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Mob Guns is a company operating out of Florida, but after seeing their merchandise you would think they were from Chicago... in the 1930's. They specialize in restoration of classic guns, hardware Al Capone would be used to. The gun collector community is united in feeling guns are best left alone, although taken care of, but Mob Guns like to customise their iron, and it seems like some nice work, although a little over the top.
They like to restore classic guns, although that is about all you can restore, since plastic guns don't really lend themselves to refinishing and metalwork. They will do restorations, but it seems they lean towards pimping their hardware, and their finishes are pretty wild. Their work isn't cheap, but few craftsmen are. They just started a new line of Fitz specials. These are classic combat revolvers of the fifties, a belly gun devoid of anything that can get in the way of being brought to bear... some don't even have sights! These guns should be available soon.
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If your passion is WW1 aircraft, you would be lucky to be a New Zealander... that is the home of the Vintage Aviator. This company is probably turning out more new WW1 aircraft than any one else in the world. Restoring old ones is difficult as the raw material has all but disappeared, so they just make new ones. Getting engines for these planes is tough too, so they just make new ones. What about machine guns? No WW1 aircraft is complete without them, so they make them too. Maybe not the shooting kind, they use them when they can get them, but for static aircraft and when no guns are available, they use their contacts in the movie prop industry to make detailed replicas of the original guns. And they've made lots of them.
There are plenty of airshows in New Zealand to show off their wares, so if you are in the neighborhood, you're one lucky guy. Being from the other side of the world, it would take me the better part of 2 days sitting in a jet to get there, and that would kill me. One consolation is that Wright Patterson Air Force Base has a dawn patrol airshow every year, the closest thing we have in Ohio.