wtac
Well-Known Member
I never seem to be lucky finding things except last summer when I found this
I was at a junk market when I saw the barrel sticking out of a pile of junk so I got it out of the pile to have a look. The stall holder came over and I asked him how he had come by it. He told me that in the late 1970's he had a passing interest in German militaria and a friend who at the time worked in the British film industry gave it to him saying that it was a prop that had been used in a couple of films, unfortunatly he did not know which ones.
It is made out of Fibre glass and appears to have been moulded from a real MP40. it is really light to carry. built into it is a blank fire staring pistol which I was told was so that when the trigger was pulled it helped the dubbing in of the machine gun sound. For a prop it has a lot of detail, a removable dummy barrel, moving sights, working bipod and opening Top cover. i bargained with the stall holder and got it eventually for abou t£25 which is about $50. My wife asked why I wanted it as I have a real MG42 and the answer is as a Christmas present for a friend who is a WW2 reenactor with a SS unit. He is also my local vicar. for the record he was very pleased with it.
Anyone else had any good finds recently?
I was at a junk market when I saw the barrel sticking out of a pile of junk so I got it out of the pile to have a look. The stall holder came over and I asked him how he had come by it. He told me that in the late 1970's he had a passing interest in German militaria and a friend who at the time worked in the British film industry gave it to him saying that it was a prop that had been used in a couple of films, unfortunatly he did not know which ones.
It is made out of Fibre glass and appears to have been moulded from a real MP40. it is really light to carry. built into it is a blank fire staring pistol which I was told was so that when the trigger was pulled it helped the dubbing in of the machine gun sound. For a prop it has a lot of detail, a removable dummy barrel, moving sights, working bipod and opening Top cover. i bargained with the stall holder and got it eventually for abou t£25 which is about $50. My wife asked why I wanted it as I have a real MG42 and the answer is as a Christmas present for a friend who is a WW2 reenactor with a SS unit. He is also my local vicar. for the record he was very pleased with it.
Anyone else had any good finds recently?
