For a while now I've been thinking about having my dad's friend assist in me and my father in designing and creating an airsoft AR2 and at the moment I'm looking for parts that will work for the project. The AR2 that we're basing this off is a recreation of the original model, and IMO looks alot more detailed and easier to build (the original w_irifle.mdl has fugly textures).
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So far I can tell that the handle itself looks like an old M16A2 pistol grip, and I have no idea what weapon has a similar stock.
Oh and before I forget, my father's friend made a real working airsoft replica of the M41A pulse rifle from Aliens, and he loves recreating movie props so this would be a definite project.
Dude, I would LOVE to see this recreated.
The pistol grip looks like an M16 pistol grip would work, and the selector switch is similar to an HK weapon, maybe use an HK416 with the short M16VN mags as a base?
This is gonna be tough, but if it comes out right, it would be EPIC FUCKING WIN.
[QUOTE=Da Big Man;16360976]Oh and before I forget, my father's friend made a real working airsoft replica of the M41A pulse rifle from Aliens, and he loves recreating movie props so this would be a definite project.[/QUOTE]
Just figured I'd mention that there's a conversion kit for that.
Anyway, if you can pull it off it would be awesome, but you probably would have to take some liberties with it, considering the "barrel" placement and stuff like that.
has to have an automactic reloading feature like the real otherwise fail
Could get away with using a box mag of sorts.
Crazy thought actually, email Valve, they have a whole bunch of model weapons on thier walls, maybe they have an AR2, ask how they did it.
I would start with an M4. The lower receiver looks like it would do the trick. The problem I have looking at it is where to put the ammo. Sure you got the ammo box up front, but that's far away from the trigger and gearbox. The ammo needs to be put right in front of the nozzle of the gearbox to work.
If you wanted a cheap way past this, keep the M4 magwell intact and just use M4 mags there. Another option is to make a motorized drum mag. It could have a metal spring tube that goes through the body of the gun and inserts into the magwell. Take a look at an airsoft M249 box mag, that's what I'm trying to get at. Killbucket uses the same system in his M2 and minigun builds. You can ask him where to get the tube on his site.
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As for the barrel, you're going to have to change the design a bit. You'll need a barrel coming from the gearbox all the way to the tip of the gun. Now the problem is that large open area where the box mag normally loads from. Getting a barrel through there to the other side is no problem, but it's exposed. I'd highly recommend some sort of metal outer barrel to protect and stabilize it. This doesn't keep true to the original design, but you'll have to do it to make it work.
As for the body of the gun, you got a few ways on how you want to do it, all of which will probably cost a significant amount of money.
The 1st way is to bend and cut sheet metal and some how attach it to the base M4 receiver and or barrel. This is going to be hard if you don't have the machinery to do it. There's going to be a lot of mass on the upper receiver, maybe even too much considering that box mag. You may need to attach the front body to both the upper and lower receivers.
The 2nd is to use plastic. You could use it like sheet metal, or you could design it in 3D on a drafting program and have it sent to a 3D printer. But I will warn you the cost of material for 3D printing is expensive. Something this big would easily cost you over $1000 worth of materials. A cheaper option could be to have a CNC milling machine cut the parts out. All you would need is a block of acrylic (or polycarbonate, it's one or the other because one lets off poisonous gases when it's worked on) and have it made. You best bet in this case is to find a company that will take a 3D file and has a CNC machine to cut it. This should be cheaper than the 3D printer, but it will still be a lot.
Or the 3rd option, use the CNC milling machines to build it out of metal. This is going to be one hell of heavy gun if you did it this way and didn't mill out the inside. Cost would be about on par with the CNC cutting the plastic, maybe a bit more expensive.
You may want to talk with this guy over at ASR. He specializes in machining custom airsoft sniper rifles, and I have to admit they look amazing. Check out this rifle he made for a customer, built by looking at nothing but pictures. Expect to pay a few thousand for one of his works.
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I make this sound hard because I know it's going to be hard. I've worked with CAD and have just started to learn milling machines, and I wouldn't know how to do it. I could design some of the parts, but building it is out of my field.
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