Yes, but I think they should have trapezoidal bottoms.![]()
No reference, just expressing an opinion. The Mauser's magazine has a trapezoidal bottom.sorry for the threadjack, but why?? what's your reference?
No reference, just expressing an opinion. The Mauser's magazine has a trapezoidal bottom.
It is not as if we see the bottom of the "blaster power packs" anywhere, so I think there is room for some artistic license.![]()
The dark colour of J-B-Weld is probably from its iron content, which is 5-10%. Even if J-B-Weld would take cold-bluing solution well, it would probably not blend together with its surroundings. I have used epoxy with a larger percentage of zamak filings as filler and it did darken well with cold-bluing liquid, but it is obvious on close inspection where I have used it.Does anybody know if JB Cold Weld can take bluing the same, or at least in any way similar to metal, or can it only be primed and painted?
The dark colour of J-B-Weld is probably from its iron content, which is 5-10%. Even if J-B-Weld would take cold-bluing solution well, it would probably not blend together with its surroundings. I have used epoxy with a larger percentage of zamak filings as filler and it did darken well with cold-bluing liquid, but it is obvious on close inspection where I have used it.
Have you guys seen this!?
http://www.therpf.com/f79/han-solo-blaster-cells-solos-hold-209253/
If you've got a solo blaster I think you'll need some belt greeblies!
What is the best way to age a hot-blued steel part?
I subjected my hot-blued DEC scope to vinegar, which destroyed the finish completely in no time at all. :facepalm
I had been hoping that it would produce regular rust only where I had scratched and dinged it and leave the bluing alone. I am pretty angry at myself right now.
Those look great! I'd be buying a set except that I'm just about finished building these:
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These are Correllian Export parts that I jazzed up with a bit of styrene. I got the idea from a Rebel Forum I found while researching the Greeblies, which is probably why the panel pattern is so similar. Wouldn't surprise me to learn it was the same person making the aluminum ones.
Haven't figured out what I want to do for the three "insulators" or whatever they are. The kit comes with nails to put in the holes, but I want something more Star Wars appropriate.
I used a recipe for rusting steel that I had found at an arts&crafts site, with vinegar, water and table salt. I believed I left it wrapped in soaked paper-towels for five minutes, but it might have been longer. I'm thinking that maybe the vinegar was stronger than it was supposed to.How long was the part in the vinegar? I soaked mine in white vinegar for five minutes at a time. It took only two soakings, with a paper towel wipedown in between, to get to this:
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If you leave the part in the vinegar long enough it will eventually remove all the bluing, but it doesn't rust the steel.
I used a recipe for rusting steel that I had found at an arts&crafts site, with vinegar, water and table salt. I believed I left it wrapped in soaked paper-towels for five minutes, but it might have been longer. I'm thinking that maybe the vinegar was stronger than it was supposed to.