TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on May 9, 2009 2:02:32 GMT -5
Im starting a new project and its called the M1 Flamethrower. Its not airsoft its only a prop for my early USMC displays.
However I have scavanged Google and come up with a catch of pictures but I need more. Does anyone have any pics they can post up of the M1 Flamethrower.
I have plenty of pics showing the tanks and the Wand but I specifically need pics of the shoulder straps and the frame the tanks were mounted on.
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Post by wwiiboyoftheusa on May 9, 2009 8:01:40 GMT -5
something like this
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Post by TommyGunner on May 9, 2009 11:46:03 GMT -5
Oh very nice I dont have that pic. Is there any chance you have a bigger one too?
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on May 9, 2009 12:56:26 GMT -5
Talk to biged, he's making an airsoft one. I'm sure he's got all the specs you need for a real one. -Tim edit: oh btw, I've been meaning to say this but keep forgetting. You should edit your avatar so it says "B. Co., 1st Bat., 1st Regt." NOT "B. Co., 1st Regt., 1st Bat."... you can't fit a regiment in a battalion
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Post by TommyGunner on May 9, 2009 22:07:13 GMT -5
I have come close to completeing the prototype proof of concept Wand for the M1 Flamethrower. I will post pics tonight
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Post by TommyGunner on May 9, 2009 23:30:27 GMT -5
Here are some pics of the M1 Flamethrower wand. I only had a few pictures to work with, only one showed a guy holding it at a bad angle so sizing was eyeballed for how long to make it. Either way its the proof of concept version and I can make another one in a night no problem. In a few days I will have the tanks built and attached to a frame. TommyGunner
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Post by deacon on May 9, 2009 23:37:45 GMT -5
I don't know a thing about them, but that looks long.
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Post by deacon on May 9, 2009 23:42:50 GMT -5
heres a painting, most likely from a model, but is quite a bit shorter than yours. This one shows it next to an M2, and it aint much longer.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 9, 2009 23:47:17 GMT -5
Ahh nice pics. I was worried about how long it was, I can fix that very easy and quickly though. Ill have pics up of the modified wand tomarrow then.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 10, 2009 0:52:02 GMT -5
I have shortened the entire unit and it sure does look better now I will have pictures posted soon of the Wand painted.
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Post by deacon on May 10, 2009 1:23:02 GMT -5
By the way TG, those sandals are FARB!
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TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on May 10, 2009 1:48:50 GMT -5
AWW DAMN lol, you saw the sandals lol.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 10, 2009 2:25:03 GMT -5
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Post by CharleyNovember on May 10, 2009 4:39:01 GMT -5
and again with the assualt sandals...you're killing me man killing me. ;D
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Post by Sgt_Tom on May 10, 2009 9:09:05 GMT -5
Nice job Tommygunner. Can't wait to see the finished weapon.
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Post by click on May 10, 2009 9:49:13 GMT -5
No the sandals are not Flaggrantly Wrong. They were used by beach assault troops on Tarawa. They are known as Sandal, Assault, M1938. Maybe you would know it by the name of its modernized cousin, the Tac-flop. ;D
Flamethrower looks great TG!
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Post by deacon on May 10, 2009 10:21:22 GMT -5
Much better, and man look at that t-shirt. You seem to be extra "Flaggrantly Wrong"!
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Post by spitfire740 on May 10, 2009 17:43:04 GMT -5
The sun dyed it....black
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Post by deacon on May 10, 2009 17:58:53 GMT -5
Ah, makes sense
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TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on May 10, 2009 19:01:04 GMT -5
Actually the shirt and sandals are Army issue items used on a limited basis by the Marines TommyGunner
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Post by sarge12 on Jun 19, 2009 0:43:19 GMT -5
Lookin good but the pipes need to be thinner
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Post by 101starmyairborne on Jun 21, 2009 9:47:41 GMT -5
I've got to give you props for making the "long forgotten" M1 flamethrower. Because when anyone thinks of a flamethrower they think of the M2. Great Job.
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