The Chicago Typewriter

[cardman625]

Ive always loved these guns and a few weekends ago O Brother Where Art Thou? was on so i decide to start on a completely homemade airsoft vortex Chicago style Thompson sub machine gun

specs:
1 inch chamber running along the total length of the square tubing
steel vortex block
brass 6mm barrel

the grips and but stock is made of oak a piece of brake line was bent up to travel from the blowgun (routed into the grip) to the vortex block

the whole thing took around a week to make and being my first vortex gun it turned out pretty well

ill try to get a vid up soon of me killing some cans

[Ragnarok]

Ok, this is going to get people's attention - things like this always do, just because they look awesome.

Good job.

[mark.f]

This definitely got my attention.

Good job on the amazing attention to detail.

And yes, that movie is awesome...

"Oh George... not the livestock."

[Stephen Holliday]

Great job. What was the receiver and drum made of?
Does it have a spring to push the bbs? Looks like the real thing.

[cardman625]

the drum is mad out of 2 plywood circles with a heavy coat of primer and the receiver is the square tubing

[nivekatoz]

THAT IS SO #UCKEN COOL !!!!!!!!!!! I would love to make something like that. I envy you. You are a true artist in my eyes. You Sir are a true Artist. If you don't mind me asking.. Are you a art student or a engineering student or something..All I have to say is, you have a bright future ahead of you.. :thumbleft:

[ALIHISGREAT]

that is very cool indeed! i'm looking foreward to the damage pics and hopefully a vid?

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Nicely done 'course you could have saved yourself a lot of work by buying a cheap airsoft tommygun and sticking the BBMG inside, but props for making it from scratch anjd achieving such a pleasing aesthetic effect - now let's see it in action

[cardman625]

THAT IS SO #UCKEN COOL !!!!!!!!!!! I would love to make something like that. I envy you. You are a true artist in my eyes. You Sir are a true Artist. If you don't mind me asking.. Are you a art student or a engineering student or something..All I have to say is, you have a bright future ahead of you.. :thumbleft:

yes im a graphite artist but i do a little sculpting as you can see i look at this gun more so a piece of art

[psycix]

It looks awesome, but your barrel is on a angle with the grip which looks a little weird.

[nivekatoz]

THAT IS SO #UCKEN COOL !!!!!!!!!!! I would love to make something like that. I envy you. You are a true artist in my eyes. You Sir are a true Artist. If you don't mind me asking.. Are you a art student or a engineering student or something..All I have to say is, you have a bright future ahead of you.. :thumbleft:

yes im a graphite artist but i do a little sculpting as you can see i look at this gun more so a piece of art

Thats what I thought.. You are a genius.. keep up the good work and you will be famous some day.

[mark.f]

Sorry to post again, but I don't believe my first post did this gun justice...

OH SHI-

Now that that is aside, I'd like to congratulate you on your excellent artwork. I've always had design floating through my head for a 'Denali' marble rifle, which would probably have wound up taking as much work to build as this cannon, and I was always too lazy to build it. I can't wait to see what you do next, because you obviously aren't lazy.

[starman]

Beautiful work Card! That's almost too realistic looking. Might not hurt to have a removeable red tip you can slide on that if you have it out in public.

[Davidvaini]

looks really good, Its nice to see people making their bbmgs look like real guns.. I went on the BBMG/Strafer Showcase section and I seen this right above my P90 BBMG and I have to say the showcase section is really getting better.

[Ragnarok]

I have to say the showcase section is defiantly getting better.

Ooh, rebellious forums, we'll have to put a stop to that.

Adv. Defiantly - in a rebellious manner.