how can i make an elcan for the c7a1 and how can i make a c1?
Curtis:
For the Elcan use small gauge styrene round and square stock from your local hobby shop.
For the C-1 you can buy as many as you want from HR Products.
These are really great cast items and you can buy a full infantry section worth for next to nothing.
Cheers;
Gregory
I would check hr products, not everything has a photo on thier website, but they do good work and they are inexpensive
i just checked the site and it says every thing is in 1/32 scale and i didn’t see any c1’s.
Can be used with 1/35th scale as long as you use same scale weapons all around. Going to order soon and will double check for you
Will an FN-FAL L1A1 not work as a C1? Italleri has one in the 1/35 Light Weapon Set.
the l1a1 is similar exept for the front stock, the l1a1 has a wooden or in later cases a fibreglass stock (same material as in a c7 stock) the c1 on the other hand is metal with holls for venting below the barrel.
How much difference would it make in 1/35th scale? Seems you could make the holes easy enough with a knife and then just paint the forearm grip gun metal like the rest of the weapon. I was comparing pics of the L1A1 and the C1 last night and didn’t see any features that would stick out differently in1/35th, aside from the vent holes.
I hope I’m not sounding like a smarta*s, just trying to help you find some easy options. Kind of trouble shooting with you. There’s nothing as frustrating as needing something that isn’t available, or is hard to come by.
I don’t work much in 1/35th scale anymore, but since I sculpt nearly all of the figures I paint these days, I make my own weapons as well. If it comes down to it, let me know. I can advise on scratch building. It’s not as hard as it might seem.
scratch building carl g’s ?
As in an M3 Carl Gustav? Why not? Piece of cake. Though I know DML has one in a kit, and I think Italleri has one too.
i think the carl gustav you mean is different i’m talking about the 84mm recioless rifle that the canadian army uses.
No, that’s the one I’m talking about too. The other one, the M45 Swedish K SMG, is spelled differently; Karl Gustav. I have scratch built that one, but a RR is easier because most of it would be made from simple styrene rod stock. Again, I’m fairly certain an example exists in either an Italleri or DML kit, though I could be wrong.
closest thing is tamiyas piat and that looks nothing like a carl g. check www.army.forces.gc.ca 's equipment page weapons you’ll see it.
There is a very basic Carl Gustav Launcher in some of the Trumpeter JGSDF vehicle kits. I have one, and it would probably be better to scratch build one, though you can use the trumpeter one as a base.
thats not a carl g in that kit simalar but no.
Curtis;
To scratchbuild a Carl-G is quite simple. You can rough out the shape with either styrene tubing or brass tubing. Either will work quite well. The outer details, sights, grips etc. can be made from styrene. A good reference to scale from is the Warrior field training pamphlet that was distributed several years ago by LFCA to all Regular and Reserve Force Regiments. If you can’t locate one through your Squadron check with a local Reserve Unit member and ask if they can source you out one. I may still have one buried in the pile of junk, I’ll have to look. Failing that there used to be a fair size army surplus store in Kitchener, check there as well they may have a copy. They were full of good little bits of information and pictures as well as decent line drawings of each weapon.
I’ll see what I can turn up for you as well.
Cheers;
Gregory
I’ve got a tutorial on scratch building weapons at my site, found here:
http://promodelmaker.com/Tutorials.html
Gonna have to copy/paste the URL because I can’t get the link to work. It’s the only tutorial I have up so far.
I’ve got the step by step pics linked to the words or sentences that reference them, and they’re set to open in a second browser so you don’t have to keep going back and forth. It explains using scale multipliers and photoshop (or whatever other picture editing software) to make your scale reference pics, as well as fabricating the subassemblies. I’ve made a 120mm M3 Grease Gun in the tute, but the rules work for any weapon in any scale.
Here’s a good resource you can use (gonna have to paste this one too, sorry), http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl10-e.htm.
That’s a good site for all sorts of weapons, though several pics are too grainy for good reference on detail.
thanks guys, greg if you want a good surplus store go to abc military surplus in downtown kitchener that guy can get anything, for a price of coars[:D].
Keep in mind that that C7A1 is based on the M16A1E3. This means that in order to be truly accurate, you should take the barrel and round handguards from an M16A2, and mate it with the upper/lower receiver and stock from an M16A1. The Elcan is easy to built, however. Also, you can drop one on any early M249 SAW and you’ve got a C9A1. C6s can be found in the Dragon Modern Light MG set, as can a SAW. Dragon also makes an M16 family series kit; with that and some resin casting, you could make C8, C8A1, C8A2, C7, C7A1 and C7A2 (-minus tactical light and PAQ-4 IR laser, although they should be relatively easy to build).
By the way, what exactly are you planning to build?
My next project on returning home from the sandbox is my section from AFG, but it’s gonna be tough scratching all of the Canadian kit.
Anyways, cheers and good luck.
Cader28;
If you have not been to this site, http://www.mapleleafmodels.com you should. They have all kinds of goodies for Canadian armour etc.
When are you heading to Afghanistan? A friend of mine just left for his Engineer IED pre-training in Gagetown and my old unit (2 SVC BN) is slotted for the next Roto to Kandahar.
You should have some kits mailed to you so you can keep in practice.
Cheers;
Gregory