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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't realize how much larger than the original the Sidkit is.
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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cool! thanks for posting those up andy Smile ahh I thought thats why it looked so small, was thinking the hero surely cant be that size?? Wink

wow! you have a real steyr!! have you ever thought of doing a deck26354 conversion with it?
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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BeastMaster wrote:
cool! thanks for posting those up andy Smile ahh I thought thats why it looked so small, was thinking the hero surely cant be that size?? Wink

wow! you have a real steyr!! have you ever thought of doing a deck26354 conversion with it?


The one in the pics is a converted Steyr and Real Charter Arms Hero. The intact Steyr will soon be going under the knife for a super accurate Hero build. Just compiling all the new pics and Data of the real Hero before I proceed.
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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sorry hirohawa, for some reason I thought andy posted those last pics, hence my confusion Rolling Eyes cheers for posting those up. wow! did you ever post up the converted Steyr and Real Charter Arms Hero? I had no idea you worked on one! and you want to do...another?? thats insane! but awsome!

So the verdict is sidkits receiver cover is basically larger than the real receiver cover? does that mean all the parts in his kit like the charter arms frame etc are scaled up?
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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hirohawa wrote:
[The one in the pics is a converted Steyr and Real Charter Arms Hero. The intact Steyr will soon be going under the knife for a super accurate Hero build. Just compiling all the new pics and Data of the real Hero before I proceed.


This sounds fabulous mate. I look forward to seeing your build once you get working!
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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why would Sid go through the trouble of scaling parts up? I've heard of molding to scale down, but not up.
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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Speculation is that the weight of the metal actually expands the mold. Sid always said he used new techniques to make these. I am not sure if it was done on purpose or not, but it would be easy to assume that the original parts were already undersized to a degree, and in order to make it more accurate, it would have to be a little bit larger when done.

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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

andy wrote:
Speculation is that the weight of the metal actually expands the mold. Sid always said he used new techniques to make these. I am not sure if it was done on purpose or not, but it would be easy to assume that the original parts were already undersized to a degree, and in order to make it more accurate, it would have to be a little bit larger when done.

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based on this theory it would be interesting to compare the resin blaster to the metal one Wink

following up from chews spinner emblem dies I ordered a 2"x 3" sheet myself. I included smaller versions of chews spinner emblem, bolt lever dies, receiver cover dies, bulldog serial dies and ammo cover plate



all that's left now is to hammer these in and hope I don't crack the metal Confused
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brilliant!

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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hammered the first die earlier. it took quite a beating! I might try the long nosed plyers next time as chew suggested.


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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beast, that is very cool!!
I especially like the little badge on that sheet, lol.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome!

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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mate that's just excellent as always Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheers guys. doh! just noticed the serial is slightly too far to the left than the original. my fault for being too lazy to check the photo Rolling Eyes

however, with the amount of inaccuracies my blaster has already I can forgive that

gonna attempt the receiver later. thats the one I'm dreading Confused
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're too much of a perfectionist, Beast Smile
It looks stunning and i can't wait to see the end result.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great dedication Cool
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I'm perfectionist bordering compulsive obsessive Laughing

been hammering away the last few hours. this was pretty much a one shot deal so I really took my time with the setup, which was mainly re-enforcing the parts and positioning the dies in the right place (this time).

even though I hammered the hell out of them I wish I'd gotten the markings in deeper, though I didnt want to run the risk of cracking the receiver Confused
the markings are alot thicker than the WC though this was due to the dies coming out slightly thicker than my original graphics.



full credit goes to thoren/chew as this was all his idea. "the man's a genius"
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beast, this is looking superb!!
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks great! Really impressed by this build!
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Thanks for the credit man!!! I love reading this thread just to see how far and away you've taken your build!!! I'm really impressed with the way these things came out!!!

And to think this all started with a very well timed question about re-pouring the barrel! Wink

Keep up the superb work! I will post photos of my blaster soon so as not to play second fiddle to this thing!
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