Yup the titles is just as you've read but before I start to post photos let me start by saying this.
In 2008 I found the RPF for the first time while looking for a replica of this blaster at the time the RPF
still had a 4 openings a year (or something like that) for new members to join. So having missed the opening for the time period
when I was looking I put it out of mind a year later in 2009 I got my chance and joined still looking for a good replica the ones on
Ebay that I saw in between my first look and joining the RPF didn't impress me and what random forums articles I saw seems to come the to same consensus Coyle was the way to go and if not a Coyle then a RickRoss PKD-1 kit was the next best thing for budget reasons.So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the first prop I got was the Rickross still in my collection and still one of my favorite pieces even though I now own a Coyle.
But what does that have to do with this build thread well everything actually as this prop I guess could be considered my holy grail.
I always wanted a complete collection of this blaster starting with the PKD-1. but I knew I wanted a shooter in that collection and the idea of owning the actual firearms and having built while a true grail piece for any collection will for ever be out of my reach so an airsoft would be the next best thing for me.However the only two airsoft models I know of were the Hartford and the Elfin launcher models and both and rare as hen's teeth. But late last year I got lucky A member here post an auction for one of the rare Kanamaru .44 Bulldog airsoft pistols and it ended before I got to bid. Hoever I took a chance and asked the person if it was still available and it was so I got it immediately one half down one half to go.
How to go about the styre parts. Obviously I could try and get a real one but it would be expensive to buy and to cut down, sidkits at the time were being held on to like gold (how that changed a few months later) then it hit me Coyle. I already had one of Rich's wonderful models so I got in contact with Rich only to find out that just as he was gearing up for a new run he had retired due to health reasons so down the drain that went. I knew I wanted high end metal pieces for this gun to look and feel as real as possible but still be as harmless as a kitten thats were the Tomenosuke Pro kit came into play once orders opened I jumped on it and now a few months later with kit in hand I have the pieces required to build an airsoft version of this gun more accurate then the Hartford blaster even.
So now that this big long rambling and self congratulatory rant is out of the way to next update or two will involve the tearing down of the bulldog what needs to be modified on it, and how I'll go about it. So sit back and lets enjoy this ride together cause this will be a first for me.
Next update The Kanamaru Bulldog overview and tearing it down.
In 2008 I found the RPF for the first time while looking for a replica of this blaster at the time the RPF
still had a 4 openings a year (or something like that) for new members to join. So having missed the opening for the time period
when I was looking I put it out of mind a year later in 2009 I got my chance and joined still looking for a good replica the ones on
Ebay that I saw in between my first look and joining the RPF didn't impress me and what random forums articles I saw seems to come the to same consensus Coyle was the way to go and if not a Coyle then a RickRoss PKD-1 kit was the next best thing for budget reasons.So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the first prop I got was the Rickross still in my collection and still one of my favorite pieces even though I now own a Coyle.
But what does that have to do with this build thread well everything actually as this prop I guess could be considered my holy grail.
I always wanted a complete collection of this blaster starting with the PKD-1. but I knew I wanted a shooter in that collection and the idea of owning the actual firearms and having built while a true grail piece for any collection will for ever be out of my reach so an airsoft would be the next best thing for me.However the only two airsoft models I know of were the Hartford and the Elfin launcher models and both and rare as hen's teeth. But late last year I got lucky A member here post an auction for one of the rare Kanamaru .44 Bulldog airsoft pistols and it ended before I got to bid. Hoever I took a chance and asked the person if it was still available and it was so I got it immediately one half down one half to go.
How to go about the styre parts. Obviously I could try and get a real one but it would be expensive to buy and to cut down, sidkits at the time were being held on to like gold (how that changed a few months later) then it hit me Coyle. I already had one of Rich's wonderful models so I got in contact with Rich only to find out that just as he was gearing up for a new run he had retired due to health reasons so down the drain that went. I knew I wanted high end metal pieces for this gun to look and feel as real as possible but still be as harmless as a kitten thats were the Tomenosuke Pro kit came into play once orders opened I jumped on it and now a few months later with kit in hand I have the pieces required to build an airsoft version of this gun more accurate then the Hartford blaster even.
So now that this big long rambling and self congratulatory rant is out of the way to next update or two will involve the tearing down of the bulldog what needs to be modified on it, and how I'll go about it. So sit back and lets enjoy this ride together cause this will be a first for me.
Next update The Kanamaru Bulldog overview and tearing it down.
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