YouTube would probably give you a wider audience. Go for it!

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awesome cant wait to see it !! come on marine post !! post !!! post !!!

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

Did you do a link David?

Helen x

As promised, here she is "posed" for portraits !!

And, just for fun, here is the rest of the family !

Close up shot of the pulse rifle, showing where I have installed a metal HE grenade into the breech of the launcher.

( kit came with a ridiculous looking 12 ga. shotgun shell replica ) ( what were they thinking ? )

Now to find a willing accomplice, and shoot some video ! ! !

So, without undue fanfare, here is the link to the ( low res ) video of the M56 live fire ( at 120 psi , not 200 psi )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Pae5GBtEM

I'm glad to be the first to say kick ass! Awesome work , looks great and works amazing .. Congrats on a job well done !

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Epic, epic win!

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Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
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Now, nobody has asked about my front struts yet, so now I get to show them off here.
As most of you already know, the motorcycle these were sourced from was Never sold
in North America! This makes it really hard to get these! Breaker yards in UK were not
interested in helping me for some odd reason which remains a mystery. But eventually I
found a pair of these on eBay, and managed to finally obtain a pair of the correct
struts ! These pix were taken the day I unwrapped them, so they still have UK
road grit visible on them !!

What's the name of the specific struts ?

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Is this something that you could cast?

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All I remember is it is a Kawasaki. Something like a KX-125, maybe? I am sure someone here knows right off the top of their head !!
But they were never sold in America or Canada, so none of them are this side of the pond.
In fact, they are the support brackets for the foot pegs for the passenger sitting behind the driver.
I have looked at them several times with an eye to making 'rubber' moulds of each.
Then you could resin cast several dozen copies before the moulds get crappy -
I have some resin cast ones, but they are not even close to the Kawasaki parts.
I spent so much on the all metal MG42 that I refuse to put any resin parts on mine.
But if there is a demand out there for Accurate resin copies of the real Kawasaki struts,
maybe I can give this a try ? ? ? :O

I was close. Its not a kx 125.
It is an AR 125.
approximately a 1985 model most likely.

here is a good view of the struts.
the web site i borrowed this from is clearly posted on the image
( so they get full credit for the image ! )

Wonder if they still sell these over the web ? ?

I checked cmsnl.com

Seems to be located in Netherlands.

They have both of these parts for sale on their site

€ 106.00 for 35011A

€ 103.00 for 35011

what is that in USA dollars ?? :O

When I do the conversion to US$ it comes out to $256.oo for the pair.
Not including packing or postage ! ! :O

They're about £35/~$50 for a pair over here

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How WUDE ! ( as Jar Jar Binks would say ! )

whooolly sh*t another wisconsin marine . im flabergasted . lol ....
now i saw you say you have a resin set . would you let them go for cash? and how much ?
and where in wisconsin are you ?

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PM'd you, Cpl Potter !!

and replied to you , fellow cheese head

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David - How are you attaching your brackets to the sides of the heat shield?
I'm working on an SG right now, and think I have a rock-solid mounting method - IF I can only get a washer and nut mounted securely inside, to give me something to bolt the alu struts to!
And how far forward/up are yours?
With my plan, the front hole in the strut will match the circular vent at the front of the shield, and the large lower back hole in the strut will be just inside the rearmost oblong vent...

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Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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I installed bushings into the oversize bolt holes in the brackets, and then drilled the bushings out for smaller bolts.
The bolts go into holes in the heat shield itself, which were drilled undersize and then tapped with threads to match the bolts. (no nut needed)
I will take some close up photos showing how I oriented the brackets in relation to the heat shield.
Obviously, I did not want the bolt holes to line up with vent holes in the heat shield ( since I wanted metal behind to drill and tap ! )