Get a picture off t'web and enlarge it on a photocopier, paste it onto a sheet of marine ply, bandsaw it, add/carve detail and paint.

Not the same as the Johnny 7 I got issued as a 6 year old, but hey ho.

Originally Posted by Effendi

Get a picture off t'web and enlarge it on a photocopier, paste it onto a sheet of marine ply, bandsaw it, add/carve detail and paint.

Not the same as the Johnny 7 I got issued as a 6 year old, but hey ho.

An SLR is slightly bigger than a sheet of A4!

Originally Posted by jim24

In 1960 Airfix did this, they also did a Thomson Gun

Mine like everyone elses, broke just in front of the carrying handle.....you may want to consider an alternative to wood for the barrel.

Be ambitious:
wooden gun plans - Google Search

Originally Posted by llech

An SLR is slightly bigger than a sheet of A4!

Should be able to print it onto several sheets quite easily though, just using MS word and then line them up before pasting.

I wouldn't bother to be honest, your kid will just be disappointed that your piss poor effort isn't as good as this:




Canadian Army

Originally Posted by Alsacien

Mine like everyone elses, broke just in front of the carrying handle.....you may want to consider an alternative to wood for the barrel.

Carry handle fell off mine as well. Which didn't matter too much as I also had an MP40, far cooler, and had limitless magazine capacity, (you couldn't change the mag, so therefore it had to be limitless, didn't it?).

Originally Posted by jim24

In 1960 Airfix did this, they also did a Thomson Gun

Hee excellent.....my brother had one of those....it shot plastic bullets about 1/2 inch long and had a detachable mag...I broke Granny's window with a particularly well placed round and got clattered :-0.....

This is a wooden gun:

Originally Posted by Mattb

Should be able to print it onto several sheets quite easily though, just using MS word and then line them up before pasting.

Thank you, saved me the effort.

Is it better than the real thing ...............