renegadecow
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Looking good but I think an XC1 would suit it better. Knockoffs are only $50 shipped.
Cheap PKD (Water Gun)
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renegadecow
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Ok, now that is pretty cool. At least your design leaves some room for imagination as to its contents. The ones specifically labeled .44-40 is just too weird for me especially ones with presentation cases in the style of firearms sold in the early 19th century.
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Sam Lowry 27B6
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Haha thanks for the reply, I was thinking ooh 250 - 300 could not work out the size of them
Stojespal
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Huh, that looks spiff. I only have the one, left over from my shooting days, but I thought about fabbing something up entirely off a cheapie mini flashlight. An XC1 knockoff would be fine, especially since the mount mimics a standard rail well enough. The Surefire locks in place, so it shouldn't be hard to do the same. Or just...get a short plastic airsoft rail and use that.
I was using the .177. I was surprised just how many BBs the thing DRANK. Also went through five tubes of superglue to secure it. Pro Tip: add superglue as you add BBs, every few hundred, or you'll never secure them all.
Sam Lowry 27B6
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I ended up getting the blue grips version as it was the only thing I could find at the time that wasn't silly money. any tips as to how to color them correctly or is that something I am not going to be able to achieve and keep any sort of transparency?
renegadecow
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Best would be to modify them to take cast resin grips as the only way to take the blue out is painting over it.
Sam Lowry 27B6
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Punished Props have put up a youtube video of their conversion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-VTUkaCMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-VTUkaCMA
I don't think there's any way you can color the blue plastic to look like amber. If you try adding red, it's just going to end up purple looking, no matter which side you ad it too.
And speaking of grips, I'm definitely going to need a set of solid grips. I tried removing the factory grips from mine and I managed to get one off, but the other cracked into dozens of pieces.
And speaking of grips, I'm definitely going to need a set of solid grips. I tried removing the factory grips from mine and I managed to get one off, but the other cracked into dozens of pieces.
Hovito loincloth
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Yeah there is no way of repainting the blue grips to make them convincing. Even the amber grips look cheap and nasty imho.
This has been done, and documented in this thread.
https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=279741&page=3
I tried this with amber resin, and I'd be curious to see how other people did it. The problem is that the water reservoir doesn't actually go *all* the way up to the body of the gun--there's a section at the top of the orange grips that cannot be reached from the water-filling hole. I'll live with it, but I wonder what others did when they encountered this issue...
This is how I would recommend filling the grip area fully with resin. I’ve borrowed wayouteast’s sawn-in-half blaster photo to get a better idea what’s going on inside. (thanks wayouteast )
For your first resin pour, you will need to twist and turn the gun around to manipulate the resin into the awkward area. (put your finger over the filling hole while you do this if necessary) Let it cure with the gun facing upside down. This leaves a straightforward area to fill with later pours.
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As long as you haven't removed the grips or introduced any other damage it should be sealed enough to fill from there, but you'd have to do a series of small volume pours so that the heat generated when the resin kisks doesn't warp the plastic. The front portion of the blaster is a separate chamber so you'd need to add a separate fill hole (I did mine through the upper barrel where that printed greeble goes. After pouring, rotate the blaster around as if you were roto-casting - this will distribute the resin around so the heat won't be focused all in one area.
There's a photo of mine filled fully with resin in the post here... https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=275949&p=4322088&viewfull=1#post4322088
The grip underwent a different process from what you describe - I first removed the reservoir under the grips and so used blue painters tape to create the back face of the grip (resin poured in with the thing in a horizontal orientation). I'm going to have to modify what I've done already to add the revolver grip shape though... Might just drill/dremel out the round and trapezoidal holes, and use a stencil to paint on the grip shape that goes under the amber grips.
Hovito loincloth
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Once I'd modded the top receiver and cut an aperture in the barrel I just poured resin plaster straight down the hole. Only problem is a little seeped into the trigger which is now stuck but that's no biggie.
I think my mistake was doing a lying-flat-on-its-side layer for each grip before trying to fill up the center of the cavity--I probably plugged whatever small connection leads into the awkward area and screwed myself from the get-go.
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I had a similar issue with my first attempt. If you don't fill that area that I highlighted first, you will probably block the small connection gap and end up with an air pocket in there.
Good to know, thanks everyone.
I was gonna make a Deckard version, but given the writing on the receiver isnt accurate, i think I'm going to do a custom version with it, probably mainly black and gunmetal with pearl white grips and ill use the orange cap as a barrel extension.
I was gonna make a Deckard version, but given the writing on the receiver isnt accurate, i think I'm going to do a custom version with it, probably mainly black and gunmetal with pearl white grips and ill use the orange cap as a barrel extension.
