Sculptor

How do I make a donation to the site? Can I use Paypal? Dick

Bob at Phila Ordnance will remove the barrel from the stub for a nominal charge. the parts will be returned to you in perfect condition. Phila Ordnance is a great company to do business with. Dick

I cut off the front of the bolt and the bolt handle from the '28 and the front of the M1. I set them into the Philly Ordnance receiver which was machined to accept them. I destroyed a '28 and a M1 bolt however, neither of the bolts were of any value and were laying around in a box of junk parts for years. Visually it is impossible to tell they are not 100% original Thompsons. Dick

I have built a couple if dummy Thompsons using Philly Ordnance receivers. A 1928A1 with the bolt open and a M1A1 with the bolt closed. In both cases I cut up original bolts to use in the dummy's. Both bolts were beat up junkers so I didn't destroy anything worth while. If you want to put a drum on the piece it is easier to have the bolt open unless you want. The Philly Ordnance receivers are beautifully made and lettered. You can't tell the guns are not real until you try to work the bolt. Here is a picture of them. Dick

I ordered one of the oiler's from IMA . It was plated over a dent and some pitting. The top with the made in U.S.A. was almost impossible to read because of pitting. If someone is fooled by one these oiler's it is their own fault. IMA tried to spruce up the rough pieces the have left. Dick

Hi Bob, Could you make a .22 bolt and the 16" .22 barrel with integral compensator you mentioned before that would fit your new semi receiver? Could it be made so that original 1928A1 lower parts would fit? That would make a very fun gun to shoot. Dick

This may be a stupid question but... If you have a legal MG that has been cut up and you create an exact duplicate of the receiver with the same number and put the original parts on it would it be legal? If the receiver was a perfect duplicate and you melted down the original receiver so it no longer existed how could anyone tell it wasn't original? Dick

Jim. The bronze pieces that were made for me were old technology and they were very strong. I think the laser sintering would be very strong since the powder is welded at the micron level. Dick

Here is a laser sintering printing process that produces the finished object in any metal you may wish for. I have had sculpture cast using bronze and it is amazing. Dick Sorry I missed the above post. But having had sculpture produced with this process I find it amazing and very much less expensive. Here is the piece I had produced with sintering. The piece was cast into a rubber mold and then sintered. Dick

Here is a blowup of the Thompson sling. They are all the same people and the pictures were taken at the same time. Dick

TD, Here is a blow up of the picture. I scanned it in in a very high resolution but the image is blurry. I hope you can see more detail. Dick

Here is another picture and the comments on the reverse. Dick

I just bought a group to a Marine Officer who commanded a platoon of Marine's at the battle of Soochow Creek, Shanghai China in 1937. There are pictures of he Officer and his men at the bridge armed with '03 Springfield's, a Thompson, a BAR and a Browning MG. Dick

OMEGA sells the same thing for $99.00. And I know he is great to do business with! Dick

I bought one of the "super select" IMA kits a couple of years ago. Some of the parts were purple. It turned out to be some kind of dye. I removed it with nail polish remover. The color covered some spots where the blue was slightly worn. I understand that this was done in Russia when the parts were stripped and sold. Dick