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Thompson SMG's - 1/35?

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Thompson SMG's - 1/35?
Posted by telsono on Friday, March 16, 2007 1:31 PM
I have been looking for 1/35th scale Thompson submachineguns that have the forward pistol grip and the drum magazine (M1928). Does anyone know of any comapny that makes them? All I can find is the later M1A1 version.

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Posted by ajlafleche on Friday, March 16, 2007 2:31 PM

I don't think those were ever done in 1/35. This 54mm set

from El Viejo Dragon (not to be confused with DML/Dragon) has one in "Malone's" hand. It's available from The Red Lancer.

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Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Friday, March 16, 2007 3:16 PM
 telsono wrote:
I have been looking for 1/35th scale Thompson submachineguns that have the forward pistol grip and the drum magazine (M1928). Does anyone know of any comapny that makes them? All I can find is the later M1A1 version.


my best advice woukld be scratchbuilding. Maybe star with a drum magazine from some russian gun, and a pistol grip, and see what you can work out.
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Posted by telsono on Friday, March 16, 2007 3:25 PM

I was hoping that I didn't have to do a retro-fit of an M1A1. The removal of the existing handle under the barrel would have to be done carefully. Thanks anyway guys!

I do think there was a Winston Churchill figure carrying one, but I don't remember what scale that was.

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Posted by CapnMac82 on Friday, March 16, 2007 4:15 PM

 telsono wrote:
I was hoping that I didn't have to do a retro-fit of an M1A1.

Which winds up a kettle of worms.  Some of the M-1 Tommies would accept the vertical fore grip, but must were issued with the straight grip to conserve wood.

Note, too, the M-1A1 only takes the 30 round "stick" magazine, too. 

So, while whittling off that fore-end, off goes the mag, too, to make a well big enough for drums . . .  Oh, and the vertical foregrip ties into the front of the drum carrier on the reciever, so it "shows" a lot of light under the barrel (gee, let's carve up this tiny bit of plastic, and remove most of the attchement points . . . )

That 54mm Untouchables Tommy is nice, though.  It's a very nice rendition of the M-1928 Tommy.  Barrel fins, big fat drum mag, the works.  Tommy trivia:  the mags were named for their capacity.  So the box mag is an "XX", the drums were "L" and "C" (and that 100 round drum is a bear to fill up with two boxes of ammo, too).

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Posted by m1garand on Friday, March 16, 2007 6:28 PM

Also, the gun that you want also has different type of barrel and compensator at the muzzle.

Thompson 1928

As you can see, barrel (towards to the breech) has ribs to discipate the heat.  It also has the Lyman rear sight as well. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 17, 2007 11:48 PM
I may be wrong, but I'm almost certain I've seen a weapons set from dragon that had a thompson like that in it.
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Posted by telsono on Monday, March 19, 2007 1:24 PM

Carnivalfun - if you can give me more information on which Dragon kit. I would guess it had to be an early war British set (vehicle or figure set). I have already looked at their online catalogue and didn't see it. Any help would be appreciated.

Thinking about this more, I'll probably will stick wiith the available M1A1's as I would probably ruin several before getting one that would be accurate enough.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 19, 2007 5:29 PM
If you cant find it on something that's owned by dragon it's probably going to be a long shot. I found it on a website that I cant remember the name of and they said that it was hard to find.
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Posted by telsono on Monday, March 19, 2007 6:20 PM
Carnivalfun - I kind of remember a set of weapons that Dragon put out about 10 years ago. It would be a long shot, but i'll keep my eyes open for it. The British did use them in North Africa from pictures I have seen, but I have not seen them included with British figure sets. Thanks for the info anyway. Maybe Dragon will re-issue it.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 30, 2007 11:12 PM

I found the kit and a review for it, but I havent looked for a website that actually sells it heres the url- http://www.usarmymodels.com/MANUFACTURERS/DML/dml3815.html

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Posted by telsono on Monday, April 2, 2007 6:14 PM

Thanks for finging the article. Reading the article, it says that the kit was rare when it was available and impossible to find now. Dragon doesn't mention it at all on their online catalogue.

thanks again carnivalfun

Mike T.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:19 PM
Not to mention the M1A1 had the cocking handle on the side of the reciever as opposed to the top on the 1928. 
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