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Ki-Djowac
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2012 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another update :
Wiring is done. All components are gonna be glued/sculpted into place.



The rumble motor is sculpted in the grip using some aves apoxie sculpt.



Cap in place. No glue needed here as it fit's just right and once everything is put together in the end it won't ever come off anyways.



Yellow tape below will be removed later, this is just to keep the main LED wires in place until the glue is dry. The transistor will be placed directly underneath the battery holder. I got lucky i had one of these heatsinks in my inventory without having to modify it. Smile



More on this soon as i'm seeing the finish line on the horizon with lots of sculpting, weathering etc ... Wink
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2012 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love the idea with the rumble motor. I will add in my next projects also.
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2012 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking good for sure
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thx y'all Smile
More progress :

Filled up the inside of the blaster as much as possible with Apoxie sculpt to add weight. Kept the space behind the speaker empty though as i don't want to compromise on sound too much.



Started to sculpt with the same apoxie on the outside. Filling up those screw holes and where the two blaster halves meet. Trying to sculpt the fins on the barrel end too as well as keeping that diamond raster going on the grip.



That's it for now. Wink
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm curious to see how the finished factory look.
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eager to see it "fire" Cool (I'll put my sunglasses on)!
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Coming along nicely,my nephew has one of those ,maybe I'll appropriate it for conversion. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks y'all Smile

I've entered the final stages of this conversion.

Detailing done and last primer layer done.





Alu layer is drying as we speak Wink
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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This reminds me just a play on words in German:
"Mann, ist das Ding fett!"

"Fett" has the meaning of the German slang for "Big, Vast, Powerful".
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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gero wrote:
This reminds me just a play on words in German:
"Mann, ist das Ding fett!"

"Fett" has the meaning of the German slang for "Big, Vast, Powerful".


Thanks, glad you like it Very Happy

No worries on German, i understand most of it as my mother is from Germany Wink
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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, Gero to the question "is that thing big?" the answer is you betcha!
Good work Ki-Djowac! I'm waiting in anticipation to see that rifle lit-up and fire on all cylinders!

As for the German, I'm almost in the same boat as Ki...my Grand-Father's familly came from Aachen in the Eastern part of Belgium Wink so it's nice to brush up on the little knowledge of German I have.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Almost done.

The metallic layer :



The last matt black layer and started weathering on the scope. While applying the last mat black layer i tried to take into account that it doesn't have to be an overall evenly sprayed layer. Tried to do some sprayed weathering sort of speak. The final weathering effect/result i tried to get was done with a mild sanding job using a 600 grid sandpaper. While slowly uncovering the metallic layer underneath to get the weathered effect. I'm no expert on weathering as this is my first try on doing something weathered, but i like where it brought me. The sanding job more or less got me a random effect as it uncovered the layer underneath. The trick is not going too far while sanding and the rest comes down to where you feel : 'enough is enough'. Wink



At the moment the stock part is put into the handle permanently, but seems to have become a tiny bit bigger possibly due to sculpting and cracked the top handle insert. This will require some sanding, sculpting, spraying etc all over again in that area. Little setback, but nothing serious. Pushes the end result back though due to drying times of apoxie and paint.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, that´s it!! Shocked
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very good result Ki-Djowac...there are soooo many ways to transform a gun into the "used look". Mine involves the same type of routine: spray the silver first, then black and when it's dry, rub acetone on the black with a cloth to get to the silver colour; I find that I have a better control that way Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thx y'all Smile

True, there are indeed plenty of weathering techniques out there.

On to the 99% finished result. By 99% i mean i still got a small area to fix and this is where i'm at right now :



The cracked handle is glued back together with the strongest glue i could get my hands on locally. Apoxie sculpt is already put on after letting glue dry for 2 days.

Enough about fixing things. I've testfired this puppy a couple of times and i like it. Nice evenly spread light distribution and not blinding on the front. Little rumble motor tucked away in the handle adds a nice little rumble while firing. The recovered DVD lens part glued in the front end of the scope which is 12mm in diameter also adds a bit of a scope effect. Only thing is when looking through it you see everything upside down Very Happy

Here you have the final result :













To end it all, here's the wiring schematic (shout out to Rhyen Skytracker for the inspiration of this schematic as it's based on one of his hasbro economy wiring schematics) :



That's it. I may do a little vid in a couple of weeks. Feel free to share thoughts and comments Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent tutorial (love the fact that you also included the blueprint for the electronics) and excellent result for sure: this gun is rockin' for sure.
Yes, do post a vid...cannot wait Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TFS the elektronic-plan.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thx y'all, the vid is live  Smile

http://youtu.be/nASqqKCM2fw
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GREAT! Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Massive applause and respect, you did a fantastic job!!!
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