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Template Frames Removed: From the Muzzle Which opens up the four highly detailed cowl segments. https://i.imgur.com/zUwGAKO.jpg This is where the FW artists prove their mettle. The meticulous detail that no one ever sees in the overall scope but sets their creations apart from...

Rough Sanding Completed: The business end of this construct is reaching fruition https://i.imgur.com/yvyPN5f.jpg Space Marine Provided for scale https://i.imgur.com/9c3Mhe4.jpg A couple of more layers and I'll be ready to remove the templates. https://i.imgur.com/EZA696X.jpg But I...

That Wasn't So Hard: I don't know why I dreaded this, it wasn't so hard. I figured out the secret of layering strakes ( Contoured planks on a frame ) and where I have previously gone awry with this sort of construction. What you need to do is install backing strips to the inner surface of the...

A Horrible Bollixed Up Mess: Or, who knows, this just might work out after all. https://i.imgur.com/Pl4cvpI.jpg I've put a lot of work into this thing and it's finally time to apply the finishing strakes. Each one has to be custom fit but we'll follow this together. Right Now I am cautiously...

Establishing the Profile: I remove the muzzle to work on it and reattach it for the images. My first consideration is the muzzle length which should be about half the length of the coil section. I can extend it about 8 more millimeters if needs be hence the excess on the nose of the muzzle...

Annihilator Muzzle: I bit the bullet today and expanded the muzzle channels to what I believe is the proper width and depth. Here seen in the original which is too cramped and closed in. Note I also have made allowances to extend the length of the muzzle. https://i.imgur.com/JMqUhMZ.jpg...

A Week's Worth Of Labor: At this rate I'm wondering if my estimate of another year in the making is a trifle optimistic. https://i.imgur.com/I539NPV.jpg

Naked Frenzy: When I get in one of these "Everything's Coming Up Roses" moods I lose track of I'm supposed to be documenting the work process. https://i.imgur.com/yJ9c5ye.jpg The image above shows the naked channel with the beginnings of the detail and both of the channel filling detail...

Thanks for the replies, SunFury Channel Details: The Channels between the coils are first on the agenda today now that I need to replicate the detail. I reassembled the Imperator to check if the 'SunFury' (Doesn't that sound like an old Plymouth with a roof hatch?) Blaster is of the proper size...

Step 2 I'd like to take credit for foresight when I manufactured these coils but it was pure luck that I made them oversized. As it is I made the depth about a half inch too long but it did give me a smoother curve to the coil segments when glued and clamped where they would have been too hard...

Cutting plastic precisely is hard enough without trying to do it with one hand.

Thanks for the input but as you can see I may not need it. Good idea though and I'd wish I thought of it. :D Finished! Two weeks in the making but the coils are finally moulded. All the dire predictions were circumvented https://i.imgur.com/6F25N1C.jpg and judging by the on screen scale my...

That's far and away much more impressive than my own meager effort. By a couple of orders of magnitude to say the least. :D

Win One For The Gripper Or Fail to do so; it's the moment of truth when we'll see if my makeshift bender will work or not. https://i.imgur.com/mpEkKz4.jpg After a hiatus of three days I finally had the time and nerve to see if all my work was for naught. https://i.imgur.com/GCK6X9J.jpg I...

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Bend Angle Radius: The relationship between the strength of a material and the amount of curve that can be imparted to the the material before the fatigue point where it will crack instead of take the curve . In aircraft it applies to aluminum alloys etc and the metal fatigues when too much...

This Is Definitely the Better Way To Go: In the space of one hour I've exceeded the work of several days. https://i.imgur.com/EadMMJl.jpg Note: The rods are staggered only as a demonstration. When they are glued they will be flush with the edge. Of course I shall have to bend these to the...

A Failed Attempt: One of the duties of posting these updates is to show my failures as well as triumphs. I've wasted a few days on trying to make the coils on this Plasma Blaster and I am not enthused with the result so before I try a different approach I'll show what did not work out...

Subtlest Difference: You can see with this subtle improvement that the grip will be more humanoid and organic (gratuitous remarks at this point are inevitable I suppose) https://i.imgur.com/nBCMI0B.jpg

Hands, Touching Hands, Reaching Out, Touching Me, Touching You! You have to imagine these skeletal fingers cut down to proper diameters but for now we are going for size and flexibility. https://i.imgur.com/lZteifU.jpg I modeled my own hand for size https://i.imgur.com/BnEPqx1.jpg The...