Looking for drawings/dimensions

[NavyShooter]

Goodday guys,

I'm thinking on future/follow on projects after my M2 .22 (scaled down .50)

I like the scaled down .22 "big gun" concept, but before I wander further into the world, and make another one, I'd like to get my hands on some better drawings of the following guns:

Lewis
Bren
Vickers
MG-34
MG-42
M-60

Not wanting to get started on something I can't finish, I'm going to research a bit, but if anyone has a source for good drawings of the above guns, parts break-down, dimensions, etc, I'd love to get a closer look.

So, what should I be looking at? Do the collectors grade series have good reference drawings that I can look at?

This is not a near-term production, but something I'm going to think about through the summer, and work towards next winter. The next one may be a slightly larger scale kit that can adapt to a 10/22, (due to availability and me not wanting to be a "manufacturer") but I have to look at drawings and such before I'd go on.

So, Sources, suggestions, comments?

Thanks gang,

NS

 

[Stevo]

Hmm. I can't help you with reference material but I think a 10/22 based Bren replica would turn out very well.

If you inverted the action you could locate the 30 rd mag in the correct top feed location, possibly inside a dummy mag of the correct shape.

It would eject out the side instead of the bottom unless you built a deflector of some sort into the receiver housing.

I think about 60% scale would look right. I can provide detail pics an measurements from my Inglis MkII 8mm if you'd like.

 

[tiriaq]

There are plans available for a reduced size 1919A4 or 1917A1 lookalike built around a 10/22.

 

[NavyShooter]

http:// www . reliable-net. net/~ccsprints/

Ok, found it.

Wow.

Ok, I'm going to try and get ahold of them.

We'll see where this goes!

NS

 

[koldt]

NS, I've got a full size architecture type schematic of the Vickers. And it's on the huge paper.. If you can utilize it somehow, it's here.

 

[NavyShooter]

Koldt,

I'm going to play out the 1919 first, and see how that goes.

Once I've got one (or more) of them up and running, I might adapt to the Vickers.

More to follow. I now have a line on the plans, even though the company no longer has a valid e-mail address.

NS