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Sunday, November 27, 2011
The Megan Fox ( 1.0-4.0)
So if you've followed SPbTV long enough or hung out with us at any games in the U.S., there is a good chance you know about our deep, abiding love of all things Megan Fox, and our pet mod-project, the Megan Fox Box-fed HMG. The original goal was to create a box-fed machine-gun type marker that would both look awesome AND work. Two criteria that have been elusive to bring together at the same time. While she consistently looks great, underneath the facade of awesomeness there's a lot of damaged goods and often you only find out about her breakdowns, weaknesses and true issues at the worst possible time. Nevertheless, we still love her.
For a full video history of the MFer, we've created the following picture/video gallery
Megan Fox 1.0
So I had the inspiration to attempt to build a hopper-free HMG. I looked up several versions of box-mag feed systems and finally settled on one I found on Underground Mod Shop.
The following was the result.
Megan debuts at Russian Front, Strategy Plus, winter 2009
It was an excellent field test...
And if nothing else, she looked badass.
The original box-mag attempt (take from my old youtube channel). Megan Fox 1.0
And after some more field testing, a new video of Megan 1.0
Megan Fox 2.0
Problems with the original tubing and box mag prompted me to buy a real military ammo cannister and mount it on the side of the marker, feeding it sideways. We contrived a tripod and a resupply bag, essentially making Megan a crew-served marker. She debuted in the summer of 2009 and toured the north-east. Her most epic moment came during the Final Battle at ION, Skimirsh Paintball's 3000+ player game. After using her to fight our way across the beach on day one, we were tasked with base-defense for the final hour. The German Army made a massive push with hundreds of players, trying to overrun our location. Armed with multiple air tanks, over 2.5 cases of paint, 6 grenades and an assistant gunner, Megan poured on the pain for nearly 10 minutes non-stop, burning through all the air and ammunition but laying down a steady stream of paint to hold the enemy back and rally the troops in the vicinity. Two vids were taken by a referee and can be found below.
Megan 2.0 at Albany Scenario Club
Megan 2.0 on her tripod at ION 2009
Megan 2.0 providing suppressive fire during the final battle, ION 2009
Video with links to Megan in action at ION, Skirmish, PA, 2009
Megan 3.0
The latest re-envisionings have included mounting the ammo box underneath the shroud again and developing a reliable feed. We tried her out at Viper's Extravaganza at EMR in the summer of 2010. she had some feed problems, but the efforts of three people were enough to keep her running.
Since then she's been back in the shop as we search for a better mechanism. There are many excellent examples on the internet, the issue for us has been time and money. But with luck, we'll get her up and running again soon.
Pics of 3.0 in action:
She was being finicky.
But they got her working all the same.
How many people will it take to keep her running
Adam Misfit Fowler (G) and Brendan Quackenbush (AG) debate the best tactics with Benny while a panda looks on.
Adam laying down fire while Quacks takes care of the ammo bag.
More tinkering
Teamwork.
Quacks gets Megan all for himself for awhile.
Megan 4.0? coming soon.
She has been through many versions over the years and we still haven't finalized her. She can be quite finicky, but when she's hot, boy is she hot.
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