Stopped! Now modding a Woodchuck. Republic Commando DC-17 Refurb and Alteration

[Oevil1]

As you all know Whitey is doing a fantastic job on his Republic Commando "Scorcher" armour. So he has given me the pleasure of refurbishing and modifying his mystery made DC-17 into the Anit Armour edition. This prop is made mostly of resin filled with expanding foam. While a lot of work and research has gone into this prop, it does lack the essential details like straight lines and carefully created details.



So I need to get the above prop to look like this...




I started out by breaking it down completely and taking off smaller details followed by squaring up the main body so that more accurate details can be added later. I also removed the detail on the left hand side that will eventually become a hinged cover.







Watch this space...more to come

[Cyclops]

It will look magnificent as all your armoury projects do .

[TerrorFirma]

Looking good mate, subscribing to this!

Terror

[major payne]

Love your work Tim, as always top shelf stuff!

Will you be casting the finished product?

[Oevil1]

Thanks guys! I won't be casting this one...too big a blaster and not much demand for it.

[Whitey]

Looking good Tim. Can't wait to see it finished. And thanks again for doing this. You are the master.
Cheers,
Whitey

[TerrorFirma]

Thanks guys! I won't be casting this one...too big a blaster and not much demand for it.

If you cast they will come.......

Terror

[Oevil1]

This project is certainly going to be a challenging one! To those of you who are not in the know, or are a little impatient or lazy...the following actions are not what people would or should be paying for...

*Edges that are supposed to look like machine precision edges actually look like a dogs hind leg.
*Painting over resin, plastic of timber with no primer.
*Painting over wet bog.
*Using paint as a filler.
*Passing off pricey resin objects with too many bubbles in them!
*Gluing straight onto paint.
*Not rinsing mould release off resin parts before painting.

Any-hoooooo, that's my gripe. Today was more paint stripping, sanding and bogging.

[MammaSith]

Good pointers there Brother, I know when it's finished Whiety will love it lots

[badman]

Swiss cheese !!

[Oevil1]

Started on a new handle. The trouble with this one is that the main body is full of expanding foam and the resin is not thick enough to safely secure a handle to take all the weight of the blaster. I came up with a method that once it is glued and screwed into place, it should hold up really well. I started out by modding one of my SE-14r blaster.





Next was the template to attached the handle too that will then be fastened to the main body of the blaster.







You'll see that I also reduced weight where I can by cutting out any unwanted resin. Before I fasten anything I need to work out the wiring for all the electronics that came with the blaster. So I started by designing a trigger that will be part of the design. It will eventually have a true trigger over the micro switch made from metal.

[Altair]

Looking forward to the next update mate

[Duras]

Smart cookie Tim... I'm enjoying this thread

[Scorpion]

Nice I like it

[Sly]

Hurry up, Hurry up!