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Was looking for an SLR to mount for a WO/Sgts mess presentation without spending lots on a DEAC (which you can't buy now easily even for Military displays) and came across this.
Amazing how the Japanese have captured the detail for this Airsoft rifle, and with the wood and all.......amazing
Impressive Gil,
Almost perfect in fact. These things are ideal for film work, display etc
Wow do you have a link as to where these can be found?
Looks pretty good, the mess would likely rather have this one anyway. Storage of actual weapons, even when they were deacs was always an issue. Worse back when deac wasn't standardized...
Bruce,
Here is the link, they are around £450 GBP here in the UK but look worth it, when you get bored you can scare the pigeons off the allotment :lol:
Made by ARES schroll down and look at the wood and plastic options and top covers
http://www.aresairsoft.com/guns/l1a1
I can see where once hung on a wall it would be hard pressed to know the difference in the real deal. Looks like it will even take a bayonet. Also it's only 500g off in weight from the original. A fun backyard plinker that won't disturb the neighbors.
The battery is in the butt, with the plate on a swivel, allowing access, thats the majority of weight to bring it close to realism. I was after a broken one which they get from time to time at the importers I know, so waiting out for one to mount.
They do look really smart as a mess gift below as an example:
Shame we didn't have the software that does this, in the day for training practises, teaching as you rotated the rifle:
http://www.aresairsoft.com/buttstock/bs-021 Scroll down to the SLR video
Gil you guys were probably like us and had the giant wooden mock up where the bullets were the size of a 40mm round:D I have a photo somewhere of me standing in formation where every one else has the normal M16A1 at port arms and I am on the end with the giant mock up.
WOW some of those,M3.thompson look like they would make a great WW2 display also.
Semper Fi
Phil
Of course they have an M3 pictured and call it an M3A1...or did you mean the M1 Thompson? They do look good from here...
I've been wanting 4 X Thompson drum 50 rnd mags for a long time but also not wishing to pay the £500 each that the genuine article goes for. The reason that I need 4 is because my replica transit chest that I have been slowly making takes 3 and I would also like to fit a drum mag to my U.K. deactivated Thompson but this is a later deac so has a welded bolt. I only need these for show/display purposes because it's a deac and so the mags don't need to be fully working, only look the part. I recently found the perfect solution to my needs in the form of "Denix replica Thompson drum mags" which certainly look the part but are non working and are priced at about £25 each which seems like an an excellent price to me. There are no internals to these Denex drum mags. The replica mags fit perfectly in my transit chest and the one that I will display with the deac will need some slight adjustments to the sides and the top because of the welded bolt. I wouldn't wish to butcher a £500 original mag but who cares about a £25 replica mag having the top slightly damaged?