Shadowsofink
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I found myself inspired by Adam Savage building The Samaritan, and wanted to machine a gun-like object myself. However I'm not a machinist, and have no access to a machine shop. So I thought how about I design and build a gun for 3D printing, AS IF I were machining it? I chose Mal's gun, as it's one of my favorite props ever.
The Goal: Make a functional cap gun prop that looks, feels, and is as accurate as possible. But design it so that it can be fully dismantled like a real gun.
Obviously I need as much reference as I can find for the Hero Prop. But also I need as much as I can for the base gun Taurus Model 85, as I want the mechanics of the gun to work as close to the original as possible.
What I have so far:
Ideally I'd like to have some orthographic blueprints of the Taurus Model 85 (obviously unlikely) with a scale attached to them. Or if anyone HAS a Taurus Model 85, willing to dismantle it, and send me needed pictures with measurements or scale, that would work too.
Given the disassembly guide I can probably work out the mechanics, but any help in that area would be greatly appreciated.
My main hope for the final result will be a gun that looks like a real machined gun. More "real" than the actual Hero Prop in some ways. As I want to more seamlessly integrate the "base gun" parts with the "prop gun" parts.
Once I'm done, I'm likely just going to release the files for free with an assembly guide.
The Goal: Make a functional cap gun prop that looks, feels, and is as accurate as possible. But design it so that it can be fully dismantled like a real gun.
Obviously I need as much reference as I can find for the Hero Prop. But also I need as much as I can for the base gun Taurus Model 85, as I want the mechanics of the gun to work as close to the original as possible.
What I have so far:
- Ref Images of this gun. Which, looks exceptionally accurate... but the person didn't put anything in the picture that gives me a definitive scale.
- A Vector image I can't remember where I found. Which is accurate enough when combined with the photos.
- Images of the Stunt Prop Casting Quantum sold.
- This exploded isometric schematic of the Taurus Model 85
- And finally this disassembly pictorial guide
Ideally I'd like to have some orthographic blueprints of the Taurus Model 85 (obviously unlikely) with a scale attached to them. Or if anyone HAS a Taurus Model 85, willing to dismantle it, and send me needed pictures with measurements or scale, that would work too.
Given the disassembly guide I can probably work out the mechanics, but any help in that area would be greatly appreciated.
My main hope for the final result will be a gun that looks like a real machined gun. More "real" than the actual Hero Prop in some ways. As I want to more seamlessly integrate the "base gun" parts with the "prop gun" parts.
Once I'm done, I'm likely just going to release the files for free with an assembly guide.
I have a very analog brain.
