Systema PTW TW5-A4 (MP5) Now Available

by Cosmonaut | July 30, 2008 at 11:29 am
Filed under · AEG, Airsoft, Systema

Systema finally expanded their range beyond M16/M4 with the release of the TW5-A4, really an MP5, which is now at RedWolf. The MP5 offering still come in different levels for different budgets. The challenge kit, TW5-A4 and the TW5-A4 MAX. The same fire control unit as was used in previous models has returned but has now been improved to increase reliability. The fire controller also allows for a three-round burst option along side the semi and automatic settings. It seems that the same attention to detail and realism that made a name for Systema in the airsoft community has been applied to this gun. Now you can have ultra-realism no matter what your game, indoor or out. RedWolf posted a review of it in the product information. What are you waiting for, check it out:

Systema MP5 at RedWolf

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A Budget, and an Inovative AEG

by Cosmonaut | July 17, 2008 at 3:31 am
Filed under · AEG, Airsoft, ECHO-1, Tokyo Marui

ECHO1USA P90:

Finally, not only another manufacturer makes P90’s, but they are cheap! Everyone’s favourite manufacturer of AEGs for the budget airsofter now is making a P90TR clone, called the E90. Now all we need is a Five-seveN clone!

Tokyo Marui AKS 74U:

TM has jumped on the AKS 74U bandwagon, with this offering featuring their new “recoil engine” (this is the same gearbox found in their AK 74MN). They hope to raise the bar by including an aluminum receiver, but a lack of wood, and a new magazine design that makes it incompatible with all other AK mags may put it short of the VFC model, or even some of the more budget priced versions i.e. the Unicorn AKS 74UN.

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So it begins…

by Cosmonaut | July 9, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Filed under · AEG, Airsoft, Element, Projects, RPK

Well this is where I am going to chronicle the building of my RPK project. I’ve already started:

My goal is to come up with something resembling this:

I’m using an Element AK47 metal body as the base for my RPK receiver. I got a custom outer barrel and a real steel bipod.

Anyways, the task was to fill in the lightening (less weight, not electric discharge) grooves on the side of the body, and the first step in this process is sanding:

I scuffed and sanded with automotive pad then used some 320 grit sandpaper to sand the groves and the area around the sling loop hole. I also used a file on the inside of the hole.

The next step was to start filling the grooves. I used a epoxy I got from Lee Valley. Here it is dry and set. It really is hard as the metal. I would actually say it feels like ceramic. Its hard to tell from the pictures but I over filled the holes and have a lot of sanding ahead of me… Oh also on the inside of the body, over the sling hole, a buddy glued a metal piece in with Gorilla Glue.

In the next few days I am going to try to glue on the side reinforcements (like on a real RPK) and finish the epoxying. The next step after that will be to dremmel both the gas tube and the front sight (my madness will prove it self later on, I hope *crosses fingers*). I will take a picture of the epoxy stuff and post that as well. I also have left to order:
metal front set
steel top cover
AK74 type selector switch

I’ve decided to go with King Arms for all of the above, as King Arms AK accessories seem to always have a very nice finish.

Still a lot of work ahead of me. Wish me luck all…

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