Budget Mad Max sawed-off double barrel shotgun

[pennywise]

I posted this over on the MM forum but wanted to share it here too.
For less that $30 in material this is what I came up with. I do still need to weather it with some washes of black and maybe alittle burnt umber, but I'm happy so far. It did take me quite a while to make, however seeing that I have more time than money these days I had to make do. I'd love to buy a Hudson replica, but my wife would have a fit if I droped two bills on a gun at this point, especially one that wasn't even real. I started with a cheap-ass toy that you see the box behind it, replaced the barrels with 3/4" pvc pipe an used some ABS plastic strips for the sight. I painted it gun metal black, and gun metal grey/silver, layered the grips in different shades of brown and then finished it off with Minwax Polyshades "American Chestnut". It's a polyurethane stain so it does dry, and actually rather quickly. The photo's don't really do it any justice but in person it's very convincing.

 

[Vettius]

Nice work! Where did you pick up the airsoft?

 

[Caplan]

yes! very nice workthumbsup

Bests

Caplan

 

[pennywise]

Nice work! Where did you pick up the airsoft?

I was lucky enough to get it off ebay. I guess when these things were first sold thet went for around $10-20, I'm finding out now that they are no longer manufacturing these cheap knock off versions of the steel and wood $200 Hudson and are becoming alot harder to find. If you keep your eye open they do pop up though.
Thanks for the kind words fellas

 

[eltee]

Really nice job. If you have a big plumbing supply or hardware store in the area, on your next conversion there may be thinwall metal pipe or conduit that can be used for barrels. You can use a liquid gun blue compound to "blue" it (or blacken it) and then weather it down to the real metal.

Your conversion is excellant. Just don't stroll the neighborhood carrying it! :cool

Nice photography work, BTW.

 

[pennywise]

Really nice job. If you have a big plumbing supply or hardware store in the area, on your next conversion there may be thinwall metal pipe or conduit that can be used for barrels. You can use a liquid gun blue compound to "blue" it (or blacken it) and then weather it down to the real metal.

Your conversion is excellant. Just don't stroll the neighborhood carrying it! :cool

Nice photography work, BTW.

That's a really nice idea about the metal tubing. Yeah, I need to be careful with this prop in public places that's for sure thanks for the advice

 

[Vettius]

Thanks for the info on the airsoft!