Jay, I know you're going to be amazed by this
but I just happen to have most of the bits for a MG34
I'll try and dig it out over the next couple of days and post some pic's & dimensions 



Well, i've got an MG34 bipod in *beautiful* condition if you're interested Jay.......

















When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
not a blue-print as such, but this should be useful!

This might be useful for basic dimensions too.

“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






























