Been A WHILE. Since I posted a build up, felt good to get back into it.
Here are the POTC Jack Sparrow compass and flintlock toy conversions.
With the compass I sanded the plastic hinge and latch off.
I dremeled the body down to fit the new brass hinge. Then putty over the top and sand.
I accidentally ground off the plastic receiver for the latch. The metal latch reciever was hollow, so I filled it with putty then ground the metal away until it was just the metal "nub" post...then glued it on.
I also added the metal ring pull, and dremeled the plastic ball in the center of the dial away...replaced it with a wooden bead, that was grooved and sanded on flat on the bottom to allow the compass dial to spin freely.
With the flinlock I filled the screw holes and, sanded the seam lines, also dremeled the "perry london" name and logo.
Mike
Here are the POTC Jack Sparrow compass and flintlock toy conversions.
With the compass I sanded the plastic hinge and latch off.
I dremeled the body down to fit the new brass hinge. Then putty over the top and sand.
I accidentally ground off the plastic receiver for the latch. The metal latch reciever was hollow, so I filled it with putty then ground the metal away until it was just the metal "nub" post...then glued it on.
I also added the metal ring pull, and dremeled the plastic ball in the center of the dial away...replaced it with a wooden bead, that was grooved and sanded on flat on the bottom to allow the compass dial to spin freely.
With the flinlock I filled the screw holes and, sanded the seam lines, also dremeled the "perry london" name and logo.
Mike
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