Split Second Props
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Thanks. Given the rarity I thought more people would be interested.
Ohwell, thanks for the kind words.
greylocke
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Schweeeet. Could you get the tranch coat, sun glasses and do you hair and take some pics. That is fabulous looking.
greylocke
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Noeland
Master Member
A little split second gun necro posting today. After not being able to work on props for almost 2 years because of moving several times, and not having space to make it happen, or having space but not having access to my tools and props, I am finally able to return to the hobby I love with my own workshop.
So, as I move forward on these builds I'm curious about materials and what people have used in the past. Are the blocks under the barrels made of aluminum, wood, styrene? I'm leaving toward metal.
So, as I move forward on these builds I'm curious about materials and what people have used in the past. Are the blocks under the barrels made of aluminum, wood, styrene? I'm leaving toward metal.
I made a wood one, then covered it with plastic and made a mold of it. I can make a resin block for you. I think my side indentations need to be a little crisper but that is an easy fix after you have the block in hand, and then after clean up you can just add the bottom plate and bolts.
I have another Crosman and am going to do another gun build up to sell shortly.
I made a kit using my printer a few months ago. Parts slide right on and stay with friction. I also incorporated the ribbing and cone in the scope that I haven't seen replicated on any other builds. I made two variants of the scope mount- one-clamp and two-clamp. Fist I did the two-clamp version, then a few screens I looked at suggested that the scope only had ONE clamp and a flat bar with the two rings, perhaps as a second or stunt variant of the gun. This would make sense with the way the gun opens for reloading. But I later noticed that shadows may have been obscuring the second clamp, so I'm still not 100% on which is accurate! (I also got the impression that the grips were black in the movie and not the original wood color, but again... I'm not sure. The movie is VERY dark... and blue.) The problem that I see with metal, wood or resin is that the weight would be insane, unless it were hollowed out. The paintball gun alone weighs a ton.
Here's a photo of my gun. (I still have to add the laser sight pad.)
The "cone" I was referring to is the front of the site. If you look at the screengrab of Kim Cattrall holding the gun you can see that the front of the sight has an inverted cone to where the laser emitter is.
Can you make more. You box looks much better than mine. I have a laser sight as well but would not mind your add ons either???????
I have a Crosman I need to build up and sell. Times being what they are. Sucks
Haha thanks.
Yeah, I can make more of course (I even had an interest thread up a few months ago) but the downside is that they take a while to do since the barrel block is pretty huge in volume. One mod I was thinking of would be to hollow out the sight so that you could slide a functional laser pointer in there- right now it's just a "dummy".Haha thanks.
Don't know how I missed that but I would love the parts for my next build. What would they cost?
As far as the laser sight goes I used something similar to this. (I think it's okay since it's not an auction and it's for reference)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-new-J...111?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3c708bf7
I put it in a small plastic tube. The tube stand from the Sith Probe game turned out to be just the right size. Added a correct wire, custom pad, some modding and bam. My last one I posted above and my next one have working lasersights.
I really did not find the weight an issue with either the wood or resin block but on the other hand I like all my gun replicas heavy like real guns.
If I was able to keep my beloved Dredd Lawgiver some guy here made
I was going to add weight to it after I was done with the electronics and Airsoft parts. I also was gonna add weight to the end of my Auto 9. It is way off balance and doe not feel right with the heavy handle and super light front end.
Noeland
Master Member
Well, it's taken me a few years to find a base gun for the project. I got this one for $30 on gun broker. It has the apporiate amount of weathering I think.
This is not the correct model, which is an RG 79 gas/flare/blank pistol. But this is the grand child of that design. RG came out with the model 69, and most of your ekol/zoraki type blank revolvers floating around today are based on the RG 69.
Yeah, I've done some research since last I posted in this thread. I have looked high and low, and then everywhere in between for a model 79, and I will continue to search for them.
But for now, it's a beginning. Plastic wood look-a-like grips on the way (from maxarmory.com), barrel and barrel block to be made! Probably this weekend.
This is not the correct model, which is an RG 79 gas/flare/blank pistol. But this is the grand child of that design. RG came out with the model 69, and most of your ekol/zoraki type blank revolvers floating around today are based on the RG 69.
Yeah, I've done some research since last I posted in this thread. I have looked high and low, and then everywhere in between for a model 79, and I will continue to search for them.
But for now, it's a beginning. Plastic wood look-a-like grips on the way (from maxarmory.com), barrel and barrel block to be made! Probably this weekend.
Noeland
Master Member
Just thought I'd throw a few update photos into this thread. I'll be posting threads for the builds once they are done.
Got the site attached today since it was warm enough to get into the garage and make a mess. Also have the barrel and the underbarrel "block" in the works.
This is a blank firing Ekol Viper. It's not a perfect match by a stretch, but it was as close as I could get at first.
Now, I have a Zoraki R2 that is much closer to the original RG79 used in the film. Planning to build this one as a "new issue" versions.
I also recently picked up an RG30 which is very, very close to the base gun. This one should be a fun build.
I also have this in the works, being build from stuff laying around in my shop.
And I picked up a cheapo blank firing Python that I'm thinking about converting into a short version of Harley's hand cannon.
More soon, since the weather is getting nicer.
Got the site attached today since it was warm enough to get into the garage and make a mess. Also have the barrel and the underbarrel "block" in the works.
This is a blank firing Ekol Viper. It's not a perfect match by a stretch, but it was as close as I could get at first.
Now, I have a Zoraki R2 that is much closer to the original RG79 used in the film. Planning to build this one as a "new issue" versions.
I also recently picked up an RG30 which is very, very close to the base gun. This one should be a fun build.
I also have this in the works, being build from stuff laying around in my shop.
And I picked up a cheapo blank firing Python that I'm thinking about converting into a short version of Harley's hand cannon.
More soon, since the weather is getting nicer.
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