Lichtbringer
Master Member
First i need to mention that i´m a blaster guy ..... so, if you saber guys see something substandard, please don´t hesitate to chime in and let me know.
Like many others i started with the parts of Russ last run, and a Armitage Shanks handwheel
The grenade got a good coat of sturdy stove paint, and when dry to touch but not really hardened, i kicked it along the street for some time. That way it got dents and scratches where the paint was hit. Then a good treatment with a steelbrush, to get the loose paint of.
I didn´t ordered one of Russ cones for the emitter, as i didn´t liked the idea of gluing loose metal parts. Instead of that i made a alu one on my lathe. Slighly oversized, then pressed together with a big professional vise. I added a ring of ventholes and a taper, and on the threaded bar in it´s center i machined something that should look like a emitter for the beam. I think it looks interesting that way.
And that´s how a M10 threaded rod holds the parts together. It´s frontend is secured with industrial Locktite in the emitter, and the short end that comes out of the nut will be later used for screwing it in the mounting adapter.
Now this part could be screwed together with the grenade, and the front was done.
Next part was a cap to connect the booster to the AS handwheel. It was lathed from Delrin, and pressed on the boosters threading
Originally the handwheel had a slight taper at it´s inner side, so i lathed it parallel to get a slide fit with the cap on the booster
And it worked like a charm
Here we are
Now it´s time to start the innards (mainly from the piece Delrin in the back).
Like many others i started with the parts of Russ last run, and a Armitage Shanks handwheel
The grenade got a good coat of sturdy stove paint, and when dry to touch but not really hardened, i kicked it along the street for some time. That way it got dents and scratches where the paint was hit. Then a good treatment with a steelbrush, to get the loose paint of.
I didn´t ordered one of Russ cones for the emitter, as i didn´t liked the idea of gluing loose metal parts. Instead of that i made a alu one on my lathe. Slighly oversized, then pressed together with a big professional vise. I added a ring of ventholes and a taper, and on the threaded bar in it´s center i machined something that should look like a emitter for the beam. I think it looks interesting that way.
And that´s how a M10 threaded rod holds the parts together. It´s frontend is secured with industrial Locktite in the emitter, and the short end that comes out of the nut will be later used for screwing it in the mounting adapter.
Now this part could be screwed together with the grenade, and the front was done.
Next part was a cap to connect the booster to the AS handwheel. It was lathed from Delrin, and pressed on the boosters threading
Originally the handwheel had a slight taper at it´s inner side, so i lathed it parallel to get a slide fit with the cap on the booster
And it worked like a charm
Here we are
Now it´s time to start the innards (mainly from the piece Delrin in the back).
