I didn't post this earlier because I thought it was a little bit silly compared to the amazing work that I find here on the RPF... But what the heck others might want to build one for their kids too... Although, disclaimer, they will probably shoot their eye out...
I got a huge surprise... ok maybe not huge... but a ¾ sized surprise when I found one of these ¾ sized airsoft mausers was in the bottom of a box of items (crap) I purchased online at a local auction house... It seemed like the perfect base for a "kid sized" DL-44 for a friends son... I downloaded this DL-44 project from Thingaverse... resized everything to about 60% (if memory serves) and printed the required parts on my Lulzbot mini... A little sanding, filling, painting, drilling, and tapping later this was the end result... I think it turned out great... so much so that I decided to keep it instead of giving it to a friends kid as I had originally intended... My girlfriend can use it for cosplay instead...
Size comparison to an AW Custom Airsoft that's waiting to be repainted / weathered etc.
There are a few more images in the imgur album found here https://imgur.com/a/OKqSm
I got a huge surprise... ok maybe not huge... but a ¾ sized surprise when I found one of these ¾ sized airsoft mausers was in the bottom of a box of items (crap) I purchased online at a local auction house... It seemed like the perfect base for a "kid sized" DL-44 for a friends son... I downloaded this DL-44 project from Thingaverse... resized everything to about 60% (if memory serves) and printed the required parts on my Lulzbot mini... A little sanding, filling, painting, drilling, and tapping later this was the end result... I think it turned out great... so much so that I decided to keep it instead of giving it to a friends kid as I had originally intended... My girlfriend can use it for cosplay instead...
Size comparison to an AW Custom Airsoft that's waiting to be repainted / weathered etc.
There are a few more images in the imgur album found here https://imgur.com/a/OKqSm
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