custom solinite FAILURE

[ncchuck]

UPDATE: 6/6/2012 OK I CAN NOT GET THE RESIN TO TAKE PAINT SO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD SORRY .


ok first i took the measurements from here
THANKS GUYS
ok then i made a wooden boxmold (I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS )



i poured the smooth-on liquid resin waited then had to beat the frak out of the mold to get it out see i didnt know that it would bond to the wood :-[
so after scaring the neighbors i finally got it out
i poured the resin into a cap put a screw in it to make the light


and after sanding i dremaled the lines in it but oops drilled to many
so back to the grinder(glad my dad was a Carpenter )
here it it smooth again


ok back to the tabel saw here it is with the right 3 lines

here it is with some dremel work


here it is sanded i used a cut piece of wood to sand with to give me the angle i wanted



and here it is sanded




as you can see my cast has ALOT OF BUBBLES so next step is spot putty more to come ................
i posted this on black squadron great bunch of guys over there too.

[Red Eye]

Nice work so far!

Are you going to make a fully working, lighted version?

[ncchuck]

not with this one i have not ideal how too with a solid resin one, did some solinite charges have a toggle switch on them or was i seeing things i just watched the gun on ice planet zero and i though there was something else on top, but cant find pics, so i guess this one will be just solid

[GoldCylon]

Looks good so far. Wooden mold that is a first for me I think. Looks like it worked.

[ncchuck]

yea i didnt have latex and i have some old resin and a buch of extra wood so i though lets try it i had to beat the thing with a dumbbell to get the resin out thats what i said i wont recommend it and i even had it coated with petrolatum jelly and mold release but it gets hot and my plastic is old it bubbled and expanded but yea i thing its working

[Cylon-Knight]

Great work, ncchuck!
Thank you for sharing the photos. Love it, can't wait to see more.

[137th Gebirg]

Very nice work so far on this

Although I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but you might have saved yourself a lot of time by getting yourself a 20-round M-16 magazine (scroll down a bit to see them), which is what they used to make the original solinite charges. They're easy to find and relatively cheap - mostly because everyone but Vietnam reenactors have taken to using the larger curved 30-rounders.

[ncchuck]

thank you , i always thought they were a toy gun part need to keep those in mind if i can get this one finished , i cant get primer to stick going to have to figure something out

[137th Gebirg]

Glad to help! I've known many people to use these on the various other prop boards out there with some fairly good success. I think, though, you would have to grind the top off to a flat edge, as the curved-in "lips" of the top of the magazine won't fit a proper surface to put your timer dial, switch and light. You would also, of course, need to remove the spring and feed plate before the top was opened up - remove the bottom plate to pull out the guts and replace. Then you would prime it, paint it and top it off with a thin red strip of adhesive pin-striping. If you can find it (it's a little more expensive), there may be magazines out there with parkerized finishes. It makes for a slightly more matte finish, but it holds paint better (designed to hold oil better and longer as it uses micro-pitting) and you can usually counter the surface texturing with a high-gloss enamel.

[Red Eye]

Thanks for this in-depth information, 137th Gebirg!

[137th Gebirg]

Most welcome! I have all the parts myself, sitting in a box - just need to sit down and actually build the thing.

[Red Eye]

Will it feature electronics (lights)?