harborne blue Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 About to start my first m1911 custom build. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good parts supplier? Preferably in the UK but anything considered! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Possibly ask Mike at ESC, he might have a few parts lying around. If I need 1911 spares I usually go to him. Would help if you said what you are planning to build etc or like me do you just like to wing it and see what parts you can add. 'FireKnife' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harborne blue Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Got an old marui 1911 as the donor and planning to add the guarder Springfield frame and slide. looking for outer barrel, grips, hammer, safety, chamber, night sights and trigger to start with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Ok, so do you want it to look like a Springfield model in particular or just what you want and feel like? Damn it I need a 1911 pic to add, stupid work that doesn't allow toy guns . 'FireKnife' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harborne blue Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Ok, so do you want it to look like a Springfield model in particular or just what you want and feel like? Damn it I need a 1911 pic to add, stupid work that doesn't allow toy guns . 'FireKnife' This is what I am after: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=springfield+FBI+1911&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ycFqUpC1LYnX0QWVloGYAg&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=679 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) Couldn't resist this, well at $50 for a brand new WA would have been rude not to! Will get a better picture later, might even take the price sticker off my background. Edited October 25, 2013 by BigAl 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Don, must learn to type one of these days, above cost £50 not $50, that would have been to good too be true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 I was going to say. That's the price of the average mag heh. How did you manage that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
k.a Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 I was going to say. That's the price of the average mag heh. How did you manage that? Clocked it on e hobby, tempted to buy one myself : http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/pistols-gbb-smgs/western-arms/western-arms-government-cqb-hi-spec-black-grey.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wingman Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Anyone else having difficulty finding parts for 1911's lately? I've been trying to re-configure a KJW 1911A1 into a semi-series 70 and have had trouble finding quality outer barrels (just had to settle fo a Nine Ball one which while good, is not very detailed in the muzzle area and is too glossy, so it requires emery cloth to dull it down), no black series 70 style thumb safeties and no series 70 style triggers. Looks like I'll be resorting to taking parts from my Detonics again. The WA looks like my first IPSC 1911. I'd buy it but the trades will most likely be butchered by the time I get it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BerserkDS Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Pic request! Can anyone who owns a Nova CDP kit please post pictures of it completed? I can't find pics of it anywhere except a teaser pic a page back. I would very much appreciate it =) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 This is what I am after: That to me just looks like a TRP but with the FBI choosing it (can't remember the exact model name for the FBI one assuming it is not just TRP too). Could very easily be made as it features many of the bits that the TM MEU does, then add in a chrome / bare steel outer barrel, bushing, extended mag well and some new grips. If you want the logos and the rest then a full metal kit would be in order. It is quite an easy one to make and I am sure the parts wont be too hard to find, depends how close you want to get it and if you want it to run plastic slide for winter or metal and have it become sluggish in the cold months (as sadly it will). 'FireKnife' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squad 701 Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Pic request! Can anyone who owns a Nova CDP kit please post pictures of it completed? I can't find pics of it anywhere except a teaser pic a page back. I would very much appreciate it =) I didn't get a chance to take any decent shots yet, but here is an iPhone photo to keep you going 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFull9 Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Picked up an MEU (?) barrel and a Series70 bushing from ESC, having chrome parts on a gun called 'Night Warrior' just doesn't mesh with me personally. I'd swap the hammer if I weren't so bloody lazy. Live Horse - Dead Bird Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BerserkDS Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) Double post. Edited November 4, 2013 by BerserkDS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BerserkDS Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 I didn't get a chance to take any decent shots yet, but here is an iPhone photo to keep you going Looks awesome!! Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icolater Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 That is one of the slickest airsoft 1911 replicas you will ever see, a true work of art, the attention to detail is quite amazing. The controls turned out perfect, the color match to the slide is spot on, it even has the hex screw in the mag release. If Airsoft Surgeon (not that he would build it better) made that and they sold it on Red Wolf it would go for a least $10000. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Im going space Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 i am tempted to try and mate two marui 1911s to make this double barelled 1911 ive seen about again. probably nothing will come of it, but if i come across some parts i may have to give it a go... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icolater Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Hey Squad Please post more pictures of that cdp ii, I think I even prefer that to my TLE ii !!!! God damn it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squad 701 Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Costa Recon 1911 This is a Tokyo Marui based kit released by Ocean Custom Tactical (OCT-Japan), it is made by Prime/Nova and then later Cerakoted and Laser-Engraved in Japan. If you held out until the very end like me you might of got it at a discounted price, as the original full price of $800 was well beyond a lot of people including the Japanese collectors. Either way getting $160 off just about put it into my Christmas Present price range Rather than buy some of the harder to get Anvil parts which some of were not available anyhow, I had some of my spare Nova parts Cerakoted to black by Riflecraft. The VZ Diamondback grips in Hyena Brown with super scoop are easily gotten from the States. An expensive treat, but still less than half the price of some of the newly released Airsoft Surgeon offerings which probably don't even come close to this. Sorry but more iPhone photos, getting lazy in my old-age Cheers. 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Costa Recon 1911 That about sums up my feelings over this particular build. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenxin Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 ^ pretty much. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squad 701 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Here are a few comparison shots of the day and night attributes of the Cerakoted Kimber TEII. During normal daylight its contrasting colour scheme is obvious, but in unnatural light it coating makes it revert back to a more tradional Kimber black appearance. The RS KimPro II coating is even glossier than Cerakote, so it rarely looks the same in any photograph. Bear in mind there is a Kimber Tactical Custom which has a light grey frame compared to the dark grey of the TEII frame. Cheers. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Renagade Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Prepping for a indoor game tomorrow. WE Wilson Combat. Beat to hell and still running. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NonEx Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Boy did you choose the wrong post to follow Haha. But yeah, cool to see a WE that's been run hard and still working. dose magazines o_O Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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