Dracotrooper

Impressive amount of effort on your folding stock here; it will add unparalleled realism to your blaster - looking top notch Mark. I look forward to seeing your completed blaster [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I recollect seeing the end cap clip attached two ways - one, green stuff laid on the underside and sanded down following curvature of the tube, then attach using e-6000. Second way, recess channel cut into tube for clip to sit inside. Think this latter option would not call for any curvature. Hope this helps some Mark Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A thing of beauty you have there! superb craftsmanship Mark - really enjoying the detailing you're putting throughout

Congratulations! You’ve reached your end target; must be a great feeling to have a finished blaster - all the best for your submission for centurion approval! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow - excellent progress here Mark. That magazine cap is looking spot on with the corners, button, lettering. Thanks for sharing your trials and tribulations with the punching letters; this will help me plan to go at my cap with this detail, thanks! Yeah, I got your nudge, I spent the better part of a month on that magazine release button; good to see you have your solution Nicely done magazine clip by the way, your magazine is really going to pop with that detail.

Ah, so tapatalk finally did it to me, to me, to me. For those who can relate with me via the 80s

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Thanks! Totally, if accidentally set the dremel at too high a speed, especially initially, the resin piece would destabilize and run away from you. Found with the right speed, and right position, just need to let the dremel do its thing - not unlike how to properly drive a screw in place using a manual screwdriver. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Hey there Dan - thanks! I used my conference attendee name tag for the styrene and spot putty was dirt cheap. With templates available on FISD, actually got it done [emoji1] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all, I feel an immense sense of accomplishment today as I continued further work on my scratch-build magazine. It's starting to look and feel like the real thing! I installed internal structuring to it and finally shed away the blue tape holding it all together. At this round, I leave behind the magazine cap and latch and will follow up with these additions another time. The assembled panels of the magazine were butt-jointed, (I think that's the term where two pieces are secured without overlap) so I followed through today in applying a coat of putty over the seams and onto the main body - I used Bondo Glaze and Spot putty. It's a thinner, one-part formula that begins hardening in 3 minutes and ready for sanding after 30 minutes. Given how relatively small the magazine is, this was a cost effective, adequate solution opposed to going full Bondo with separate hardener and filler, the Spot putty served it's purpose. Haha, I thought I could apply a light coat to the magazine but with my lack of experience in using it, I ended up laying it down pretty thick; 150, 220, and 320 grit sandpaper came to save me to some degree. Rewarding to see the magazine body with grey primer that's for sure! Mounted aluminum L-shaped supports on two side panels of custom magazine using E-6000 - magnets used to help adhesion. I guess this is practice for when I get working on my armor; whenever that day comes! Set out to glue the panels one by one and test fitted with modified magazine housing as I went Assembled main body of magazine Applied Bondo Glaze and Spot Putty to custom magazine to fill pits, especially on the edges - sandpaper applied to smooth out Various views of sanded bondo spot putty on custom magazine Grey primer applied to sanded custom magazine after bondo spot putty applied Custom magazine with grey primer added - without cap and latch Custom magazine with two coats of grey primer, without cap and latch, inserted into modified magazine housing Main body of custom magazine inside modified housing, before and after Upgraded main body of magazine, inserted in modified doopydoos magazine Ending transmission; until next time friends!

Cheers Tim and thanks! - always a pleasure to share with the folks here; a really quality bunch Ah, well, I dabbled in primer today Mark; that's a step in the right direction cheers! Oooh yeah - that's my go-to tool for the dremel - I love how the tip of that dremel attachment is also bladed, so valuable for pushing forward and side-to-side removal of resin - here's to shared success with it Dan!

I wish I was there to hear it! Very cool event! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, I think what you’ve described is the typical installation of that completion set part - it doubles for a bolt / barrel install. I seem to recall this from one of Tino’s builds... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice paint job / mod on the socket - looking real as ever [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ooh, that’s a mighty fine looking folding stock you got there with the inner rod, nice work, stock cube to show for as well, excellent! I see you also managed to fit in the sight block grub screw; I was unsuccessful in retaining my doopydoos sight block so went with Shapeways purchase. Good improvising on the large lens install; convincing green stuff molding! Also impressed with your cornering of the magazine cap; I see you got the angles just right! Keep in going ... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, exploring with Prisms is pretty over the top; absolutely not essential. It is nonetheless riveting to be working with three lenses for your scope; that’s exciting! All thanks to Tino - I’m sure he’ll chime in soon regarding the lenses, he’s the guy to hear from [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice work on hollowing out your scope ; I also followed the cut lines already in place. Great question about lenses - curious about the answer as I am not at this part of the build yet and would like to know. Q. Are the lenses from your photos from Tino's Completion Set? I don't recall the lenses like that ... or you had taken them out of their housing? Also, the set came with prisms as well from the monocular; will you be looking into how to install these as well? Maybe there isn't a good reason to install these prisms ...

Nice hollowing job for the selector switch install. Great to see! Especially so as I will attempt this next. After the green stuff has cured, you'll be able to form it back to how it looked like originally... .....that goes for the top end of your ejector too.

Thanks Wayne! I think I deserve the weekend off

Hi All, I set about to do some precision work here on fitting my custom magazine into my modified doopydoos magazine housing. I managed not to break the magazine well when dremeling to thin down the walls. Let's just say I slept well last night and had many sighs of relief. To fit the magazine, further nips and tucks were needed to get it to fit just right. The same goes with the thinning of the walls. After dremeling, used a square file to corner out the inside of the hollowed magazine well. Spent 40 minutes on the dremel getting out the remaining resin inside my hollowed out magazine well. I borrowed this set-up from a genius TK who posted a while back which gave me the confidence to come at this task. With a low rotation setting on my dremel and the right dremel attachment (this little attachment has been very valuable: thanks Dan for the recommendation), I was able to keep control and dremel away at the 1 to 2mm of resin that remained, and so widening the well to desired. Further revisions to custom styrene plastic magazine for fitting into modified doopydoos magazine housing - magazine now fully inserted inside magazine well Magazine well further thinned and corners on the inside made sharp to take in custom magazine Micro revisions to custom styrene magazine and magazine well completed - two pieces fit well together with the precision I want - more plastic was cut away from the magazine and more resin was filed away from the magazine well. I also managed to scale down the magazine latch, I'll call it, and have it's corners come close to the magazine well opening. I also managed to do this with the corners on the back end of the magazine as well. Some curvature to the magazine was also captured too, which further lends to a realistic interpretation of the piece. thoroughly happy with these details as I had contemplated on how to capture them for quite some time. Well, that's all I wrote - until next time and have a terrific weekend!

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Dude! Great precision work here! That dove tail is looking nice! I also like the knurling pattern you used; I bet on lookers of your blaster will be able to see this detail, arms length away, well done!