Stand
Hello modelers. Here's a small update to the thread. I finally got around to building the stand that comes as part of this model.
The construction is pretty straight forward. The two pieces that cradle the gun can be mounted on either side of the stand to give you a left or right...
Thanks Falsemuzzle. I appreciate the that! In between build sessions I also built a couple of his Wipeout Pure pieces. They were nice, quick little builds and they look pretty cool when done.
And I'm spent.
Here is the completed model. This also comes with a stand and I may put that together later on. For now I'm calling it done. There are a lot of gaps in this and there are things I could have done better but I'm still happy with it. I have a long way to go until I can make...
Breech
Here are some progress pics of the breech, the last part of the model. The breech is made up of a lot of small pieces. Of all of them, this guy was the most complex.
Here are a few pics as the pieces went together. I reinforced some of these with cardboard.
There are some...
Handle
The final part of the holder is the handle. Like the other areas I used cardboard to reinforce things and removed the tabs.
The holder is one wrapper piece with two recessed detail pieces. Here is how it looks from the inside. The previous pieces make up the upper detail.
The top...
Holder Continued
I wanted a nice, firm attachment point for the handle so I cut out a piece of cardboard and mounted it to the understide of the tabs.
And here it is, ready for the handle.
Holder
Hello again everyone. The holder is next up and is the second to last subassembly left. I'm using food packaging boxes to reinforce things.
This piece will fit inside the assembly. I removed the tabs and the cardboard end pieces will provide a firm attachment point all the way...
Final Gun Body Assembly
Now I have everything together so it's time to assemble the gun body assembly. To begin this I went back and added some reinforcement to the front piece. I printed out some of the pieces and used them as a template.
I then slid these inside the front piece.
I cut...
Rear Gun Body Assembly
Now that I finished the upper gun body piece I'm ready to put everything in place. I strengthened the two side pieces with more cereal box cardboard.
I cut the tabs off the wrapper piece and edge glued it to the side pieces. This worked really nicely and the folds...
Upper Gun Body
Hello again. I finally got the construction of the upper gun body to where I was happy with it. It's not perfect however it's close enough for me to use it and move on.
This sub-assembly is a large main piece with some ribs that provide some depth detail. I initially built this...
Handgrip part 2
Here are pictures of the completed handgrip. My wife took the camera with her this weekend so I don't have any progress pics. This piece turned out to be kind of tough to put together and there are several places that have alignment issues. The inside pieces to this were the...
Handgrip
Hi everyone. I hope you all made it through the holiday season intact and with some new, shiny craft supplies. The last part of the gun body is giving me fits; I've already made three attempts so I'm stepping back and figuring out the best way to assemble it. In the meantime I've...