Yet another Blade Runner PKD!
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tennantlim
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Cheers Don!
Tim Prestianni
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Hey, I would love for you to share this with my reddit community r/PKDSeriesD this build is amazing, the attention to detail, the time gone into it, and the sheer will to make this as well as you did is just astonishing
Tim Prestianni
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tennantlim
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The journey never stops!
When DaveChaos announced his metal kits, I could not have hit the DM quicker and ordered the parts I needed for my build. The plan was to simply replace the Bulldog and Steyr parts on my 3D printed prop, and retain whatever good components I already have.
The package arrived in August 2023 and I cleaned up the Steyr receiver right away. Then life got a little crazy and the project had to be shelved away until...well, circumstances improve.
Yesterday, being the second day of the Chinese New Year, the time seemed right. So, here we go.
My posts henceforth will be brief and more of show-and-tell. wayouteast has an incredibly detailed build post that I highly recommend.
I picked a few parts to start working on, thinking I would just take my time to enjoy the process. Boy did I enjoy it! I spent a full afternoon removing seam lines and flashes, and polished them to a reasonable shine.
The finishings don't look refined, and that's fine with me. I want my prop to look well-used, so the imperfections in the casts fit my vision perfectly.
To be continued!
When DaveChaos announced his metal kits, I could not have hit the DM quicker and ordered the parts I needed for my build. The plan was to simply replace the Bulldog and Steyr parts on my 3D printed prop, and retain whatever good components I already have.
The package arrived in August 2023 and I cleaned up the Steyr receiver right away. Then life got a little crazy and the project had to be shelved away until...well, circumstances improve.
Yesterday, being the second day of the Chinese New Year, the time seemed right. So, here we go.
My posts henceforth will be brief and more of show-and-tell. wayouteast has an incredibly detailed build post that I highly recommend.
I picked a few parts to start working on, thinking I would just take my time to enjoy the process. Boy did I enjoy it! I spent a full afternoon removing seam lines and flashes, and polished them to a reasonable shine.
The finishings don't look refined, and that's fine with me. I want my prop to look well-used, so the imperfections in the casts fit my vision perfectly.
To be continued!
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tennantlim
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Hours of sanding, filing, drilling, and tinkering later...
Here's the test fit. Making the parts play together was no trivial matter.
Just got a few details to fix before I proceed to blueing.
Here's the test fit. Making the parts play together was no trivial matter.
Just got a few details to fix before I proceed to blueing.
tennantlim
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eethan Bacta joberg Many thanks!
I got so caught up in the 'blueing' process that I neglected to document it. In any case, here she is!
Full disclosure; I stripped the threads on the Bulldog frame for the screw that attaches the right cylinder cover and receiver together. So the assembly is quite wobbly when being handled. For some reason the sight rod is pointing downwards when the left cylinder cover is closed. These will be addressed eventually. For now, it hangs perfectly on my display wall and I am a happy camper.
The End...?
I got so caught up in the 'blueing' process that I neglected to document it. In any case, here she is!
Full disclosure; I stripped the threads on the Bulldog frame for the screw that attaches the right cylinder cover and receiver together. So the assembly is quite wobbly when being handled. For some reason the sight rod is pointing downwards when the left cylinder cover is closed. These will be addressed eventually. For now, it hangs perfectly on my display wall and I am a happy camper.
The End...?
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