Logan's Run Revolver.

tobor said:

I’ve ordered an acrylic display case and made a stand for one of the guns. The “hand” was made from styrene sheet and car body filler. The disc was cut from acrylic sheet and painted red on the underside only. This disc doesn’t have to be fixed in any way, as it is held in place when the gun is mounted.
To mount the gun, the screw in the handle is removed and a threaded rod is put in its place.
The case I’ve ordered has a black base. I’m probably going to lay a thin sheet of aluminium on it and paint the hand silver. Basically the same style as the Master Replica cases.
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The idea and basic shape of the hand came from the Rylo flame gun stands.
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I’ve just got some mother of pearl paint. I’m going to test it on some spare grips first. If the results are better than I already have, I’ll re-do the grips on my metal gun.
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tobor said:

Hi Scharfe,
If I’m going to paint an aluminium surface, I finish it off with course squadron sanding sticks. I think this would be similar to using 400 grade wet and dry. This gives a lot of surface scratches, which I think gives a better key for the primer.
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I then clean it with cellulose thinners.
I use black etching primer (Clostermann Etch Primmer Black 446). One coat of this covers all the fine surface scratches and gives a smooth surface. The primer is touch dry in minutes, but I wait at least half a day before applying the top coat.
On the DS revolver I used Simoniz Tough Black, but I have used Halfords car paints on this primer with no problems.

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