My last update was on Nov. 24.
Gulp
I have a confession, shortly after I made that post, something interesting happened.
My pack fell off my workbench and broke into two pieces. A portion of the spacer, about 1/5, snapped clean off. I take full resposibilty for this. My fault. But instead of beating myself up, take it as a lesson, and fix it.
To fix this, I needed to strip off all of the paint and texture, glue the piece back on, sand, bondo, sand, and so on and so on. Since I was about to leave for Fort Worth for Thanksgiving, I dropped the project for the time being.
I having been working on it in small doses, but I have picked up the pace the last two and half weeks to finish it for a upcoming prop party.
Here as it stands of right now:
Stripped, glued, re-textured, repainted.
I used Krylon Statin black, and Krylon Stain clear coat. Lens scuffed with a scotchbrite pad and glued in. Still re-inforcing with epoxy, putty, and coat hanger wire.
Decided that I focus most of my time on the gun. I was going to purchase one from here, and continue with the one I started as the year went by. But I now have a deadline, I need to finish this one NOW.
Everything is tacked into place and is NOT permanent. I am ordering some bolts online, will make some adjustments and drill holes when the parts come in.