is it real

First of all let me start by saying good try. Modeling modern firearms is difficult and even more difficult to do it convincingly when you are modeling something as recognizable as the M4 carbine. Here are a few points: 1. the barrel is too long compared to the hand guard/rail system. It is also too straight. An M4 carbine has several areas along it's exposed barrel that are narrowed. 2. The flash hider is completely wrong. I am not going to be very forgiving on this item because it looks "tacked on", i.e. you didnt take any time with it at all. An actual flash suppressor for the M4 is about 2" long, about an 1/8th of an inch thicker than the end of the barrel and only has 6 slots about 1" long at the forward most end. At the opposite end there are several longitudinal ridges (3 actually). The slots are also not square, but somewhat eliptical. 3. The receiver (the body) is WAY too wide and shaped completely wrong. About twice as wide as the real weapon. The only parts of the body (aside from the charging ("cocking mechanism" handle - which is missing too, that should be at the top of the receiver at the very rear.) that is as wide as the barrel shroud is the ejection port, and the push button-like device on the right side of the weapon used to seat the round when the weapon loads the first round of the magazine. Also the body does not flare at the top like you have your model. It is a straight box practically from top to bottom with only the chamber/mechanism area rounded on and the aformentioned ejection port and push button on the one side. The magazine well is also slightly wider along it's length. Also the receiver extends about 1" past the grip. 4. Your grip is a simple box. Again, this looks like you took zero time on it. A real grip is rounded and has a ridge directly under where the middle finger would go. It also has some texturing to it, called knurling. 5. The clip well in the model completely straight, it should be angled. Move the rear edge down even with the trigger guard and the front up about 1/2". 6. The shown side of the model should exhibit the tubular area of the receiver, it does not. 7. The extendable stock (carbine stock) support tube is too narrow / the butt plate section is too wide. The ratio is that the tube should be about 1/8" more narrow than the outter tube. 8. The M4 has no carry handle. It has a P-rail on the top. Those are the "major" problems with the model. Simply work on those first. There are many many detail items like the rings at the bottom of the iron sight tower (the front sights) that would hold them to the barrel. (They are not welded in place). Sorry if this feedback is a bit scathing, but if you are expecting to sell an item, then you must have a top-notch product. Here is a reference image if you need one... http://images.google.com/images?q=m4+carbine&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images That should give you more than enough ref material. Contact me if you need any assistance.