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I like what you've done with the design. perhaps a bit more conservative than official version, and definatly more like I would have thought. Still, the departure isn't as great as say, the enterprise D was for me. I still don't like that design, though it has become iconic.

oh wow. I don't know alot about the giant robot / F-14 alike/ Gundam/ macross/ japanimae genre, and my only real contact with Macross was many years ago with a couple of small plastic kits, (a V-F1 Valkyrie and something heavier with two big honkin' guns on each side...) and an SD Gundam. The...

The Grips: Firstly, I painted the whole grip a nice orangey brown Then I mixed up a glaze of dark purply red brown, and applied it with my trusty demented spider brush in a deliberatly streaky manner and then I did it again.... ..till looked like a deep walnut...

And now..... Paint! Firstly, the major parts, all undecoated black. I use a auto primer matt black ( which dries satin, for some odd reason) because it dries much tougher and more durable than a cheap generic spraycan. It will need a few more coats, though. The thing you want to...

the rain seems to have ceased for the moment, so I'm spraying like mad before it comes back. I'm working on more of the details today, the BPRD logos on the grip in particular. It's a bit like making a jigsaw puzzle, only really small.

Just thinkin'. What this thing really needs is a couple of pineapples. *pokes nothing with a stick...*

well, here it is. my own tommygun. Nothing has done a brilliant job once again, and this one even includes some formers to help keep it all in place. :thumb: Shouldn't be too difficult a build for an average level of experience, and the instructions are clear enough for even a complete noob...

thankyou! well, it's been a lousy day for spraying, so i've skipper ahead a bit and started adding some details. The hammer is nearly done, I used a different card for this as it was a bit more flexible than the 1mm stock I use for most things, and it seems to be working well around...

Jumped ahead to the grip. I've altered the method of anchoring the grip because it suited the materials I'm using, not because the suggested method is inadequate. I've carved the grips from balsa again, as I did with the Colt Navy, and as you can see from the pictures, I made a bit of a...

I'll give it some thought, though it may come down to simple experience with painting. I do have 20 odd years as a proffesional Model maker and prop maker under my belt...

I just did a search for Samaritan papercraft, and soon enough came up with UHU02's blog page, and downloads. There's a catch: The swivelling arm at the back of the weapon that swings upwards to open the cylinder break is incorrect. Which is shame, 'cos i thought it was cool. But it...

Kjev: I just print the parts on standard printer paper and laminate them to 1mm stock with white glue. Nothing special. virajmperera/sneaker: I'll definatly do this, It may have to wait until I've finished this project though. I need to give some thought as to how to make it as clear as...

While I'm waiting for the cylinder to set up, I've started on the frame. the pivot point at the front has to take a lot of stress, so I reinforced the hell out of it. The whole lower section of the frame right to the back near the handle is pretty much solid laminated cardboard...

oh, it's only a 22. 22mm! It's puts me in mind of 12 guage shotgun sort of size. and yes, one of the wonderful thing about this technique is it DOES start looking like crap, but thats no problem 'cos it's going to be sanded and painted, so you can be as messy as you like.

Cylinder Started: I think I've made this more complicated than nessesary, by asuming that I could build it better than designed, without actually testing to see how the design worked in the first place. So I've added extra rings in the middle, and gone with simple tubes at the front, and...

..I think MAGNUMinous is the word you're looking for...... *Clears Throat* Next picture shows a couple of additions to the basic model, that are aesy to add and easily visible in photo's of the real one. Firstly, and simply, a couple of bars running down each side under...

thanks SEBRET, I hope I don't dissapoint. The Barrel Liner: The kit comes with a printed liner, but of course I wanted proper rifling, so I cut some thin card into strips an applied the to the printed part. I the painted most of it silver, as it would be difficult to reach with a brush...

Thanks folks. Careful nothing, you'll use up all the smileys.

I know I said the frame, but I think this would be more aptly discribed as the Barrel assembly. First up, Print everything on standard paper in greyscale/text to save some ink. As I'll be painting this thing, print quality is not important, as long as the parts are clear enough to use as...

well, the colts finished, so I'm now well into the Samaritan. The techniques used in this thread ore not traditional card modelling techniques, but rather show how I build a card model using the design as basis for a much stronger and hopefully more realistic version. What I hope to do is...