AirSharp: G&G M2HB models announced Options

[Crimson]

Air-sharp is Growing! We are moving to a larger facility to better serve our many patient customers. AirSharp/Overbilt Corporation Come see our new AirSharp/Overbilt Corporation M2 NITRO, based on the solid Guay&Guay M14. This model debuts our new, all ABS body structure, nearly doubling the mass of the CYMA models, which will remain available for a short time only. When the CYMA bases are exhausted, we will no longer offer them.
Also, be sure to check out pictures of our newly-developed "Work-wear" finish- Simulating the age, patina, and even grease stains (dry to the touch, of course) of a real, reworked and reworked, M2 warhorse.

http://www.air-sharp.com/m2nitro.html

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[SGCDude]

I want to know how to do that finish! That would look great on my plastic pistols!

[Solid Snake]

Man, that is seriously cool. I'd love to mount that on a jeep and race around pelting my enemies with hot plastic death. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocket.gif)

[vbtb110]

See, I've never been able to truly appreciate the airsoft M2, because to properly replicate the terror that is the RS, you would need to have it shooting 10mm bb's at 600 fps.

Oh well, still looks cool

[MDK_Marshal]

Eh, I'd rather have MadDog and Catman's M2 any day (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[bruin757]

Killbucket shows how to do that paint effect on the airsoftmechanics website.

[Gravy Fist]

I want to know how to do that finish! That would look great on my plastic pistols!

http://ww2aa.proboards45.com/index.cgi?boa...amp;thread=3925

Killbucket explains.


Seems like a step in the wrong direction to me. I think the CYMA bases were fine.

[Swiper]

If its anything like their other products I've seen and heard about/.... I'll give it a massive miss.

Now just have to wait on my blacksmith (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[majwinters636]

im still digging that worn finish, its very cool...

[Crimson]

more details:

With its installed A&K* M249SAW powerplant, METAL hopup, 15,000Round MOTORIZED boxmag, and solid ground tripod or vehicle mount, the M2HB NITRO has the firepower and durability to command any situation, from the corner lot to the sands of Iwo. Some of the hottest upgrades available are designed for this assembly. The mainspring can be swapped without taking the gun apart.Merely open the top cover, flip the latch, and pop in a hotter spring!

(IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/dante786/airsharp_m2nitro_0707.jpg)

[Killbucket]

Necropost!

I have four M2's to deliver, and then it's all over. I lost my ASSS on these!
Fit, finish came up a LOT with the CNC.

An unfortunate injury last year had me laid up, and I even lost a few orders to impatience.

I owe a HUGE apology to the airsoft community.

I have not taken an order for a build since November '08, and will not be doing so again in the future.

I will still build guns, but my primary focus will be on pattern sets, and increasing support for that activity.

My new motto: Every Gun Is My Baby. Yes, I stole that from the vidgame "Black". Pure Gunporn.

[Killbucket]

Now, normally, I'd avoid a necro...

I've "retired" from making airsoft guns, and from now on, it's pattern kits only.
The last ABS M2HB M2 in the assembly jig, then I no longer make these giant things:
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The 1/3 scale minigun next to it isn't making it seem any smaller.

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This will get an airsoft M249 gearbox and barrel.

(IMG:http://www.air-sharp.com/M2_2009_00004.JPG)
I've drawn up paintball gun mounts, but am a bit hesitant to start putting paint blotches all over the backyard. I get enough heat about the millions of airsoft BB's already out there!

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[Killbucket]

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Keeping this one for myself.

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[uscmCorps]

Any particular reason why you've stopped making the complete guns? I can't imagine these kits are easy to build for someone who's never done them before.

[Killbucket]

Because if I list them at all on my site, I get swamped immediately. Everybody expects to see something mailed immediately these days. At one point, I was at 33 guns on order, and was going nuts, trying to keep customers happy.
The big Browning is not hard to build, but trying to make ten at a time takes up space. Since I was doing these in my home, they were everywhere!
(IMG:http://www.air-sharp.com/a_M2HB_2009_january00010.JPG)
Actually, there are 24 M2HB bodies in this shot.
So last November, I said bag it, no more orders for these. You can still get pattern kits:
Please, Visit My Website

And that's it. I have eleven pattern kits listed, and the list is growing. I'm just focused on supporting this activity, and a TON more material is being processed for the site.

The first guns were PVC, and priced VERY low. The whole design was dictated by a market for a $400 1919, based on a $140 base donor gun.
Compared to anything, they were flimsy stuff. If you have one, it's now a collector item (my health ain't great...) BECAUSE it was ALL handmade by my own two hands.

Then the design moved on to more durable ABS. Prices for EVERYTHING increased: Materials, fabrication, assembly, finishing, packaging, and most of all, SHIPPING. I barely increased the pricing, and absorbed ALL shipping costs except for token amounts.

I never made a DIME on an M2 or a 1919, PERIOD.

The bottom line is, they are fun to build at a leisurely pace, and are actually quite simple, being essentially a decorated box.
Making a business out of making them was a bust.

This post has been edited by Killbucket: Sep 8 2009, 04:50 PM