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Exciting! Blaster arrived safely through the door this morning (UK). As @DVD Connoisseur says the blaster is beautifully crisp and cleanly modelled. There's some easily stripped-away support structure that 'hides' the detail at first glance, but once that's been picked off the underlying detail is exceptional. As with any 3D print there'll be some filling and sanding to achieve a really good finish - I'm planning on using the epoxy resin technique on some of the simpler shapes to speed things up a bit. But a few hours of effort should produce a fantastic end result I hope. The carbon fibre wrap that is supplied with the gun is really sizeable too so plenty of opportunities for getting it right (although the actual prop carbon fibre affect seems to be a 'basketweave' pattern rather then the 'herringbone' that all available vinyl wrap seems to come in).
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The blaster comes beautifully packed in a big zip-lock bag and bubblewrap in a sturdy box, and I had no issues with customs or anything.
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One thing that surprised me slightly was the size of the blaster - it's big! Here it is with my Elfin Knights water gun conversion for comparison. You can see from this how beautifully the 2049 blaster fits together even without any cleaning up or adjustment.
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I'm really looking forward to starting on this project, and thanks to @rgriesbeck for a beautiful model and exceptional customer service!
I filled out your form. AMAZING work on this! Let me know when you need me to pay!
Should have the next 6 kits, including some double packs with Deckard guns, shipped out by mid week
Brilliant, thanks. Two questions
Has my kit shipped yet?
What dimensions did you go by? I'm looking at holsters and most are using the dimensions of the thingeverse model to build from.
I received my kit!
This is my first detailed 3D print to finish. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to finish the nooks and crannies? I’m looking at the front and I’m kind of stumped how to work in such a small space.
I received my kit!
This is my first detailed 3D print to finish. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to finish the nooks and crannies? I’m looking at the front and I’m kind of stumped how to work in such a small space.
Yup, you should have gotten an email. We went with scaled pics from the movie to determine size
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I'm no expert, but I know you can use small files, sandpaper, chisels, even nail files to get in small spaces...
I received my kit!
This is my first detailed 3D print to finish. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to finish the nooks and crannies? I’m looking at the front and I’m kind of stumped how to work in such a small space.
Just to add to the previous recommendations I always keep a supply of emory boards around (as you can cut them with scissors into particular shapes as required) and also (for very tiny areas) sanding needles are a good investment.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...ng+needles.TRS0&_nkw=sanding+needles&_sacat=0
I received mine! 2 mins of tidy up and it goes together right away. Very happy with it
Absolutely fantastic work. Really appreciate everything that went into this.
Totally in when run 2 is up and going![]()