I've still got a lot of work I want to do on this, but I'm out of funds till i start work again in a month or two.   The red dot is just a cheapo $20 thing that I picked up at Canadian Tire, I plan to get a better one with a 2x zoom when I get the funds.  

Made the Mag kit myself.   It's made out of 2 pieces of angled metal I had lying around, and an airsoft mag I bought.  

Made the shroud myself.   It has a home made RIS system, which is just plastic rails bolted to the shroud.   Hand guards are store bought.  Modified the stock fore grip to fit on to the bottom hand guard.   The shroud itself is shortened a few inches from the stock one.

Made the Tac cap myself.  Holds 40 rounds.

Most A5-M4's I see need that RIS riser mount in order to mount the M4 carry handle.   I modified mine to fit directly on the gun's sight mount. 

Has an E grip.   I like to make my shots count, cause I don't like wasting money and paint is expensive, but the high ROF is sure welcome when I need it.   The full auto really helps it feel like a real M4 as well.

Guess that's about all I have to say.   Like I said, I have a lot more I plan to do on it, but this is how it's gonna stay until I have the money to do so.

What'cha think?

lookes grrat      what'z with the hopper

It's a tac cap.   Holds less rounds, but isn't as bulky.  

I can't have the real hopper on there with the carrying handle and red dot, it won't fit.   I plan to make a mod that will offset the hopper slightly to the right, so I have a good clear sight picture looking down the red dot.   Should be a relatively easy mod to do, just don't have the materials yet. 

Balazs2 wrote: its good, but i reccomend a remote line. And as always, i reccomend a palmers stabilizer

wut the heck  is that?

Yeah, like I said I just bought the crappy red dot I have cause I was running short on funds.   Soon as I get some more cash I'll be getting a better red dot, and a remote line.  

As far as the barrel looking funny... well it is an A5 flatline, so there isn't a whole lot I can do about that.  

I've never seen anyone milsim an A5 shroud to have RIS and hand guards, so I thought it was pretty good.   There's plenty of milsim A5-M4's, but never seen one done well with a flatline. 

You should get this for your A5 to make it more like an M4/M16

Its an actual working magwell wit a mag release button that I bought from the Rap4.com (it came from their NEW T-68 markers) store here in Northern California....only costed me $40.

I've concidered buying a 98 flatline, and using the barrel for that (which is longer than the A5 flatline barrel) in the shroud I made.   That would lengthen the barrel, and I could mount a front sight.  Plus it has a flash supressor on the end that looks kinda similar to a real M4. 

And I would love to get one of those mag kits with the mag well.   I agree, it would really make it look a lot better.  

And of course, a remote line is going to be one of my next upgrades.

Thanks for the nice comments, and constructive criticism. :)   I'll post more pics as I update it with new things. 

Paladin7 wrote: I've concidered buying a 98 flatline, and using the barrel for that (which is longer than the A5 flatline barrel) in the shroud I made.   That would lengthen the barrel, and I could mount a front sight.  Plus it has a flash supressor on the end that looks kinda similar to a real M4.  And I would love to get one of those mag kits with the mag well.   I agree, it would really make it look a lot better.   And of course, a remote line is going to be one of my next upgrades. Thanks for the nice comments, and constructive criticism. :)   I'll post more pics as I update it with new things.

Actually you dont have to use the 98c Flatline barrel jus to add some length and to place a front sight on the barrel to complete the look....this is what the owner of the pbshop that "was" in business before he retired....he took his A5 Flatline shroud and cut off 1" from the front end of the shroud....the end result was awesome and he only did it to add the JCS bi-pod to his A5, you can apply the samething to your Flatline shroud and be able to put an M16 front sight and if you want a "flash suppressor" on the end of the barrel...to further give your A5 that M4 look.

evil_fingers wrote: Actually you dont have to use the 98c Flatline barrel jus to add some length and to place a front sight on the barrel to complete the look....this is what the owner of the pbshop that "was" in business before he retired....he took his A5 Flatline shroud and cut off 1" from the front end of the shroud....the end result was awesome and he only did it to add the JCS bi-pod to his A5, you can apply the samething to your Flatline shroud and be able to put an M16 front sight and if you want a "flash suppressor" on the end of the barrel...to further give your A5 that M4 look.

That's actually what I've already done.   I made my own shroud out of PVC pipe, and it's about 1 1/2 inches shorter than the stock shroud.

I don't have a front sight, but I have a feeling when I get one I'm going to need more than 1 1/2 inches to mount it.  

As for the question about the carrying handle, it's from  http://www.rap4canada.com/os/product_info.php?cPath=22_73&products_id=290 - Rap4 Canada  .  I got it to fit on to the marker by taking it to a grinding wheel, and grinding the rear end of the carrying handle almost completley off, then grinding the bottom edge a little bit.   That made it so I could mount it nice and snug on top of the marker's normal rear sight.   The rear sight was the only thing keeping it from mounting correctly int he first place, so I figured rather than cutting it off, I'd grind away the back end of the carry handle.  It fits nice and snug, and I've painted it black since.   You wouldn't know it was modified if I didn't tell ya.  

almost looks just like it getting there