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That looks great mav, I have the building sheets for that gun as well. I'm to lazy to put that stuff together. Make sure you post some finished pics.

WoW! thats a hefty piece of hardware!

Looking cool there Mav. You'll soon be taking down those Perps.

I'm on the last leg now.One ore two greebles to put on like the ammo selector switch and a couple of safety catches for ambidextrous use and she'll be ready for apinting....Started on the eagle today too...Once again I've shifted somewhat way from card for the budget concious as I've got a supply of 1 and 2mm styrene sheet for this plus the plastic will enable me to paint it properly and apply glold rub and buff to it for a real metallic shine...I'll keep you posted on more progress.

Cheers Mike, I'm currently hacking it apart, well the lower reciever section as I'm not happy with the way the magazine sits. I've butchered an old Baretta airsoft gun <a cheapo one> that I had lying around as I did intended doing a movie accurate version and the m9 was the original donor. I've removed the magazine catch and the trigger mechanism and I'm seeing If I can work these into the design as it would be nice to see the mag pop out at the touch of a button and be able to squeeze trigger. But I'm not bothered if it works out or not. The time it'll be on screen for is minimal, but maybe if I get around to scripting another dredd ep it may be a whole different ball game.

Well almost there now,

Here's what it looks like in the comic.



and here's my last dry fit



only missing a couple of rivets which will go on as I've found some actual rounded rivets that will be epoxied on when it all goes together.



This big honker actually fits quite nicely in the hand and becuase oof the re-infocrement in side has a pretty nice heft to it.

But like all good guns you should be able to strip it down for cleaning.



The masking tape is holding the reciever and the ammo selector display whilst the epoxie on it dries so it's like one piece. I've place a couple of notches in the front of the frame that the reciever slots into...I will most likely be putting a couple of strong magnets inside the frame so the top doesn't fall off. thoigh it's that tight a fit it doesn't now but better safe than sorry.

I did think about using epoxie putty to make a molded grip so it formed to the hand, but I think I may just go for a the knobbly look, wouldn't be too hard to do with some milliput, just round lumps and plonk them all over the plastic grip and then attatch with a both through the grip and a bolt on the other side. The sort of affair you get with most smith and wesson revolvers. I'm going to put this aside for a few days whilst I'm on a roll and try and get the shoulder eagle out of the way.....Shouldn't be too hard as I'm going to take a leaf out of the movie and not do the eagle's chest but just hinged feathers.

"Did you ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?" I've been asked to do a Joker "Jack Nicholson" style make up for some one, so you never know

Well I've actually molded the eagles that fit above the pistol grip covers...I've not got my latest order of tin sil70-25 <which is my molding silicone workhorse at the moment> So I used a two part silicone putty that I found in a craft shop.



Bit on the expensive side but works perfectly for small molds like this. The actual eagle is cast in a plastic called polymorph plastic, I think in the states it's called "friendly plastic" Simply put some of the plastic granules in some very hot water and allow to form a mass and squeeze the water out then re-heat in the hot water and press into the mold...I've used it for under skulls, it's very tough and durable and non toxic, which when you have your dog sat next to you in the sun is a good idea.

I may mold this puppy up, but I'll have to think on how best to go about it as the Lawgiver I've made is designed to break down as in the pics above, so making a hollow one could be tricky especially as I don't have a vac chamber to de-gas my silicone or resins yet....I don't want to do it as a solid piece as I intend fitting a laser pointer in the lower part of the reciever and maybe some electronics in the ammo selector. But that's for another day. Needless to say if I do make a kit I'll make sure those on egos are the first to know.