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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 16:30
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Finished Vickers machine gun ready for action
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 16:21
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I dipped a small paint brush into silver pain and dabbed it onto a paper towel until it was almost dry and then dry-brushed onto the stock accessories to give them some highlights.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 16:16
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Cutting up some small accessories to the stock portion of the gun.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 16:12
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Stock of the gun. The hole is when I accidentally pushed the pin too far in my attempts to simulate rivets. this is okay, since this part will be hidden. I apologize for the slightly blurry image.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 16:07
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Using my best guess (eyeballing), I figured the stock to the gun would be about j"just so big" and cut a block of balsa wood. Used left over plastic cut and scored to shape the stock. Then used a pin to push out some rivets.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 15:59
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Small front end was made from tubular strips of plastic cut down short. Used a pin to help located the holes followed by using a pin vise.
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Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 15:57
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Starting to look like a Vickers...
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 15:55
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Super glued each strip until the whole barrel was covered.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 15:54
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To simulate the long grooves on the main barrel, I cut short strips of .060" half-round plastic strips. The chose of thickness of the strips was purely arbitrary as it "looked just about right."
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 15:49
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The tape was wrapped as many times necessary to achieve the desired thickness. In this case, it was just twice.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 15:48
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I noticed that the ends of the barrel were "capped." So, back to the cutting a thin strip from electrical tape.
Skyediamonds1985Guillows Series 200 - SE5aBuild09-Dec-15 15:45
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Using the drawings of the inboard and outboard profile drawings, combined with photos and the advertisement of the Vickers gun, it was just a matter of choosing the materials to start the build. In this case, I found a small cylinder_shaped piece of plastic to use as the main barrel.
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