Sending out kits to:Animefan, Belmekor, wwbubba0069, Shinki-Ro, Nightan and MrBugSlayer on Thursday. Thanks for the quick payments, you'll have your long colt soon!
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Done / Completed Trigun Long Colt 45 - Full 3d printed kit
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wwbubba0069
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Sweet.
Sent out 8 kits today to :Animefan, Belmekor, wwbubba0069, Shinki-Ro , Nightan, MrBugSlayer, Lucky13 and Hirohawa! Whew, time to rest. Damn, gotta get Hellboy sidearm done :cry
Ya, hopefully tomorrow. This one is much easier though
So here's a small assembly guide for the Trigun Long Colt. It's a pretty easy gun to assemble, only the locking hinge might confuse some people.
1) Make sure you spend time removing any support pieces or extra bits of plastic. I'd also recommend doing the bulk of your sanding now. The pieces are easier to sand apart. I like 80 grit (or a roofing shingle:lol) just to take the 1st bit off. Then I go to some 150 and then finish with 220. Make sure the inner voids are real smooth for the trigger, hinge and hammer to slide.
2) I'd start by assembling and gluing the 2 barrel pieces together 1st. Use the peg to align and strengthen:
3) insert the hinge into the barrel and glue it like crazy:
4) Place the trigger and hammer and hinge into 1 half of the body, apply glue liberally around body and sandwich the top half of the bosy on, locking those 3 pieces in place.
5) Glue the 2 long cylinder pieces together and insert into the end of the barrel, slide the cylinder on:
6) Glue the 2 site rails together and glue into the top of the barrel:
7) Now the tough part (for me to explain), insert the small keyed cylinder into the void at the back of the body (where the cylinder closes). Then insert the two unlocking levers into that keyed cylinder (they may need to be shaved down a bit). Glue the unlocking levers into the cylinder, but DO NOT glue the cylinder into the void, it needs to rotate:
Now take the 2 cylinder backing halves and fit them around the unlocking levers and glue the hell out of them (to each other and to the back of the body), the gun should now close and the 2 unlocking levers should slide into the site rail and lock the gun from opening. Because the 2 unlocking levers are in the same keyed cylinder, both, or either one will unlock for reloading.
Hopefully that helps. Remember to sand and sand some more. Use a bit of filler putty if needed. My pieces are real rough as they're prototpes and I never have time to do any prep work anymore. Hope everyone likes their kits, let me know if you have any other questions
1) Make sure you spend time removing any support pieces or extra bits of plastic. I'd also recommend doing the bulk of your sanding now. The pieces are easier to sand apart. I like 80 grit (or a roofing shingle:lol) just to take the 1st bit off. Then I go to some 150 and then finish with 220. Make sure the inner voids are real smooth for the trigger, hinge and hammer to slide.
2) I'd start by assembling and gluing the 2 barrel pieces together 1st. Use the peg to align and strengthen:
3) insert the hinge into the barrel and glue it like crazy:
4) Place the trigger and hammer and hinge into 1 half of the body, apply glue liberally around body and sandwich the top half of the bosy on, locking those 3 pieces in place.
5) Glue the 2 long cylinder pieces together and insert into the end of the barrel, slide the cylinder on:
6) Glue the 2 site rails together and glue into the top of the barrel:
7) Now the tough part (for me to explain), insert the small keyed cylinder into the void at the back of the body (where the cylinder closes). Then insert the two unlocking levers into that keyed cylinder (they may need to be shaved down a bit). Glue the unlocking levers into the cylinder, but DO NOT glue the cylinder into the void, it needs to rotate:
Now take the 2 cylinder backing halves and fit them around the unlocking levers and glue the hell out of them (to each other and to the back of the body), the gun should now close and the 2 unlocking levers should slide into the site rail and lock the gun from opening. Because the 2 unlocking levers are in the same keyed cylinder, both, or either one will unlock for reloading.
Hopefully that helps. Remember to sand and sand some more. Use a bit of filler putty if needed. My pieces are real rough as they're prototpes and I never have time to do any prep work anymore. Hope everyone likes their kits, let me know if you have any other questions
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Payment sent
Received payment from 0neiros and ItalianNinja86 (thanks) , working on your kits, will take a few days. Also adding in lpaige92. Printer is going 24/7
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Sending out kits to 0neiros and ItalianNinja86 today!!!
Sending out a kit to lpaige92 tomorrow. I believe that fulfills all the outstanding orders for the Trigun. If you've ordered one and haven't heard from me that it's shipped, please PM me.
wwbubba0069
Member
I got mine as well 
Glad people are getting their kits and are happy, be sure to share pics one you get them together!
MrBugSlayer
Member
I got mine today! From Canada all the way to Corpus Christi in a week! WOW!! There are times I don't get mail from places in Texas that quick!
The Model is great! I am looking forward to putting it all together! Don't delete any of the "how to" pic's! At least not until I can print them off.
I saw a tutorial on using acetone to smooth and gloss up a 3D printed model. Do you think these parts would be able to withstand going through that process? Seems that would cut down on the sanding quite a bit, but I don't want to ruin the parts.
The Model is great! I am looking forward to putting it all together! Don't delete any of the "how to" pic's! At least not until I can print them off.
I saw a tutorial on using acetone to smooth and gloss up a 3D printed model. Do you think these parts would be able to withstand going through that process? Seems that would cut down on the sanding quite a bit, but I don't want to ruin the parts.
