Still no MP5SD… some day.
One for the bladerunner fans…
Hollywood Collectors Group, are releasing a "compact " blade runner blaster…
A compact version of the original blaster, its a lot cheaper than the 1200-1400 US full price jobbies…
Made of resin, prepainted, ready to assemble…
Not cheap, but these sell out really quickly…
Also a Aliens Romulus pulse rifle, about to be released…
Lets see what happens to the exchange rate, in 2 weeks time…
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I’m waiting for someone to 3D print a body kit to convert a KV into a Romulus.
Wouldn’t be anywhere near screen accurate, but with a paint job the vibe would be there. 
What do you M16 fanbois think of this model for reasonable replica detailing 
Looks pretty nice, not sure how accurate it is but still a sexy bit of kit. 
E&C make nice gear.
I’d be looking into the Colt grey paint, fencing around the mag release, the three pronged flash hider and the straight slip ring if I was being picky about period correct.
But maybe the Grenadiers evolved along different lines to the standard M16 rifles.
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I had a bit of a burst, on this one before…
Very nice bit of gear.
Gearbox is on the loud side…
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It’s correct except it should have the A1 birdcage flash hider not the pronged. Early ones did but I wouldn’t fuss over it. Too light of a grey for my liking.
That design M203 came about when the M16A1 was mainstream, fenced lower. M203 designed to replace Colt’s XM148 40mm from project SPIW. Some of those XM148’s got horse traded and jammed on SLR’s by the Aussies 
Trigger guard looks a bit wonky on the launcher
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The glaring thing is it’s missing the carry handle launcher sight.
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Apologies… must have missed that one 
@Maiphut , was confused about the grey too, but then figured that the original must have been black and the grey was to set it apart as the newer version
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Should be dark, that grey is like from the very early M16’s XM’s etc.
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Reminds me of the new SLR type Grey and a few others offering something a little bit different
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The M203 started getting adopted around 1970 so later in Vietnam.
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If that E&C was mine I’d mute the grey, hit it with a bit of smoke translucent.
Although I have seen BME’s Grenadier up close and personal and the grey didn’t look as light as it does in the photo.
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Just found this
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I think originally the receivers were parkerised… more metallic, less flat.
The closest I could get to that on my XM177 build was spraying the receiver and all the metal parts with Tamiya gunmetal then ghosting over it with Tamiya smoke.
Came out pretty close, and not flat.
That’s not my M16, btw… but mine’s about the same colour and finish.
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Some good references here Colt’s USGI M16 Series Variation Guide Edition V - AR15.COM
Don’t get lost down the rabbit hole there
The finishes as far as I can find out were a phosphate finish of either Colt’s grey or black. Something to do with the Zinc in the phosphating/park made the greyish colour. Right ima stop reading all that getting out of rabbit hole
I think that’s one of the sexiest gel blasters I’ve seen. But I’m a huge fan of Predator so maybe I’m biased.
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I once named a dog “Dutch”
yes… I would love one and was looking at them a short while ago thinking yes, yes I will sacrifice food, fuel n smokes for the week to get it 
but then I was like nah I’ll wait
2 minute noodles my man, we’ve all done it