FINISHED!! Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

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Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Wow - great work - will be awesome when finished!

 

[Jediguy]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

holy crap!! I'll def be following this thread

 

[Dart]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Love the big guns! This one looks like it's coming along nicely, too.

 

[StarKill3r]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Definitely following this thread. I love big guns and its even better when it has more than one barrel. These are the types of weapons that make me want to make more than just SW blasters all the time lol. Great job, and looking forward to seeing it done :thumbsup

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Hi guys,

I had a chance to make most of the greeblies that will detail the gun. I'll get these in rubber tomorrow as I need multiples...

and I've made two of the barrels nice...

I've cut the 60 degree angles into the magazine parts of the barrels...

I started to hinge the rear grips and then realised that they wont actually work in their current format. I have a feeling that Weta made 2 versions of the handles - one opened and one closed. All reference shows that the split lines are nice and tight, except for the forward edge.

The Weta image in my first post shows a gun with the grips open and a different gun with them closed. They have different paint jobs, so they probably aren't the same prop in different configurations.

 

[Jm419]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Oh, yeah, design flaw. Hmm. My AER9 build had something like that. I think it probably comes down to Weta cheating, like you mentioned.

 

[Clutch]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

So are there triggers in the stock?

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

There are 2 in the stock and one in the front grip.

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

I've got the three barrels together and have added the aluminium strips down the right hand side. It's finally starting to look like the MBS-9M .50 Cal now.

I've also fixed the stock grips into position and I've almost finished casting out the resin parts.

 

[C0mmand3rC0dy]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Looking gorgeous!

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Thanks mate.

I've just finished casting out my resin parts...

 

[KMosher]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

This gets better by the day! What are your plans for the viewscreen?

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Thanks. I'm probably just going to use some graphics of some sort, mounted behind acrylic.

I've glued and pinned together the rest of the gun. I'll finish detailing it once the barrels are complete, then I'll tackle the viewfinder and finally the mount/tripod.

The gun's not attached to the barrels yet, but this gives you an idea of the size. It's flipping huge.

 

[Clutch]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Looks amazing! You are the king of something from nothing.

 

[tango'd fett]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Amazing work as always vos , what is chemiwood btw , is it a kind of MDF ?

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

'Chemiwood' is a polyurethane modelling board designed for pattern making. It's great stuff, comes in a variety of densities...it can be machined, tapped, planed, sanded, carved by hand, painted without a sealer.

Modelling boards are more dense than polyurethane foams (styling boards) and less dense than tooling boards.

I get it here in 6'x4' slabs:

Tooling & Patternmaking - Boards, Liquid Resin Systems, RTV-2

However, if you wanted a smaller amount I just found these guys:

SikaBlock Model Board

 

[struschie]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Great project!

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

It's been fun so far. pretty quick...everything on this gun is quite blocky and easy to bang out.

I've added the other 2 sets of aluminium plates (right side and underside) this morning...

 

[Laser Brain]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Got some of the details in place on the right hand side...

 

[handler]

Re: Avatar MBS-9M .50 Cal (Tri-Barreled Machine Gun) WETA

Oh man, this is looking great. I can't wait to see it finished.