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Nextwe create the bevel on the front and back of the barrel the front bevel is madeby using two truncated cones of opposing angels and capping them with a ring. Itried using clipped cones for the back but they didn’t look rite on the modelso I decided to cut the stock and use a full cone.

SorryI’ve been gone so long. Health issues but I’m back and the build continues. Thebarrel is hollow and consists of 4 parts the outer wall the inner wall and two end plates

Solution1. Fix the tabs then 2. scale up the part by 1.025 ae 1/4mm larger all aroundmaking a better fit for the barrel then 3. I made two structural supports tobrace the parts then reprint and rebuild and bingo it fits. :oops:

Thefirst piece of the stock was a challenge I thought it was fine but when Iprinted the production white I found that the tabs weren’t sufficient and it wasn'tstructurally sound it keeps trying to collapse then the real disaster thebarrel is to tight a fit and the top rips badly

Theproduction white of the barrel turned out perfect so I continue on to the nextpart.

I started with the barrel and drewit as shown. I always draw the isometrics as I design the parts. I'll need themlater for the instructions and they help establish fit and scale. One of the most important partsof a build is the tabbing. Nothing influences the ease of a build more than thesize...

I start by looking at real blackpowder pistols and deciding what elements I want to put in the model. Bing isyour best friend at this stage. The more photo reference you have the better. It is also important to decide beforeyou begin how complicated you want the finished product to be. My son...

:car1: My son asked me to make a pair ofdueling pistols for him and his friends to use as props and I've been readingsome of the posts about design questions so I thought I would start a threaddetailing the model from concept through final product I hope at least some ofyou will find this...

yes thank you if you can tell me how ill post more there ive got sevral modles id love to share

I tried to put them there but had problems I’m new to the holeboard thing I’ve never had time to sit and doo this before . maybe this whole disabilitything has one advantage I had no idea that so many people shared my hobbies itsnice to know im not alone.

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gifts wall1 I couldn’t figure out the download thread so I’m putting a getto know me present in this thread. This isone of my older tanks in 1/72th scale due to multiple requests from friends I’mredoing them in 1/48th and adding detail. So enjoy

I used 110 and it worked well.:oops: A suggestion you might findfun. When I built them I put a magnetic strip in the model and a metal strip in a belt loop. Both parts can be foundat hobby stores use a cut able self adhesive magnet it makes them work like inthe show and Hagreds are perfect...

:wave:Hi all my name is Jim I’ve been looking for a forum to meetmy fellow paper fanatics I’m hoping that some of you will download and build mymodels and more importantly leave comments and suggestions about them so I can improvethe quality of my art. At the moment I’mmostly doing tanks but I...