Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun



I've always loved the look of this gun so I have decided to try something ambitious by re-creating this one as accurately as possible. I plan to make it as functional as styrene plastic will allow. Obviously it will NEVER be able to fire anything, but I'd like to have little plastic bullets in a spring-loaded drum magazine which will cycle into a little plastic chamber and then get ejected by a little plastic spring-loaded bolt!

My web research has produced actual machinists diagrams of most of the parts of the gun. Others I will have to extrapolate from photos. I will also carve a birch stock to complete the authenticity.

Information on the real gun can be found here...
http://www.ppsh41.com/

My progress will follow....

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:01 PM

    Amazing work as always

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  2. Anonymous12:46 PM

    Hi, Mike!
    I still remember You!
    I write soon!
    CSM-101

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  3. Hey could you email me copies of the diagrams used to make this? I LOVE your work, and im interested in making a toy ppsh41 of my own. And could you describe a little more of the styrene molding? Such as what pudies and glues did you use? And where would I get a heat gun?
    Ryanclement54321@gmail.com

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