stapleton13
Well-Known Member
A little background on this project in the interest of full disclosure.
I picked up a kit years ago for one of these that I was told came from a casting of a hero. Honestly however the casting was not that good, and once I found the revolver to go inside things went from bad to worse. I discovered that whoever did it had over sanded the parts by almost 1/8 of an inch so the revolver wouldn't even fit inside without a huge gap all around where the 2 halves should come together, and one side of the upper half for some reason was over 1/16 longer than the other side so they didn't mate together well at all. The 2 disks on the above the handle were not mirrored like they should be. They were just 2 copies of one side. Also all the nuts, and screws were left in for casting so real ones could not be simply added.
The story ended at that point for awhile. I waited for a few years to see if a better casting would surface so I could finish my build. I finally decided I had to take matters into my own hands.
I took the parts, and started by adding material to close the gap in the seam, I recreated the keys that had been sanded off in the upper half, and with some cutting, adding got the 2 halves to the same length so they would mate properly. I also ground out the cast nuts, and re-created 6 sided holes for real nuts to sit in. I scratch built a mirrored set of the round disks. I was also able to get a few photo's from a guy on RPF that owned a hero one to create the barrel detail, and learned that the little knob under the barrel looked like metal.
After All that work I felt that molding it, and casting parts would make for the best build instead. I feared that all the repairs, and filler could be a weak link in the build.
Good news for anyone who will want one is that I will be selling kits very soon.
Here is a few pictures of what the finished kits will look like. Note that I made a trigger assembly that could be used to press a button for those that may not want to use the blank firing revolver for any reason.
Last but not least pictures of my completed build after years of waiting.
I picked up a kit years ago for one of these that I was told came from a casting of a hero. Honestly however the casting was not that good, and once I found the revolver to go inside things went from bad to worse. I discovered that whoever did it had over sanded the parts by almost 1/8 of an inch so the revolver wouldn't even fit inside without a huge gap all around where the 2 halves should come together, and one side of the upper half for some reason was over 1/16 longer than the other side so they didn't mate together well at all. The 2 disks on the above the handle were not mirrored like they should be. They were just 2 copies of one side. Also all the nuts, and screws were left in for casting so real ones could not be simply added.
The story ended at that point for awhile. I waited for a few years to see if a better casting would surface so I could finish my build. I finally decided I had to take matters into my own hands.
I took the parts, and started by adding material to close the gap in the seam, I recreated the keys that had been sanded off in the upper half, and with some cutting, adding got the 2 halves to the same length so they would mate properly. I also ground out the cast nuts, and re-created 6 sided holes for real nuts to sit in. I scratch built a mirrored set of the round disks. I was also able to get a few photo's from a guy on RPF that owned a hero one to create the barrel detail, and learned that the little knob under the barrel looked like metal.
After All that work I felt that molding it, and casting parts would make for the best build instead. I feared that all the repairs, and filler could be a weak link in the build.
Good news for anyone who will want one is that I will be selling kits very soon.
Here is a few pictures of what the finished kits will look like. Note that I made a trigger assembly that could be used to press a button for those that may not want to use the blank firing revolver for any reason.
Last but not least pictures of my completed build after years of waiting.
looks fantastic.
