martylee Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 To buy a deactivated or replica is to expensive! So I'm thinking about building one myself. Since this will be covered up it doesn't have to be that accurate. Thought about building it out of some pieces of wood and a broomstick with some metal attached to it. Could someone help me out with the size/ measurement of both the barrel and "box"? Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 To buy a deactivated or replica is to expensive! So I'm thinking about building one myself. Since this will be covered up it doesn't have to be that accurate. Thought about building it out of some pieces of wood and a broomstick with some metal attached to it. Could someone help me out with the size/ measurement of both the barrel and "box"? Marty You can get a full set of plans on ebay for $10.95 I got a set & they are pretty good http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FULL-SCALE-REPLICA-BROWNING-MG-MODEL-WWII_W0QQitemZ200107440391QQihZ010QQcategoryZ585QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 What's it to go on? Mark 1 Ferret? FWIW, our Armd Recce Regt had a good half dozen Mark 1s for rebros, LOs and sergeants major. We never EVER mounted the three-ohs. The design and build were so old (thirty years ago) that any exposure to the moist air in central Germany turned them to rust very quickly and the stripping sequence was horrendous compared with the more modern GPMG (or the LMG), so that removing the rust was a real pain. Even in the dry heat of Cyprus, our three-ohs would rust up very quickly given the chance. Good job we had a lot of time on our hands. In BAOR we only ever removed them from the armoury to clean them. We once took them to Hohne Ranges because it had been decided we'd get a slot on Range 8 to fire them. I wish we hadn't. Didn't install me with confidence had we needed to fire them in anger. It was a big brute on a small platform and impossible to get a tight group at any range as the whole vehicle shook spectacularly. Not what we professional gunners liked. I can understand why you want to mount a dummy: I personally think the way you propose to do it is very wise. ISTR there is an advert for authentic canvas covers on the For Sale forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Just ordered the plans for the HMG. It'll be fun to see if it's hard to build myself the replica that I want. Thanks for helping me out! Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I hope he offers more because I'm interested in the plans too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Just ordered the plans for the HMG. It'll be fun to see if it's hard to build myself the replica that I want. Thanks for helping me out! Marty Hi Marty. Sounds a great project and one that is going to be interesting to follow. ......do you fancy writing an article on it for us? Cheers Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Hi Jack! Shall we wait and see how it turns out first? If it goes well I'd be happy to help someone else along, and may be I'll write that article you mention. And as usual I'll probably flood you with photos... :oops: Thanks for showing interest! Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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