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You can make any part so long as it is not able to be modified to fire live ammunition if you do not have a PAL. If you do, you can only make parts for certain classifications of firearms.
As for the airsoft only parts, what parts are we talking about? You can make any part so long as it does not have the markings e.g. FN, Colt, HK, etc., because you need special licensing for those trademarks, just as many airsoft manufacturers have done so e.g. ARES, some Tokyo Marui, VFC, etc. vs those that do not e.g. JG, some Cybergun, etc.
As for the airsoft specific parts like gearboxes: don't quote me on this, but the gearboxes themselves are Japanese origin and do not have patents on them. The history is that Tokyo Marui never patented Vx gearboxes so that other manufacturers could also prosper from their design and increase the airsoft market. That being said, you can make the gearboxes.
As for receivers and such, they're mostly legal to make so long as they are not compatible with real steel, and if they are, that you have PAL documentation.
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