I have one almost completed!
I was really set on having finished pics to post tonight, so much that I worked on the rifle every spare minute I had during the day. Bad idea. The resulting loss of concentration led to my gluing the flash suppressor on backwards. I had enough time to remove it, repair the damage, repaint, and re-glue it back on, but not enough time to weather it. I'll get that tomorrow morning.
One pic with the light on. It's bright, but not really as bright as the pic makes it seem.
And everyone was right - flat black was the way to go!
I was really set on having finished pics to post tonight, so much that I worked on the rifle every spare minute I had during the day. Bad idea. The resulting loss of concentration led to my gluing the flash suppressor on backwards. I had enough time to remove it, repair the damage, repaint, and re-glue it back on, but not enough time to weather it. I'll get that tomorrow morning.
One pic with the light on. It's bright, but not really as bright as the pic makes it seem.
And everyone was right - flat black was the way to go!
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Jack Firebaugh
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I recently got back to trying to finish off my kit. The thing that had been holding me up was that I wanted to be able to use a real MagLite for the scope but couldnt think of a strong enough way to make the sleeve and holding bar along with a new bulb head. I searched for many hours trying to find a match to the bulb head on the originals, and only found a few that were similar, but no exact matches.
Enter resin 3D printing! I'm designing up the bulb head now, and am currently printing the sleeve arm. I'll share these files once I know they work well for anyone else out there that could need them.
I recently got back to trying to finish off my kit. The thing that had been holding me up was that I wanted to be able to use a real MagLite for the scope but couldnt think of a strong enough way to make the sleeve and holding bar along with a new bulb head. I searched for many hours trying to find a match to the bulb head on the originals, and only found a few that were similar, but no exact matches.
Enter resin 3D printing! I'm designing up the bulb head now, and am currently printing the sleeve arm. I'll share these files once I know they work well for anyone else out there that could need them.
It took a couple tries but I reworked the flashlight head model to let me use the maglite endcap so I can retain the same assembly for the reflector. I also got the head to fit just over the rubber gasket so it can still be turned to widen or narrow the light beam.
Yeah thats why I finally resorted to this, I spent way too many hours looking for the right one. There were a few brands I found that were close (already forgot the name) but nothing completely right. Every other part of the body matches a Maglite (endcap, middle knurling, underside pushbutton), so thats what I went with modifying.
or posterity, here are some old auction pics of this same model screen used rifle. I've still gotta track down that mesh over the lens, Im thinking some kind of strainer might do the trick.
or posterity, here are some old auction pics of this same model screen used rifle. I've still gotta track down that mesh over the lens, Im thinking some kind of strainer might do the trick.
