Stormrider
Well-Known Hunter
I had some nice breakthroughs last night.
As you know, or to recap, the goal here is a webley cast thats durable, modular, and has no (or very very few) parting lines.
I feel ive broken new ground with the barrell, and the stock as of now.
Im doing some pulls of the smaller pieces now, such as the grip in a bronze/brass hybrid look. The barrell lock is done, and those lock in nice.
The next piece is the hand grip. Again, these are complicated to get a nice pour with no air bubbles, and no seam line on it. But im confident I can get something pretty close.
Last night, I wanted to test my theoretical next step in the webley process. Instead of high impact, virtually unbreakable plastic, I poured some barrells in.....RUBBER. Just like my knees. The end result was a lot better than I had hoped for. I think that I will be able to offer these in rubber as well.
If someone could answer this for me, id be grateful since ive never seen a real webley kit converted.
1. How far into the barrell does the tube insert?
2. When dropped whats the most common piece to break on a resin blaster?
3. If you have my rubber knees, you know how durable they are, are yo uinterested in a rubber gun with no cleanup/seamline? That weights about 1/3 what a solid resin gun would?
The following pic is the barrell in rubber. note when I shake this thing, it doesnt deform. It doesnt sag, and it doesnt show any deformation once its been bent and returned to normal. The barrel your looking at has been bent in half 50 times. I think that I would fill it with nerf foam to add a miniscule amount of weight, but give it a little more shape support. Im not sure thats necessary though.
Once I get the full gun built up in rubber ill know a little more.
Rubber is a little more expensive and harder to work with, but if the gun never breaks, and comes out with 'original' finish on it, thats got to be worth something.
This barrell was trimmed with my fingers. If you own the knees, its similar trimming on the inside with a small pair of scissors.
As you know, or to recap, the goal here is a webley cast thats durable, modular, and has no (or very very few) parting lines.
I feel ive broken new ground with the barrell, and the stock as of now.
Im doing some pulls of the smaller pieces now, such as the grip in a bronze/brass hybrid look. The barrell lock is done, and those lock in nice.
The next piece is the hand grip. Again, these are complicated to get a nice pour with no air bubbles, and no seam line on it. But im confident I can get something pretty close.
Last night, I wanted to test my theoretical next step in the webley process. Instead of high impact, virtually unbreakable plastic, I poured some barrells in.....RUBBER. Just like my knees. The end result was a lot better than I had hoped for. I think that I will be able to offer these in rubber as well.
If someone could answer this for me, id be grateful since ive never seen a real webley kit converted.
1. How far into the barrell does the tube insert?
2. When dropped whats the most common piece to break on a resin blaster?
3. If you have my rubber knees, you know how durable they are, are yo uinterested in a rubber gun with no cleanup/seamline? That weights about 1/3 what a solid resin gun would?
The following pic is the barrell in rubber. note when I shake this thing, it doesnt deform. It doesnt sag, and it doesnt show any deformation once its been bent and returned to normal. The barrel your looking at has been bent in half 50 times. I think that I would fill it with nerf foam to add a miniscule amount of weight, but give it a little more shape support. Im not sure thats necessary though.
Once I get the full gun built up in rubber ill know a little more.
Rubber is a little more expensive and harder to work with, but if the gun never breaks, and comes out with 'original' finish on it, thats got to be worth something.
This barrell was trimmed with my fingers. If you own the knees, its similar trimming on the inside with a small pair of scissors.
Especially because I know how hard it is to clean up a seam in rubber. So having none is a definite bonus
