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why even bother!!!
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:39 am
by longhorn109
I can understand wanting a genuine MG42 but why bother with this? It has 2 bids why!!! After the postal sevices have had their way with it all you will get is box of rust, assuming the atf dont get their knickers in a knot about illegal imports. Its Item number: 6635135321 on eban. And yes i do spend far too much time on eban
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:47 am
by Cpt_Kirks
A little paint, some new cutains...
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:16 am
by TOM R
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:19 am
by Fishpaw
Just a little JB weld, and you will be good to go.
!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:57 pm
by lothar
i want 2 put the first bid in on the park job!!!!!
later Brian!
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:20 am
by autodoc
It'd make a great garden display!
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:28 pm
by striker754
Looks sufficiently destroyed by the rust to be importable by ATF standards.
:-P
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:22 pm
by Bullwinkle
Hey guys..your ALL WRONG...That's Centuries New Semi-Auto 42...I can tell by the care and attention to detail they put into it!!! Or maybe it's a Hesse....
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:34 pm
by hakentt
Because bluing with salts does not protect the metal at all, you always need to keep it coated with oil but after time the oil is washed by moisture. Imagine if that MG was painted with duracoat from inside and out it would probably look much better than that. When I was in Croatia in 2002 they had WW2 memorial park there and there was a armored transporter with MG42 mounted on it. The park was raised in early 70s and that MG looked good with minor rust and it was exposed to snow and rain for so many years. All because it was painted thick. I duracoat all my builds.
Nice addition??
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:40 pm
by oldiron
I have a display board of dug weapons from the Elsenborn ridge area in belgium; Namely an M-1 rifle , mauser 98K bayonets both US and german and a broomhandle; also pieces of ordnance and barbed wire-- The stuff was dug by the current wave of diggers and I also have a display of stuff from the Wallerscheid crossroads area-- If you don't get this stuff and put it up it will be gone forever-- A historical display is better than a rust pile that no one cares about--
With a little history of where it was dug I would buy it; but I am a little wary of the Customs people as the last time I got a box of dug stuff someone literally had a panic attack when they x-rayed the box--
You guys should all know that the USG Customs X-rays almost everything that comes into the USA --
later Brian!