even the dog looks impressed! 
“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
Looks amazing!!! 
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
woah! That looks great!
good job
Veeeeery nice, looks almost like my deac Bren (only difference is mine has a slightly different shape carry handle 
)
Would it be stupid to ask if you were gunna put any stampings on the reciever?
mines got Inglis MKII and Inglis 1944 stamped on it
Children are our future, unless we act NOW!
letter stamp set is in the post from fleebay as we speek,might not be corect size but yes some stamping is planned as well as 20 little holes for the gas vents near the front and re-blueing a third mag inproveing hop acses etc etc.....
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
re blued using birchwood casey cold blue ,picture does not do it justice
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well