Ma Duece M2 BMG Replica

[joeranger]

Not really a prop but has been in countless movies. The basic pieces are ridiculously simple. The difficulty is in the precision of cutting pieces, bending metal and drilling holes. I am also not happy with the paint, but think the Krylon brown camo paint over black primer and textured silver will simulate a Powder coat Parkerized finish.

I am going to take it apart and repaint it. I used the hyperdyne sound and light so the trigger flashes the barrel strobes and the sound is wired to the jeep stereo. I would rather have a real M2 sound effect but am OK with the M41A. (a personal favorite).

The plans I bought are available and cheap. They need some interpretation but it is a huge head start. The basic frame is a composite flooring material, the barrel is PVC and everything else is sheetmetal.
Air Gun Plans

 

[101radioman]

HOLY .50 Batman!

That rocks.

 

[Air Pirate]

your barrel looks a bit short but i like how you staggered the rounds. every fifth one a tracer.

all in all, looks good enough to get in trouble with the cops if you were to drive around with it, haha.

 

[joeranger]

IF I drive around? That is the whole point Actually my son's bday airsoft party is coming up which is why I built it. We will have some fun. Had to keep the barrel as short as the wires for the LED lights. It is a little shorter than I wanted.

 

[joeranger]

As seen in the movie "Red". I wish I had taken a pic of my mom, who looks a little like Helen Miren, on the trigger. Hilarious!!!

 

[joeranger]

After difficult research, I re-did the mount. It was hard to find pics of just the mount without the M2. If anyone else ever tries one of these, ping me.
There is a M23 machine Gun cradle from WW2 and a more modern, MK-64 mount.