shrike wrote:
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To adapt this replica to a wing mounted gun, it looks like you would have to cut off the spade grips, the charging handle, the sights and the barrel shroud at the front of the receiver. Fit your actuator and barrel/blast tube and there you are. Bit of work, but still easier than starting from scratch.
If there were enough interest, I wonder if they could be persuaded to run off a batch of ready made AN/M2 'Fixed' and 'Flexible' guns
I e-mailed IMA's customer service yesterday with the AN/M2 question. The response:
So far we have not had much interest in having the aircraft versions of the browning machine guns made in resin replica. As far as I know, none are in the works presently.Anyone interested in flooding IMA's e-mail with interest? Seems to me a nice resin copy would save considerable time and expense--especially with static aircraft and turret displays.
Just in case you want to let the folks at IMA know how you feel:
http://www.ima-usa.com/contacts/index/