Trando434 said:
How did you harden it? I could never figure it out?
Edit, is it already scaled? Btw since it is a 3D gun, like with the inside being hollow, how do you actually put it together with out crushing it? I mean is there a certain order you do it in so that you can attatch all the pieces together? And what were the parts you used to make the lock mechanism, it looks like a slide handle held taught with some type of cord, a great idea!
There are actually only three types of parts to this gun that are completely closed, the grips, reach bottom attachment and the clips, everything else is open and accessible. To assemble these without crushing them, well, patience for starters, but I always plan it so that the last part put on has no tabs (this was the top part of the clips and the reach attachment and the back part of the grips). As for putting them all together, I didn't even try until I had them hardened, then I sanded and adjusted until they all fit.
As I stated earlier, the clip, receiver and the G attachment were hardened by slush-casting rondo. The handle and the slide were hardened with a slower curing resin. To harden the grip, I cut a hole in the bottom of the piece and poured the slow-curing resin in until it was completely filled, then, once the resin hardened, sanded until smooth. Oh, and yes, also stated before the scale of this pistol is correct.
For the slide and the lock mechanism, it's all jury rigged. The slide consists of two small eye bolts (you can see one of the bolts in the latest vid) and a rubber band. The lock mechanism consists of a thin wood dowel, some scrap styrene plastic and some stretchy thread used in necklace beading tied to the eye bolt in the receiver.
Hope this answers your questions. More to come as I get time.
I will attempt to re-create the moving slide in my rebuild and may double up on pistols this time. I'm also downloading the improved files since my first build was with the original files and didn't exactly fit. Can't wait to get started!
