Props Toy MP7 Conversion to M7 SMG

[quick221]

Obligatory Greetings, compatriots.

I've been working on other assorted bits and pieces but this is the only thing I'm ready to show off as of yet. I've had this toy H&K MP7 (shown below) for months, I had plans to repaint and weather it but I never got to that point. Anyways, I sorta decided on a whim to turn it into an M7 and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out after a few hours of hack-sawing and hot gluing.


Mostly untouched MP7 (I'd pulled out a speaker which made and incredibly obnoxious sound)

As you can quite plainly see below there's still a lot of fixing and tidying to do, for example the receiver is about an inch too long, but that's what my hacksaw is for . As I said before I'm already pretty happy, I ran around the house with it pretending I was an ODST - because I'm a mature adult.



As always, even the harshest of [constructive] criticism is welcome.

Until next time, I shall bid you adieu.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

Little detail on the side mag would go a long way.

 

[quick221]

Little detail on the side mag would go a long way.

Agreed! Thanks for the tip.

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Update Time.
I had been meaning to do an update earlier but I've been busy with another build. The reason I started this in the first place was I was waiting for a coat of primer to dry.
The image below shows where I'm at with this. Still needs a lot of work and I need to rebuild the mag entirely because it's supposed to be like a plate with a narrower chunk on top.

 

[quick221]

Phew! Can't believe it's been almost a month.

After finding some bits left over from a repaint project (which is poking it's stock into the bottom right of the pic), I decided somewhat on-the-fly to make this an M7S rather than just a regular M7. It's to go with the other build I mentioned earlier which I have been meaning to do a post on but once I get stuck in, I have trouble stopping to take pictures!

It's still rough around the edges but is still recognizable from a distance. I completely rebuilt the mag because I was quite unhappy with my earlier attempt. Next up for this build is some more paint and a bit of weathering.

To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of the M7S. I'd much rather be rockin' a carbine, DMR, or an MA5C. But I'm saving stuff like that for after I come back from holiday.

Until next time, I shall bid you adieu.