Quick question. Could the fj wear tropical uniforms as i believe these were first issued in the April of 1941. Atb jay

Welcome back, Jay! cheers fella. i'll let you play with the g43 if your there (and if its working lol)

i should be up for this one. will have most of my kit by then and right on my doorstep

excellent work fella, looks spot on.

Have any luck Jay? not yet fella, will try tomorrow.

Quick update. have made a new recoil guide block so that the action cover can be attached, and dremeled out the front of the stock to take the barrel....

hi fella once i can shift this man flu and get my head together, i'll measure up for you. atb jay edit: do you want bottom or top of each lug?

dont think it is real fella, looks like stock is plastic to me and the mag is different. maybe finally someone has done it. atb jay

yes, i have tried to think of several ways to make the fg42 work, including external gas setup, internal fixed mag. will have to bite the bullet one d...

thanks guys, will try and log each step as i go. i doubt it would be the last, i was going to go with a svt-40 as it is a very close layout to the svd...

stock finally turned up so got to work on it. had to take a fair amount out with the dremel to get the action low enough. scope mount on the side of t...

yes fella correct, the trigger sits too high and too far forward so the back part of the receiver will be cut off, but not as far as the recoil assy m...

cheers for looking del, no rush mate as im working on something else at the moment