Updated with better pictures, and details of type 5 automatic rifle, ZB type LMG and steyr-solothurn s1-100. let me know what you think, -Matt

Cheers for the support guys. I don't suppose anyone fancies taking it apart, reinforcing the gearbox and seeing if they can get it working do they? I ...

And finished - kind of. I'd nearly completed all of the externals when I decided to put a few mags through to test everything was working correctly. I...

If you did have a gravity fed lewis, feeding through the centre of the mag, you may have trouble with the spinning - "Centrifugal force" (ac...

I am, don't worry . The Mp40 barrel isn't attached atm, just sitting there. I'll be using a straight magazine too. The whole lot comes away, leaving ...

More progress: Mag well attached, but holes need filling with more resin and bolts need to be added for strength. Not much more to do now :mellow: . ...

The real thing is an American 180, a .22 SMG with a huge magazine capacity, apparently intended for riot control in prisons, if anyone's interested....

And stens, mp7's and uzis. If you need help converting an ak hop to feed from the top, get in touch - it's dead easy. -Matt

Thankyou Read the para pamphlet, very interesting, and i'm reading the grenade and mortar one now. I'll have a look at the other bits in the mornin...

Cheers guys. Still a fair bit of work to do, but there's always milliput and other fine epoxies to help If you're wondering why it's progressing so...

Can't read the link sadly - I don't have a log in. It certainly sounds more plausible the idea of it being hand painted - osprey have often been wrong...

Awesome pics, thankyou very much Has anyone else come across the Japanese para camo? Despite searching, i've never found it anywhere apart from tha...

Thankyou Started work on the reciver and stock. It's all a bit rough and ready, but it is working now. The gun takes a mini 7.2V battery in the st...

Cheers for that - thats why I love the interweb You should find this website interesting:

I'm happy to add more information to the Japanese one if required; I was also tempted to do a "very basic" Chindit/Commonwealth kitlist, bas...

It'd be brilliant if it was true - the mental picture is hilarious. Do you have any pics of the improvised camo? Also, am I right in assumin HBT is s...

Some progress: Obviously theres a slight problem with the magazine placement - but it's only about 1" further back than it's meant to be, so i'm...

I don't know what happened with the Kar98K's, so I can't comment, but as far as I know the arisaka's are out of production; I havn't seen them in stoc...