Firefly Collection - Progress Updates

[Zombie Killer]

Wow thats looking spiffy. Logos came out great!
On another prop , Henry just release a Mares Leg pistol that would make a great Zoe gun and its live fire ! Thinking about getting one and shortening it .

 

[ssdesigner]

Wow thats looking spiffy. Logos came out great!
On another prop , Henry just release a Mares Leg pistol that would make a great Zoe gun and its live fire ! Thinking about getting one and shortening it .

Ooooo, shiny! Tell me more about this please! Henry?

 

[Zombie Killer]

Henry Rifles. Its only a 22LR or 22Magnum and It would need to have the barrel and bullet tube cut down but im down with that. I have an 1892 but A- it was my late dads gun so im not interested in chopping it up and of coarse B- its a rifle and i can't cut the barrel that far without it becoming an NFA item. These being pistols you can cut it to the chamber if you want. The loop is slightly off but could be "adjusted". Only big downside is the $500 price tag. lol BUT it is a Henry and they are really good guns and are considered Heirloom guns.

Classic Rimfire Mare’s Leg | Henry Repeating Arms

Back in the heyday of the TV Western, Steve McQueen, the star of “Wanted: Dead or Alive,” rode across black-and-white screens toting a sidearm like nothing any lawman or outlaw had carried before. A cut-down, modified version of repeating rifle, this recognizable shootin’ iron could be holstered...

www.henryusa.com

 

[ssdesigner]

All done. Just waiting on my acrylic stand now.

 

[Zombie Killer]

Nice, what did you use to paint the trigger guard? Looks good. I cant wait to get the badges and get going on mine. Seems like a pretty quick build. Whats the hardest part of modifying the base gun other then milling that lower piece? I may do the trigger guard in aluminum.

 

[ssdesigner]

My trigger guard is aluminum

The most time consuming was the piece under the barrel. I have a mini mill, so I’m only taking off smaller amounts of material at a time. The most challenging was probably the trigger guard. I ended up bending by hand. If you have a large vice it’s easier. I basically put a 2” pipe in my vice parallel with the jaws and sandwiched the very end of the .625” wide piece of aluminum between the vice jaw and the pipe. Then I bent the aluminum around the pipe to get the basic larger curve. I repeated this with a 1/2” piece of brass rod to get the top bend.

 

[Zombie Killer]

Cool, i have a mill so im good there. On the guard , thats the way i make the buckle rings for my Wrath of Khan necklace but in brass so that should be fine.

 

[ssdesigner]

I documented this build on the Firefly FB group but forgot to post here. Attached are photos of my progress step by step. This is Simon's encyclopedia. Brass plate with the different books or categories was done by someone on the RPF iirc. I was lucky enough to get one a few months ago from a collector that purchased more than one.

The memory rods are all metal and acrylic. Brass, copper, aluminum and red acrylic were used. Each rod has a small magnet attached so that the rod holders keep them in place. The black end and purple end rods are Sony Clie stylus'...? styli? styly? Anyways....

I have a LG G6 phone that I plan to mount on the right side that will display the image that I have printed out now. I'll post pics if that is successful.

 

[ssdesigner]

This one is next up. Inara's pistol from the episode "Trash"

Starting with a real stainless steel Ruger Mark II

I have test printed the add on parts in resin, but the final versions will be aluminum and stainless.

The red led laser site mechanism will be powered by 2 small, shrink wrapped A2 batteries. The end cap on the right will be threaded and will engage with the momentary switch inside to light up the red led.

 

[ssdesigner]

Another progress pic with a few more parts. Printed muzzle flash, stainless trigger, assembled scope and site test pieces.

 

[ssdesigner]

Just finished the last bit of soldering on this part early this morning. This is my printed test assembly. The led is powered by two AG2 coin batteries stacked together. I made the battery pack by shoving them into a piece of heat shrink tubing with the + and - wiring top and bottom. Heat formed everything tightly and a little hot glue to keep it together. The design is such that the back cap on this scope will be threaded, and when screwed all of the way on the inside of the cap will push the momentary switch and light the led.

Quick demo video:

 

[ssdesigner]

Today's project is the aluminum scope mount. The mount was much easier than anticipated with the mill. Just needed the 1" end mill and I was able to plunge cut the thing in the vise. Did the same for the 1/2" diameter groove where the larger scope sits.

 

[Birdie]

This takes me back

Mine is a Ruger Standard airsoft, I believe the barrel is too short, but it was the only one available. Add-ons by RPF member Sidewinder.