Airborne Trooper Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Using one of P3laton3 Canteens to make the bee stinger for the pack can be done several ways. This is the method that I decided to use. The Gio style canteen has a texture that we are unsure of was present in the movie or not. To be safe and after reviewing a few other builds, I decided to remove as much texture as possible. The first step is to remove the straps then use a flat head screwdriver or any shimming device to pop off the grey tops and bottoms. This is fairly easy to do just take your time. Next, you'll want to use a hacksaw or dremel to cut off the spout or opening of the canteen as flush to the top as you can. Using the cap as a template, trace an outline and use a sanding drum to hallow out the center. You can also sand the cap's ridges off to make it more circular. The cap will need to be able to sit in this opening and will house the hose. The next step will be sanding the top/bottom pieces and body of the canteen down. Alternatively, you could using filler and smooth it out. On these canteens there is a channel for the straps along the side. Using spare ABS a little less than 2mm wide and just long enough to go past the edges are used. I rounded off the edges using the sanding drum and heated them up in boiling water. This allowed me to bend the ends to contour the original shape as much as possible. I drilled a 3/4" hole on the cap to fit my hose into and glued the cap to the inside of the top plastic piece of the canteen. I painted the top/bottom and hose a satin black and the body with Rust-oleum satin slate blue then assembled the components. Make sure your cap fits into the opening snug and allows the top plastic piece sit flush how it is suppose to be. My paint job is no where near perfect but I believe it gets the job done. Any slight imperfections can be easily covered with weathering. I can adjust the length of the hosing by inserting more of the hose inside the canteen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclasta_88 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Good job bro! That stinger looks awesome! Thx for sharing. Saludos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveMonkey Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Nice tutorial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 Thanks! I plan on mounting it sometime this week when work/family permits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Nice job, bro. Just a little suggestion though; you might want to shorten the bee stinger just a bit and insert a small pipe or a pencil to keep it straight. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 Too easy. I'll play with it this week and get it mounted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-Sharp Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Thanks for this build thread! My canteen arrived yesterday. I'll start working on it, next week :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 I ended up sticking a pen in the tube where you can't see it to keep the stinger straight and I also made it shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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