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M134 Minigun Question
seb43
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Posted: Friday, March 02, 2007 - 02:45 AM UTC
Dear All
I am building a M134 Minigun from Legend and I would like to connect with a rubber hose the minigun to a chemical drum from Mig, in order to represent the recuperation of the used shells.

Do you think that is realistic ? At least the concept of putting all the brass to the drum or an other container ??


Cheers to all
Seb
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Posted: Friday, March 02, 2007 - 03:05 AM UTC
It could be done. Usually the brass chute just funnels the spent casing over the side of the aircraft or vehicle though.

Like this:
seb43
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Posted: Friday, March 02, 2007 - 03:29 AM UTC
As Always
"A little help from my Friends"

thanks Gino, that was i am talking about

And Thanks to post this picture, because, this raise a second question, How to depict such tubing with the circular reinforcement in a 1/35 scale

thanks Seb


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Posted: Friday, March 02, 2007 - 04:37 AM UTC
I did/do it with some coiled tubing from an old large scale (1/9 maybe?) StarWars Speeder Bike kit. I have also used the coiled air cleaner tubing from an early Tiger I kit. You can also use the coiled part from a bendy drinking straw. You may have to glue a couple of the bendy straw parts together to get the length you need though.

Comes out like this:


Good luck.
seb43
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Posted: Friday, March 02, 2007 - 01:14 PM UTC
Nice Coiled tubing and thanks for the tips

have a nice week end
Seb
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