M41 Assault Gun

[kerick]

If not ..still pretty easy to make 👌

Yeah - cut the top off one, put in a single layer of ammo leading to the feed and bingo.
Paint the inside of the can black and you don't have to worry about a second layer, which saves the rest for something else.

Shave the inside edge enough to make it look like sheet metal.

[Rick Lowe]

If not ..still pretty easy to make 👌

Yeah - cut the top off one, put in a single layer of ammo leading to the feed and bingo.
Paint the inside of the can black and you don't have to worry about a second layer, which saves the rest for something else.

Shave the inside edge enough to make it look like sheet metal.

Indeed, and to make sure the belt actually fits... 
Or, you could cut it down to just above the ridge running around the can, and replace the upper 5-6mm with sheet foil.
Nothing looks like sheet metal more than sheet metal...

[kerick]

If not ..still pretty easy to make 👌

Yeah - cut the top off one, put in a single layer of ammo leading to the feed and bingo.
Paint the inside of the can black and you don't have to worry about a second layer, which saves the rest for something else.

Shave the inside edge enough to make it look like sheet metal.

Indeed, and to make sure the belt actually fits... 
Or, you could cut it down to just above the ridge running around the can, and replace the upper 5-6mm with sheet foil.
Nothing looks like sheet metal more than sheet metal...

And easy to make look dented up.

[kerick]

I've been working on the TOW launcher system. I wanted it to rotate but I couldn't figure out how to do it without complications. That's until I remembered the refrigerator magnet that has been attached to my tool box for years. A couple of washers fit into the lower part and the magnet in the upper. Works great so far. And if it gets bumped it won't break off. So far so good. Now I need to work out some arms to raise and lower the launcher. I found a spring perfect to raise it but no promises to make it work.

[Captain Canada]

I like it. Very interesting build. Thanks for sharing !

[Rick Lowe]

I've been working on the TOW launcher system. I wanted it to rotate but I couldn't figure out how to do it without complications. That's until I remembered the refrigerator magnet that has been attached to my tool box for years. A couple of washers fit into the lower part and the magnet in the upper. Works great so far. And if it gets bumped it won't break off. So far so good. Now I need to work out some arms to raise and lower the launcher. I found a spring perfect to raise it but no promises to make it work.

Cool! And will be useful for transporting the model.
Or swapping out the armament fit for something else... 

[Wardukw]

I've been working on the TOW launcher system. I wanted it to rotate but I couldn't figure out how to do it without complications. That's until I remembered the refrigerator magnet that has been attached to my tool box for years. A couple of washers fit into the lower part and the magnet in the upper. Works great so far. And if it gets bumped it won't break off. So far so good. Now I need to work out some arms to raise and lower the launcher. I found a spring perfect to raise it but no promises to make it work.

Cool! And will be useful for transporting the model.
Or swapping out the armament fit for something else... 

Like a 20mm cannon armed CROWS turret   
Though I'm really liking the magnet ideas..ive really gotta remember this .

[kerick]

I was working on the arms last night and I'm trying to build it so there's enough friction to hold the launcher in the up or down position. So far so good. Now if I can keep from accidentally gluing it together!

[kerick]

No spring involved! Just friction fit. Here's the lowered traveling position.



The reloading position.



Firing position.





Now I have to build the sights, which will be a basic box, on the right side and a .50 cal mount on the left. It's a little too easy to move right now. I'm thinking the paint will stiffen that up a bit. I was really worried that gluing that green part over the ends of the lower pivots might leak glue and then harden the whole thing but I got away with it. This might be getting away from the "thrown together from spare parts in a war emergency" theory behind my backstory but oh well.
The static dispersing idea behind the aluminum plate on the desk is having mixed results. Of course it doesn't actually get rid of the dust but because of the cold here lately and running a space heater its so dry I don't think anything will get rid of the level of static.

[Rick Lowe]

Coming along very nicely - and you're right, a co-ax MG is always a Good Idea. 
For those targets that aren't worth a whole TOW of their very own; or for ranging...

[Wardukw]

Looking brilliant matey 👍 👌
As for your slapped together idea bud ..it still works fine ...if you took a look at a military bone yard you'd be amazed at what you can find 😉
Hell in one I was looking at the prototype Sgt York M48 AA system was there..tucked in amongst a stash of other machines including a easy eight M4 Sherman chassis which was sitting beside it 😳 😄

It's that classic case of the more you look the more you find mate sort of deal 👍

[kerick]

Coming along very nicely - and you're right, a co-ax MG is always a Good Idea. 
For those targets that aren't worth a whole TOW of their very own; or for ranging...

One big TOW or a bunch of little toes, it's still a kick in the a$$!

[Rick Lowe]

True. 

[kerick]

Looking brilliant matey 👍 👌
As for your slapped together idea bud ..it still works fine ...if you took a look at a military bone yard you'd be amazed at what you can find 😉
Hell in one I was looking at the prototype Sgt York M48 AA system was there..tucked in amongst a stash of other machines including a easy eight M4 Sherman chassis which was sitting beside it 😳 😄

It's that classic case of the more you look the more you find mate sort of deal 👍

Was that in California or Arizona? I was at Fort Hunter-Ligget, California in the early 80s for the tests there. Our squadron was tasked with controlling the OPFOR aircraft. That thing just sat there and barely reacted. That whole program died pretty soon after that. I always wondered if they just left it there or trucked it off somewhere.

[Wardukw]

Looking brilliant matey 👍 👌
As for your slapped together idea bud ..it still works fine ...if you took a look at a military bone yard you'd be amazed at what you can find 😉
Hell in one I was looking at the prototype Sgt York M48 AA system was there..tucked in amongst a stash of other machines including a easy eight M4 Sherman chassis which was sitting beside it 😳 😄

It's that classic case of the more you look the more you find mate sort of deal 👍

Was that in California or Arizona? I was at Fort Hunter-Ligget, California in the early 80s for the tests there. That whole program died pretty soon after that. I always wondered if they just left it there or trucked it off somewhere.

Pretty sure it was Cali...but it might have been Arizona cause I remember the last tests were done out there 😅
I think 🤔 
It was covered in a heap of dust ..that I do remember..so Arizona is looking the part here 😆