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I've never had much luck with RTV. I never seem to be able to mix it in the proper proportions, and always end up with goo instead of a mold. I am good with polyester though. It is much more forgiving. Add a few too many drops of catalyst, and the only thing you have to worry about is some excess heat. Did I mention I am really happy at the moment?

WOOT!!! DING-DING!!! Here's one part I won't be needing measurements for ... Right now, in my hot little hand, fresh in from France, is a REAL MG34 bipod! I'm not going to have any cash for buying anything off ebay for a couple of months, but it's worth it, because this baby is fantastic. It is in great shape with no rust, no damage, and nearly all the original bluing! This thing probably looks exactly the way it did back when it was packed away in 1945! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! I'm happy!

Some were alluminum. Most were bakelite, a type of thermoset plastic. The bidding is already up past my currently tight financial limit.

Ugh! That is the same piece of garbage I got when I went looking for an inexpensive MG34 prop, and I am certainly not happy with what I got. Now I have done vacuuforming myself, and I can tell you that vacuuforming is a very good modeling technique. The Cushman MG34 however, is not a good example of how vacuuforming is supposed to be done. The vacuuformed MG34 I received, which I simply refer to now as "vacuucrap", is possibly the worst vacuuforming job I have ever seen. Had I known better, I would never have purchaced it. It is simply not worth the money being charged for it by any stretch of the imagination. Had they just sent me four sheets of ABS with a note saying "Do it yourself" I probably would have been better off. The only thing I have found mine good for is taking measurements, with which I am trying to build a decent MG34 model from scratch. The detail of the Cushman MG34 is terrible. It looks as if one had taken a real gun, and dunked it into a thick gooey mass of black pancake batter. I suppose it can still be useful as a prop however, provided the person holding the prop is only going to be seen from a quarter mile away. If it benefits anyone out there who is looking for an MG34 model, I will whole heartedly recommend NOT buying the Cushman MG34. There are much better ways in which one can waste their money. Flushing cash down the toilet is much more highly recommended than spending it on this piece of trash. I've been burned. Let's see that it happens to nobody else.

Whip out the calipers TD5422!!! I have just started work on a full scale model of an MG34 now, and I will take any and all measurements you can give me. I am trying to take measurements from a really crappy vaccuformed MG34, but the details on the thing are rather indistict, and I will accept as many measurements taken from real parts as I can get. Millimetres are prefered, but inches are perfectly acceptable. The model is to be used as a prop for a WWII game mod I am working on, but I am trying to make the model as detailed as possible so that it will make a lovely conversation piece for me to keep. I actually have a web page started with progress reports on my work. http://www.doomlegends.com/deimwolf/mg34model.html When finished, I will post all the details and measurements I have gathered on my website for others to use. It seems only fair. A few measurements that are really bugging me are: - The thickness of the trigger assembly (this part*) at its thickest point, as well as its overall dimensions. (I believe I can cut out a fairly accurate piece from the very photo shown, but the piece's thickness is a real bugbear for me.) - The width to the receiver cover (this part*) at about the region where the ID number is stamped. - The overall dimensions of the butt stock, especially the diameter of the metal ring where it connects to the recoil buffer and receiver. - The widths of virtually anything having to do with the receiver. The two halves of the vacuuformed MG34 do not fit well together, making widths extremely difficult to determine. (I am only interested in the dimensions of external parts. The inside of my receiver is just going to be a block of wood, so providing info on internal parts would only be a waste of time.) I will cobble together up a few pics in future to show any specific measurements I am looking for. Thanks. *(I sure hope the owners of the brpguns site don't get too angry with me for deep linking to their photos. )

WHOA-HOO!!!!! Me likes.

I need more information, particularly the diameter of the barrel shroud and the width of the receiver.

I am currently hoping to build myself a full scale MG34 prop for a project I am working on. I've got the wood. I've got the bondo. I've got the PVC pipe. I've got the time and the enthusiasm. What I don't have is the scale drawings to start building with. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can download some good scale drawings of the MG34. (Full scale if at all possible) Thanks.