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This is a study I did for the piece "HB". I got it in my head to have Jessica holding a Walther WA2000 in the piece. It is a very distinctive weapon visually and I thought it'd add a nice touch the piece. The problem was finding good reference for it. Since it only had a very small production run and was one of the most expensive examples of a sharpshooter rifle at the time, finding an example to examine in person was out of the question, and most photos I could find were not very helpful. What further aggravated the situation was the fact almost everyone who did buy one then turned around and had their's modified, either by Walther or a 3rd party gunsmiths, to their personal taste. This made it difficult to determine what I was looking at in the photos! Finally I found a guy who was building a life size model for a museum display who posted very detailed photos that I could examine.
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Oh Calico's. I have quite a library of images concerning them, especially from multiple angles. And I could get plenty of examples of the same image that Walther apparently released of the WA2000's, but they were all of the same side view and apparently it had not been a very large image since it was very grainy and not a lot of contrast.
This is said to be the most accurate Self-Loading Sniper Rifle ever constructed --- it has Sub-MOA accuracy! So it's a very imposing weapon, at least to those who know it.
As for a reference, you will never, EVER be able to even touch a real one, because every single WA2000 that has ever been built are in the private collections of just 4 people. Your best bet would be a model gun --- a decent WA2000 model should look precisely like the real thing.
If you're willing to settle for 2D photos however, I know a few good galleries...
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn15-e.htm
http://www.snipercountry.com/photog.....PG_Weapons.asp
http://www.snipercentral.com/wa2000.htm
http://www.carlwalther.com/wa2000.htm
As for a reference, you will never, EVER be able to even touch a real one, because every single WA2000 that has ever been built are in the private collections of just 4 people. Your best bet would be a model gun --- a decent WA2000 model should look precisely like the real thing.
If you're willing to settle for 2D photos however, I know a few good galleries...
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn15-e.htm
http://www.snipercountry.com/photog.....PG_Weapons.asp
http://www.snipercentral.com/wa2000.htm
http://www.carlwalther.com/wa2000.htm
Yep. I liked it when he thrust it into the arms of the other agent (whatever his name was) and went to collect the defector. The size of the night sight made it seem even larger. I hear that they are worth ~$80,000. O.O
I'm not sure, but isn't the barrel supposed to be fluted? And I'm fairly certain that the free floating barrel was longer (10-20%?) than the central body. I could easily be wrong though.
I'm not sure, but isn't the barrel supposed to be fluted? And I'm fairly certain that the free floating barrel was longer (10-20%?) than the central body. I could easily be wrong though.
If you look at the one I did for the picture "HB" it does have a fluted barrel. Also since they were almost entirely custom pieces, the entire run vary from a couple hundred to less than five hundred, depending on who you quote, and since they came in several calibers it seems like no two were same! Since they apparently costed about $10,000 in the 80's I guress it would be fair that the buyer would get a chance to have it customized to their specific needs. You're right about the night sight making it look much bigger. Those first and second generation sights were real anchors!
I haven't been on FA for 3 weeks so I haven't caught up with everything yet. I'll probably comment on that piece when I (eventually) get to it.
Thats the real bummer of not having reached full-production. The fact that there were 2 generations and 3 different calibers complicates things further. At least the airsoft community gives you a lot of sources for parts and manual pics. ;)
Thats the real bummer of not having reached full-production. The fact that there were 2 generations and 3 different calibers complicates things further. At least the airsoft community gives you a lot of sources for parts and manual pics. ;)
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