Been busy working on my water gun the past few weeks. Here is some of the progress I've made:
I glued in a spring to allow for trigger movement and then sealed it all up. Hopefully the spring never breaks because I'd have to cut it open to access it.
I screwed on the buttplate to the grip, then glued it in place so it won't come off. I also sanded down the sides to make it match up with the Tomen grips.
I recently ordered a pair of cast pewter replicas of the two knobs from Tip Top Workshop to replace the molded ones on the water gun. They came in great shape! I've only drilled the hole for one of them so far, but it's sitting in there with friction until the gun is painted and I can glue it in place.
I finally got around to removing the molded sight rod and am currently cleaning up that section and adding in the missing detail. I've ordered a new sight rod from Shapeways that I'll be using.
As for the Tomen grips, I was having trouble with the Apoxie Sculpt crumbling when I tried to insert the upper screws, so I came up with a solution. I have a bunch of white RC ball link pieces lying around and noticed that the holes in them are the perfect size for the screws. They're made out of a fairly soft plastic that provides a tight hold when the screws are screwed into them. I drilled out a hole in the grip frame large enough for one of the ball links, cut the ball link to size, and glued it into the grip frame. Now I can actually screw the grips in tightly!
Here's what it looks like at the moment with the grips screwed in. It feels great being one solid piece now.
The biggest thing I still need to do is clear out the magazine compartment so it can slide in and out and attach with magnets. Looking forward to giving it a fresh coat of primer so I can start cleaning up the finer details and little mistakes.
Stay tuned!
