nick.black Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Ok so I'm on the way back into armour. Step 1 so far has been my attempt to make a T-21 that is as screen accurate as it can possibly be. Certainly to be better than my previous T-21. I've been using Pandatroopers templates as a rough guide to start with as they are excellent, however I have had to modify many of the features to gain more accuracy. As I work through I will show you where things have been modified. But to start here are a few shots of how it stands at the moment. The body is my second attempt, as is the receiver, as I found little things wrong as I was working through and so wanted to redo them. Here's the main body. I have cut out the breach and I will make the slideable covers that allow the cocking handle to be interchangeable one side or the other. Here again showing what I have used to simulate the bolt inside. Will look much better when painted up. Instead of cutting my fins too short and having them meet a flat plate at the barrel shroud I have made my fins extend into the cooling barrel, makes it look loads better. Correct shaping on the top of the barrel shroud that will eventually extend down onto the feed plate. Inside the barrel I wanted to recreate the fins that extend all the way along. Although I haven't gone all the way through I have simulated the finned barrel here. It looks a bit rough but will be great when inside and painted. The effect as you can see when it is inside is pretty great. For the feed plate I wanted it to look as accurate as possible. So I covered the MDF with 1mm styrene and then got that engraved with the proper Lewis stencilling. The result is stunning. So that's it for now. I'll come back and show you how it all looks in coming weeks when I get it all done. Look sharp for an armour WIP soon too and an attempt at an uber accurate Bapty and pack. Regards to all Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtrooper Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Wow, great work on this so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE TROOPER Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Nice work Nick . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3laton3 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Awesome job so far Nick and thanks for the tips. Are you thinking to update the templates ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Looks great Nick! Glad to see you making your way back into armor man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 If I get access to a laptop later in the year then yes I will certainly update the templates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMars Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Looking amazing Nick great job on them fins, they were fiddly on mine & Dave H's Looking forward to seeing this in the flesh & maybe upgrade mine with your templates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBBLER Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 @ Nick - Outstanding work, Brother! This is going to look fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Ok so a few small updates here. Managed to get most of the body details sorted now, I just need to run a bit more filler and then concentrate on some of the details like the scope etc. But overall I'm really happy with it. It weighs a ton, but I like that real feel in a blaster. I bet it'll probably weigh just as much as a real one once I'm finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Outstanding job on the imprint, bro. How did you manage to get the punching letters so precise? Looks even more precise than the original ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 I took it to an engraver. I was going to stamp it, but my trials showed that I couldn't be accurate enough or deep enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wow, they have that? I'm not sure you could find anybody like that even in the yellow pages around here. I don't know what you paid him but it was definitively worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 It was £20 for the one off. The guy literally just designed the wording, messed around with the engraving machine and....sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Ok so I've got some more details done. Here showing my front scope. I'm a little unhappy with the height so might extend the tips with some green stuff. But I'm happy with the details. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 So I used some green stuff to extend the tips of the sight, which looks much better. Also I got around to finishing the rest of the cooling fins that are inside the barrel shroud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Got the varnished finish complete on the stock. Really happy with the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyranneix Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 wow, that looks awesome. Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Ok so I've got the body sprayed in the metallic finish. Painted it with Plastikote Anthracite Metallic which gave a tremendously realistic metal finish. Hope you like, there are still some details to add and finish, especially being the rear sight and the barrel details, but they will come in time. Gas plug handle was 3d printed. Cleaning brush was 25mm tube and on the top part 2x 10p coins glued together and the top one dremelled smooth on top Cooling fins extend into the barrel Stock and handle sides are real wood varnished. Cooling fins painted with brass spray paint Still a few details to finish on the stock as I said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Man that's sweet, kick *** job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Feeley Good Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Looks Amazing !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Thanks for the kind words guys. Got some accurate looking plastic drain pipe for the ribbed section. Very happy with the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck_ Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Very Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.black Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Very close to finishing this now, I have my slings which I will show you when I have the mount installed, but for the mean time getting closer with the barrel details thanks to Anthony for the greeblies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghoulcinder@hotmail.co.uk Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I'd never seen this build somehow, looks great Nick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclasta_88 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Awesome!!! This is just perfect! Saludos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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