hey Rob that looks every time better and better.

love it good job.

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nick i will be making the shrouds myself it cant be any harder than what i been through with the receiver and if it is i got nothin but time ,making the first one is the hardest got to figure out the best way to do it,as regards paint v oil with no primer on the metal parts i can scrape the paint of with a thumb nail, it literaly is a blow over more like engineers blue than a paint finish, its easy to mark out lines and holes with a quick scratch. pencil, marker etc can and does rub off as said before im a chippy not a metal worker but the advice i was given was to paint the parts with engineers blue for mark out ,alterations ,dont have any so why spend money when i got paint here and it does both jobs rustproofer and blue ,patrick cheers for droppin by dude,

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been workin on this for the past few days, bolt and carrier nearly finished it cocks and on half cock will shut with a squeeze of the trigger will try to stick a you tube link in here so you can see what i been up to appologies for the quality took it on my phone http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=INQKHWVf9BE
i also include a few pics of how i did it ,the bolt is exactly that a cut down bolt turned in a drill chuck using a file, with the nut welded into the carrier,i think it looks the part,the rest are the return spring and internals,to get it to close on a trigger pull i added a piece to the trigger that pushes upward as it is pulled ,if anyone is interested i can go into detail for ya,still need to sort out the eject mechanism but waitin for some bits to sort out allignment,well what do ya think ? all the best , Rob

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diamond geezer
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You're really a MASTER
Wow

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so so so good!

anychance of seeing the thompson parts and the spas cage together?

Hi nick thanks for droppin by ,i will sling you a combo pic up tommorow ,give ya some idea of what it looks like so far,thanks for the nod LSKIV its all startin to come together now ,just waitin for a mag and some rounds for it then i can sort out the eject mechanism,once again thanks for dropin by dudes, Rob

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WOW!



If I didn't know better I'd say that was the real thing! Excellent job!

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that's awesome looks great.
good job.like the idea of the nut for the bolt.

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I gotta say im a bit blown away by that vid!!
Id like to know more for one!!

Dang. Youtube vid linky no worky.

it just worked fine here.

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thank you folks for your kind words, pepperpete pm me your email address and i will send it to you,not sure why it wont work for you but i know you have an interest in my work so i will send it to ya ,or does someone know why he cant see it ? thanks vicky the bolt was partialy your idea i didnt think the drill turning would work on steel but it does so i may go back and redo my aluminium selector switches in steel, all the best ,Rob

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Works fine from here too.

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"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

As you ask so shall you receive here ya go mate this is how i got it to work,the pictures pretty much speak for themselves,but i welded a flat bottom onto the carrier just the first couple of inches and welded a pin onto the trigger that sits just below the rails at rest,as you pull on the trigger the pin pushes on the flat bottom of the carrier and hey presto it closes,very simple but effective it makes a great noise too,the benefit of working in steel, a good solid ka chuck when you cock it,for some reason when i converted the movie from 3gp to mpeg 2 it stripped the sound off ,i dont know how to get a sound file on here or you could have a listen, Jamie I got your email address so will send it through to you all the best mate , Rob

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here ya go nick as asked, everything you see in the pictures is built from scratch in steel by yours truly,apart from the selector switches "aluminium" to be swapped out by steel,and the resin handle supplied by you mate, none of the main parts ,vent ,spas or thompson are cut to correct length yet ,but it gives you an idea of where i am at the moment still a ways to go i think ,all the best ,Rob

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Dangggggg, lookin amazin man. You dont get the full effect untill you see it all together like that. Its sweet. Cant wait to see it finished

looks great!!

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This is amazing, I've loved watching this thread. You've done some great work. It takes a lot of patience and persistence to finish a build like this and it appears that you have no shortage of either one. Keep up the good work.

PS: are you interested in making a second? lol.

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Looking at that pic I'd say that the Spas cage and vent are about the right length anyway.

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Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

The spas cage is approx 12mm or 1/2 inch long, the vent and thompson are both long too, not by much but enough to need sorting ,just wanted a bit extra to play with if i needed it steve ,cheers patrick hows the workshop coming along, thanks gritty waitin to see your stuff up here Brian if i take up all the requests i've had i can get to you round about 2012 possibly december, january/february at the latest definatly before may/june any particular colour you would like BB might take a while to source 2,3,5 months tops thanks for the interest guys n gals,i couldnt have done it so well without all the help, information and advice i have been given from the members here,and on other boards,all the best , Rob

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OUTSTANDING!!

this is such impressive work and to think its all built from scratch makes it even more amazing. always look forward to updates from you Rob as it just keeps getting better and better.

looks like you got all the measurements and sizes spot on also.

can't wait to see more!!!

A Ha! holding out on us, eh! I was in the area and saw the Thompson and SPAS scratchbuild together for the first time , Looks AWESOME! you fixed it together yet? I am collecting airsoft metal parts for a "grandfather of the pulse rifle" M4/870Masterkey and wont attach the shotgun until its fully completed. it makes for better antipation.
Am new here so Ill be dropping by regularly! keep up the great work Rob !

I tried helping Rob with finding aluminum 12 bore snapcaps to turn out PR grenades for this gun,
anyone here know where to find aluminum snapcaps in the UK?

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hi dion i thaught you were allready a member here ,none of it is fixed yet, nick asked me to see the bits i have made so far so i slung them together just for a look see long way to go yet, eagle a one line throw away i have no intention of making members uncomfortable about what im doing so i will withdraw my postings on this site and move on with my build alone i thaught it was something people would get a buzz out of but if you feel its inapropriate for me to post here thats cool i have enjoyed my time here and made a lot of new friends i will stay on to see what there up to if thats ok and once again i appologise if my work has made members uncomfortable or caused a problem it was not my intention to do so, i am not sure how to delete my postings perhaps one of the site owners could do it ,i wish you all the best folks, Rob

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Hi Jester. I'm in no way uncomfortable with it - I just think you should maybe watch your back, given the current climate. I, for one, think it's great and want to see more!
 

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