STAR WARS PROP Sandtrooper costume with REAL MG 34 display weapon

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STAR WARS PROP Sandtrooper costume with REAL MG 34 display weapon :
$2250.00

Sandtrooper costume completely weathered by me with acrylic paints, which can be easily removed with rubbing alcohol if a Stormtrooper is desired or you want your own weathering. The armor is from Galaxy Trading \"GT\" as is the shoulder pauldron, which was one of their \"deluxe\" higher quality versions with additional padding and higher quality materials. The Sandtrooper ab plate is an off brand casting in ABS and a \"GT\" Stormtrooper ab plate comes with this set. All armor is .90 ABS. The helmet is an AP helmet which I built to mimic the \"Move Along\" Sandtrooper with his signature high brow. All armor has been glued using clear ABS glue except the rear of the calves. There is a snap system in place to make this suit completely wearable.I also have a #1 / #2 / #3 set of Novus plastic polish that I\'ll include to fully restore this armor to a brilliant shine once any weathering might be removed by a future owner.There is a unitard and neck seal that is included as well as a pair of neoprene black gloves.The boots are from Mark Cheng and were his non-patent leather boots, also included. US size 12. I am the original owner of these pair.The two ammo pouches for the hips are AUTHENTIC vintage WWII leather MP 40 ammo pouches...these are not reproductions. I have seen these go for hundreds of dollars these days. They have been re-dyed and restored to excellent condition. The shoulder ammo pouch is a reproduction of the proper canvas one worn. These are all included.The backpack. This is horribly inaccurate and heavy and NOT included as it is better suited for the trash and not worth the price to ship. Considering that screen accurate ones can be reasonably purchased these days it\'s the only real option here. Back when I built this display kitbashed ones were the norm The mannequin this resides on is also INCLUDED. It is a professional fiberglass mannequin, not a PVC scratchbuild. It\'s forearms needed sanded down to get the bicep pieces past the elbow. These also go for a couple hundred when shipped.

Now on to the MG 34:This is the realdeal….an authentic MG 34 light duty machine gun used for the DLT 19! I want to be clearthat this receiver cannot chamber nor fire a round. It is a non-firing BATFapproved milled receiver, or a \"dummy\" receiver.I purchased this some years ago from IMA-USA and did the clean-up, conversion myself. When I received it there was an enormous amount of wax residue and oil all over it and it was in a plastic bag as it had been in long term storage. The wax/oil was on it for preservation. I had to clean all of that off prior to even handling it so I used parts cleaner and naval jelly to remove all traces of contaminants and surface rust. NO scotchbrite pad, sandpaper,or steel wool were used in the cleaning process which would have ruined the original finish, stampings, etc.After cleaning I wanted to convert it to a DLT 19 so keeping with other Star Wars props, I used a Rustoleum satin black spray paint on the main gun. The flash suppressor and stock have a Krylon epoxy gloss black finish. I only have added T-track grips to the barrel as I didn’t want to alter the weapon in any way as to take away from easily converting it back to original condition. I am including the original wood stock as well as a resin copy of an original bakelite stock (which is what is on it now). This has the correct early bi-pod with the original stamping of the eagle over the swastika on it! The wood stock also still has this stamping which has faded but still visible.