here are somw more progress shots of the almost finished rifle:
Brushing the brass plating off of the trigger guard:
(the finish came off just the same as on the black on the lock plates) They make these for the Dremel too- but this 3" one for a full sized drill worked great.
Before:
After:
and this part the holds the ramrod was done the same way...I drilled out the hole larger to accommodate a 10/32 machine screw which goes through the stock and into the aluminum barrel.
small (inaccurate but who cares!)mod to the lock plate:
I never saw any pics of this side- and removing the Flintlock hammer left a large hole, so I added a panel light and a little pointy greeblie on a spring for fun.
The underside of the barrel: The black sections screw in from the bottom with countersunk 10/32 machine screws. The clear sections just float inbetween the silver rings with a little epoxy for good measure. They will undoubtedly break at some point- due to the fragile resin that I used, but hopefully this will make for an easier repair later.
added a spring behind the trigger for return action since the hammer mechanism was removed: I drilled and tapped a hole for a 4/40 screw to use a post for the spring on the back of the trigger up inside the stock. (not really visible here- but so you know
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taped off and painted sections of the metal stock tip piece:
Another area where I could not really tell from the pics. I just masked off the brass areas where I wanted the metal to show- and painted the rest black.
finished pics will follow...
-cris