Gday all.
Man, its been ages since ive given an update on my and TERRA's build, so here's a construction report.
Since the general shape and body of the rifle has been achieved using our laminated MDF and sculpted floral foam, I thought I'd share my process of building up the extra detail of the side panel.
For the front section it was simply cut 2 pieces of 3mm MDF to size based off our blueprint then file and sand to fit with the foam handguard. The rear section was done in much the same way except for the addition of a extra 12mm piece of MDF cut slightly narrower that the 3mm pieces. As you can see from the pics the 12mm piece was cut down ( i used a jigsaw set at 45* angle and then used a belt sander to get the angle that i marked out for the sides and sanded down both ends of the block till i got the shape i wanted) then glued the whole piece down to the gun with PVA glue and clamped it. Easy
For those wondering, no i didnt spend an entire month making a little block of wood
, but instead got to work on a second rifle (which i think turned out a bit better than the 1st). With the second rifle i made the foam handguard and to piece a little bigger to better suit the extra MDF on the sides of the gun, which i think came out quite well, but then ran out of foam for the muzzle.. AGAIN!*sobs* ah well, ill get the muzzle done eventually, and hopefully right this time, as i have made up a few templates out of MDF that i can cut from and shape with.
*Note: First Rifle is the bottom and Second Rifle is the top in that image.
As far as i know the strobe circuit for our simulated muzzle flash has everything it needs and just has to be tested, and the remaining electronics for the sound effects, ammo counter and reloading system are still in the works. TERRA is being very slack, im gonna have to give him a boot up the arse sooner or later :lol .
Thats it from me, for now. Hope everyone still likes what they see, and thanks for cheering on this little project of ours.
Cheers.