My Scratchmade RangeFinder

Hey guys, I decided I wanted to make a pretty accurate rangefinder based solely on reference photos. It was hard but I am very close to the molding stage. For those that are interested, I am also ready to mold my half scale boba fett helmet, so look out for that.

For now, here are pics of the filled, sanded, primed, and wetsanded RF
Here is it with its basic shape
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Here it is fully assembled
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Primed
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The stalk will be coming soon. Ill Offer up the whole RF assembly, and Hollow Stalk in...wait for it...Cold Cast. The stalk is hollow and will not bend since it will have a steel tube going down it.


Let me know what you think.
 
let me know how much when your ready to sell, I got tired of trying to make a working stalk.
When you do finish it, can you leave the RF open so I can put in my LED's, I wanna put a 7 color changer inside the RF with acrylic window to look like a screen giving information.
But since it's your design.. well it's your design and completely up to you.
 
Nice!

how is the measurements where the stalk meets the RF? I made the mistake of cutting out the stalk area without accounting for thickness, so I had do adjust...
 
Nice!

how is the measurements where the stalk meets the RF? I made the mistake of cutting out the stalk area without accounting for thickness, so I had do adjust...

I dont seem to understand your question

Wow, great work!!

Now you just need to find a way to mass produce them if the lines start to form. :)

Already got that covered. It is sitting in the mold right now. I am done wetsanding the stalk, Time to mold it next.
 
Alright guys, I just demolded my first prototype casting of my stalk and it came out great, with 2 air bubbles total and those are just minor, only because I rushed through in the mix/pour process. These will be steel reinforced and hollow as well for electronics. The RF top also was demolded right now and I will be pouring the top half tomorow.

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Beautiful, how much do you think you'll sell these for? I gave up on my RF and stalk, that's all I need to finish (sort of)
 
AHHHH YEAH, let me know when.
I just gotta pay a few other things I lined up, but who ever is ready first gets paid first.
Oh wait a minute, your making the 1/2 scale bucket, so your the 1 gettin my money for a while :lol:
I paid Boomer for his bobble fett, so I'm just sittin on your interest lists, cant wait to see your first finished product. (y)
 
Well guys, I have an update. I have been testing with cold cast alot with test stalks and I have come to a point where I have the mix perfect. Now I did say $35 for the whole set. That price will have to go up to $50 per set of cold cast. Unless you dont want cold cast. I am not done yet with the clear bits, however, I will be done with them in a few days. I will post pictures later of my cc results.
 
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