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Is it just me or are dummy/display guns a lot more expensive lately? Of course, "lately" is all relative, last time I checked a 1919 parts kit was $600 and people were still turning their noses up as Izzy-marked ones. :-) Hadn't been aping attention for a while but recently checked and I saw...

Indeed, the 7" would have been a trick. Some old distillery pipe or something perhaps. What you had worked great though. You know how it is, we make do with what we have. Used a SS canteen cup for the ends and stole some heating elements from a toaster oven. Just add a power cord and some...

Classier than my setup, I slit a SS tube lengthwise, stretched it open as best I could, and welded ends on. It's pretty lumpy but worked for the 1919 I needed done.

Darn, I'm sorry about opening my mouth. Like I said, if you aren't *very* familiar with the real deal you are unlikely to notice. You did a great job on the park (where did you even find that tank?) and a 'better' replica would be at least 2x what you paid. so I'd say don't sweat it. If it...

Overall it looks great, but for me the lack of barrel taper sort of jumps out. Anyone who hasn't seen one up close regularly will totally be fooled though.

If it's mostly GI parts used in a demill, I've seen them sell for north of $2K. If the parts are somewhat nice and including the pedestal it could easily be $3k based on prices from about a year back when I was shopping.