Simple Brass Machinegun

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Battlechip
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Simple Brass Machinegun

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Gday Fellas, I didnt see the point of the original machinegun and ive got some of this brass tubing around,so I just knocked this up in front of the TV and it only took about 35mins.Ive used 3.15mm and 4mm tube (not to scale) I used a fine drill and pencil file,and flanged the muzzle by placing a small length onto a countersunk 3mm bolt and backing a nut upto it.
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Re: Simple Brass Machinegun

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that looks fantastic. take it you drilled the bigger bore and then slid over the small bore. what sixe drill did you use? jeff
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Re: Simple Brass Machinegun

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Hi Jeff, I used a 1.5mm drill bit and then used the pencil file to get the holes more accurate coz my drilling wasn't that good. Cheers
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Re: Simple Brass Machinegun

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Hi, I decided to put the led in coz it fits
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Re: Simple Brass Machinegun

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That is an incredible piece of work considering that the MG is so small 8O
Really well done..Its almost a pity to have painted it..
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