Marvin3242
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Hi there!
So I've been itching to build a prop from the new trilogy, and decided that Poe's blaster would be a great place to start. Rey's blaster just isn't as interesting to me, and when I saw a kit for the GLIE-44 on Etsy for $50 I figured it would be a good place to start.
This is actually my first time working with a 3D print, first thread/build, and, while I've built some models when I was younger, my first serious undertaking in a while. So cut me some slack
Anyway.
After 3 weeks in transit the kit arrived in the mail. The print lines were much more defined than I thought they would be and there was one delaminated spot, but nothing unfixable or unusable. And the bag was a nice touch
Before I jumped into priming I decided I'd do a quick mock up to see where I was going with it.
And then went to town with filler primer and wet sanding it up to 320
I also began filing in the grip detail. You can see the part that I've done (top) vs the part that I haven't (bottom).
At this point I'm thinking to myself "Wow, this is going pretty smoothly! I mean sanding sucks but this is pretty neat!"
And then karma caught up with me, in the form of improperly mixed bondo.
I didn't mix the hardener well enough, and as a result I was left with sticky putty that, even after smearing on extra and waiting a week I couldn't sand.
So I scraped it all out with a toothpick by hand. All of it. 3 hours. Mishap #1
After that ordeal I hit it with a coat of regular primer in a different color and some bondo spot putty, and started wet sanding that to 800 grit. The color contrast really helped me keep track of my sanding depth.
Which brought me to this point:
Still with a ways to go and many more mishaps!
So I've been itching to build a prop from the new trilogy, and decided that Poe's blaster would be a great place to start. Rey's blaster just isn't as interesting to me, and when I saw a kit for the GLIE-44 on Etsy for $50 I figured it would be a good place to start.
This is actually my first time working with a 3D print, first thread/build, and, while I've built some models when I was younger, my first serious undertaking in a while. So cut me some slack
Anyway.
After 3 weeks in transit the kit arrived in the mail. The print lines were much more defined than I thought they would be and there was one delaminated spot, but nothing unfixable or unusable. And the bag was a nice touch
Before I jumped into priming I decided I'd do a quick mock up to see where I was going with it.
And then went to town with filler primer and wet sanding it up to 320
I also began filing in the grip detail. You can see the part that I've done (top) vs the part that I haven't (bottom).
At this point I'm thinking to myself "Wow, this is going pretty smoothly! I mean sanding sucks but this is pretty neat!"
And then karma caught up with me, in the form of improperly mixed bondo.
I didn't mix the hardener well enough, and as a result I was left with sticky putty that, even after smearing on extra and waiting a week I couldn't sand.
So I scraped it all out with a toothpick by hand. All of it. 3 hours. Mishap #1
After that ordeal I hit it with a coat of regular primer in a different color and some bondo spot putty, and started wet sanding that to 800 grit. The color contrast really helped me keep track of my sanding depth.
Which brought me to this point:
Still with a ways to go and many more mishaps!
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