TKCaleb Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) After many MANY years, I am finally getting around to building one of these. I ended up first purchasing a cut up MGC MKV from a gentleman here for spare parts, not knowing what I would need in the future. A year or so later, I purchased another MGC from a guy in England, who completely Frankenstein-ed it with REAL L2A3 sterling parts. Luckily I was able to use the parts from the cut up MGC to replace all the missing pieces. Just recently, I found another MGC MKV in fantastic condition, as rare as they are to find I couldn’t pass it up. After receiving it however, I realized there were small holes near the front of the barrel. It was possibly made into a blaster before but had been changed back to its previous state by a collector. Now I have two of these beautiful pieces ready to build up. I have printed out the scope rail, the gun hammers, and front sight piece (trying to find an original RO72). I have also 3d modeled the U tracks and door catch greeble. I will more than likely be modeling a copy of the MGC MKV magazine for print since they are harder to find than the gun itself. Edited February 4, 2018 by TKCaleb Pressed the send button before I was finished, second edit was due to bad image links. Quote
The5thHorseman[501st] Posted February 4, 2018 Report Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Two MGC?!? Wow, I wasn't prepared for that, this is awesome. Now who ever Frankenstein-ed the first one with L2A3 parts should definitely be banned from the SW community! What a terrible thing to do... However too bad I didn't know you were looking for one because I just happened to see two RO72 going for sale, but the auctions are finished now. Edited January 19, 2019 by The5thHorseman Quote
TKCaleb Posted February 4, 2018 Author Report Posted February 4, 2018 12 hours ago, The5thHorseman said: Two MGC?!? Wow, I wasn't prepared for that, this is awesome. Now who ever Frankenstein-ed this first one with L2A3 parts should definitely put to a ban in this whole community! What a terrible thing to do... However too bad I didn't know, I just happened to see two RO72 going for sale but the auctions are finished. If you find me one I’ll give you a finders fee! I am searching every week. Quote
TKCaleb Posted February 5, 2018 Author Report Posted February 5, 2018 Okay, so I got to work 3d modelling the cut down magazine. Not to shabby. 1 Quote
TKCaleb Posted February 5, 2018 Author Report Posted February 5, 2018 UPDATE: Had to make some refinements and corrections to the magazine model. The walls were to thin to print in metal so I had to increase all walls to 1mm. I also added a few small circular indentations which should appear in the print. I have uploaded it to Shapeways and have ordered a test print. Quote
juan7fernandez Posted December 22, 2018 Report Posted December 22, 2018 how is the progress on this project? The models were looking great! Would love to get this magazine printed, as I dont have the heart to cut the original MGC mag. Quote
phil Posted December 22, 2018 Report Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) hi, but aren't they smaller than a proper sterling ?...are they using PFC cartridges ?... based on the patchet Edited January 19, 2019 by phil Quote
jkno Posted January 19, 2019 Report Posted January 19, 2019 I like the door catch greeblie. Glad I could help with that. Are you having them for sale? Quote
The5thHorseman[501st] Posted January 19, 2019 Report Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) On 12/22/2018 at 11:17 PM, phil said: hi, but aren't they smaller than a proper sterling ?...are they using PFC cartridges ?... based on the patchet You're right, the MGC Sterling are substantially smaller than a proper L2A3 Sterling. Like you said they can shoot cartridges, but not real bullets Edited January 19, 2019 by The5thHorseman Quote
TKCaleb Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) It’s been a long time since I have updated on here. I have 3d printed out the rail, block, and hammers in metal; currently I am waiting on the scope bell and cap. the metal prints turned out very nice! I have a few adjustments I would like to make but so far so good. Edited November 7, 2022 by TKCaleb 2 Quote
jkno Posted November 8, 2022 Report Posted November 8, 2022 Congrats. But the images don't show up Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted November 8, 2022 Report Posted November 8, 2022 10 hours ago, jkno said: Congrats. But the images don't show up Weird they are showing for me. Investigation and appears the images have been cross posted from RPF, there is a software issue with posts form RPF and our forum, links are also a problem. On 11/8/2022 at 4:45 AM, TKCaleb said: It’s been a long time since I have updated on here. I have 3d printed out the rail, block, and hammers in metal; currently I am waiting on the scope bell and cap. the metal prints turned out very nice! I have a few adjustments I would like to make but so far so good. I would advise to use a free online image host such like Imgur for hosting your photos and there would then be no issues with the images not showing for everyone Great how to here Quote
jkno Posted November 9, 2022 Report Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said: Weird they are showing for me. Investigation and appears the images have been cross posted from RPF, there is a software issue with posts form RPF and our forum, links are also a problem. I would advise to use a free online image host such like Imgur for hosting your photos and there would then be no issues with the images not showing for everyone Great how to here This is how I see the images: Edited November 9, 2022 by jkno Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted November 9, 2022 Report Posted November 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, jkno said: This is how I see the images: And what I see. Could also be brower you are using. Hopefully Caleb will use Imgur or another free image host and swap them out. Quote
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