Plastic Model Gun 1/1 Scale

[Williapt]

Beautiful replica! Well done sir!!

 

[7thWisconsin]

How did you texture the grips? They look really believable. The plastic looks like it has a pretty good faux grain for you to work with. Most of the flintlocks have much smoother stocks and I've found it difficult to get a convincing wood appearance with them. My latest technique has been to spray paint them, then brush and scrub off a layer of black paint onto them, letting it settle in low areas and brushing it in one direction on the smooth surfaces of the foregrip and grip. Finally, I give them a heavy coat of clear gloss spray to simulate the varnish finish. I like to use the stocks of my muskets for appearance comparison.

 

[Kurtlg]

How did you texture the grips? They look really believable. The plastic looks like it has a pretty good faux grain for you to work with. Most of the flintlocks have much smoother stocks and I've found it difficult to get a convincing wood appearance with them. My latest technique has been to spray paint them, then brush and scrub off a layer of black paint onto them, letting it settle in low areas and brushing it in one direction on the smooth surfaces of the foregrip and grip. Finally, I give them a heavy coat of clear gloss spray to simulate the varnish finish. I like to use the stocks of my muskets for appearance comparison.

I don't want to hijack this but have you tried artists oil paints ? Burnt sienna is a reddish brown and you could paint grain with dark umber.You can blend these to get the effect you want. Practice on some scrap plastic.

 

[7thWisconsin]

I don't want to hijack this but have you tried artists oil paints ? Burnt sienna is a reddish brown and you could paint grain with dark umber.You can blend these to get the effect you want. Practice on some scrap plastic.

Ooooooo - yeah that would work very nicely!

 

[MAJOR DUNDEE]

I like that kind of model, it's smart , educative , and worth displaying.
But...if I had the luck to live in the U.S , I would run to the first gunsmith shop and buy some real ones (they're permitted here, under conditions, but to use them safely you must be registered to some club).

 

[rebelatsea]

I think we'd like to know how one makes a living from building scale models.

My friend actually did that until his retirement. Andy was a railway modeler but unlike most he made a point of making the surrounding scenery buildings and other structures as realistic as possible. All of his work reproduces real buildings and structures in proper settings. As a result he was asked to provide models and backdrops for museums and static displays to the point that movie makers and TV noticed. Millions have seen his work. CGI had some effect on demand but not as much as you might think, as it actually has limitations notably that for highly detailed dimensional work it is very expensive. He now only models for pleasure and the occasional private commission.

 

[Keith.303]

As an amateur modeler myself, Congratulations! Extremely impressive work sir!
I would love to see some of your WWII models, if you ever post them up here.

 

[Kurtlg]

My friend actually did that until his retirement. Andy was a railway modeler but unlike most he made a point of making the surrounding scenery buildings and other structures as realistic as possible. All of his work reproduces real buildings and structures in proper settings. As a result he was asked to provide models and backdrops for museums and static displays to the point that movie makers and TV noticed. Millions have seen his work. CGI had some effect on demand but not as much as you might think, as it actually has limitations notably that for highly detailed dimensional work it is very expensive. He now only models for pleasure and the occasional private commission.

You see some amazing work by railroad modellers on YouTube.

 

[vmicraig]

wow, incredible detail. Had you not said it was a model i'd swear I was seeing the real thing!

 

[7thWisconsin]

My friend actually did that until his retirement. Andy was a railway modeler but unlike most he made a point of making the surrounding scenery buildings and other structures as realistic as possible. All of his work reproduces real buildings and structures in proper settings. As a result he was asked to provide models and backdrops for museums and static displays to the point that movie makers and TV noticed. Millions have seen his work. CGI had some effect on demand but not as much as you might think, as it actually has limitations notably that for highly detailed dimensional work it is very expensive. He now only models for pleasure and the occasional private commission.

A friend of mine has a model rr building that´s a model of the house he lives in. Perfect scale replica to include the wickedly sloped driveway next to the house.

 

[rebelatsea]

A friend of mine has a model rr building that´s a model of the house he lives in. Perfect scale replica to include the wickedly sloped driveway next to the house.

That sounds great. I live in a park home, Andy wanted photos and dimensions so he could put one in a commission he is doing. Haven't seen the results yet, although as it's private he might not be able to show me.

 

[DixieRifles]

This is the other Pyro kit I made back in the 60's with the firing replica percussion I bought in 2018.
The percussion is a replica of a dueling pistol so it isn't designed to hold a ramrod.

 

[Reverend Ron]

Really great job of "weathering" and getting the patina to look real on the pistol frame!

For years I've focused on WWI Axis and Allied aircraft, but have shifted to American Civil war ships. Putting together a Civil War Naval Display for my church museum. Here's a little Union Picket Boat that was used by a young Union Lt. Cushing to sink the Confederate Ironclad, Albemarle using a "boom torpedo". Along with it is a side wheel paddle steamer USS Harriet Lane that was captured by the Confederates and briefly used as a blockade runner. Please no laughing.... I do the best I can : )

 

[Kurtlg]

If you can rig WW1 aircraft you can probably do anything. I saw where some one had rigged a 1/72 scale DH2 ! Great job on the ship and boat

 

[DixieRifles]

I saw where some one had rigged a 1/72 scale DH2

I built a lot of 1/72 WW1 airplanes but I think the only ones I rigged were the monoplanes— the cables were part of primary structural support.

 

[Kurtlg]

I built a lot of 1/72 WW1 airplanes but I think the only ones I rigged were the monoplanes— the cables were part of primary structural support.

I have a few 1/48 Eduard brand Albatrosses , Camels , Wahlfisch ,etc unbuilt but waiting for me to build up my nerve.

 

[Trooper "D"]

Really great job of "weathering" and getting the patina to look real on the pistol frame!

For years I've focused on WWI Axis and Allied aircraft, but have shifted to American Civil war ships. Putting together a Civil War Naval Display for my church museum. Here's a little Union Picket Boat that was used by a young Union Lt. Cushing to sink the Confederate Ironclad, Albemarle using a "boom torpedo". Along with it is a side wheel paddle steamer USS Harriet Lane that was captured by the Confederates and briefly used as a blockade runner. Please no laughing.... I do the best I can : )

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No laughing matter. I would be proud to display those at my home or office or whatever. Good work.
About the Pilot Boat. I think I remember reading about the sailors in that boat being issued .58 cal. dowels and hammers to slam plugs into the holes made by defending musket fire from the Albermarle. Maybe that was something else. I read it in Jr. or Senior High School in a CWTI article.
Cheers!

 

[7thWisconsin]

This is the other Pyro kit I made back in the 60's with the firing replica percussion I bought in 2018.
The percussion is a replica of a dueling pistol so it isn't designed to hold a ramrod.

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LOL - I have that model on my bench right now to assemble as a gift. I'm building it right out of the box as a flintlock. I go back and forth about whether I want the trigger guard in brass, like the other furniture, or steel like the barrel.

 

[Trooper "D"]

I build scale models for a living but also a huge Civil War fan. Here is a palstic model I built. I converted the Pyro kit to make a Confederate Pistol called a "Griswold & Gunneson Colt 36" - often used by Officers and Cavalry Troopers of the Confederate Army and Navy. This six-shot .36 caliber revolver was made under contract to the Confederate government. It is a brass framed copy of the Colt 1851 Navy revolver. The G&G factory, near Macon Georgia, produced revolvers for the Confederacy by enslaved labourers over the course of the war, from 1862 until 1864 producing approximately 3,700 revolvers - more than any other Confederate firearm factory. The factory was burned down by Sherman's troops on his march to the sea.
Based on the Colt Model 1851 revolver, the design of the Griswold and Gunnison revolver differed from the Federal Colt pistol, most noticeably the grip's rearward tilt (which I cut and re-angled it on the frame), and well as a brass frame with iron components instead of steel (using metallic paints). Other mods included re-doing the cylinder so it had no "step", and replacing the hexagonal barrel of the original kit with a round acrylic tube to simulate the G&G style barrel. The rear of the barrel was modified in shape with a new scratch-built Rammer as well to change it to a G&G Confederate pistol. I also had to add more screws to the frame and Rammer as the kit was missing them. I added serial numbers via a metal number stamp, lightly hammered into the plastic. Metallic paints by Testors and Alclad were used throughout (about 15 colours in total to give depth), with finishing done using blue and red shoe polish paste.
It is the best I can do in my interpretation of a real Griswold/Gunnison, but hey, I am not a Civil War firearms expert by any means, and just had fun doing this to practice my metallic model painting techniques! I hope you like it as much I did building and painting this old kit that has been in my stash for some time. Sorry but I will not take this model to a plastic model show. It will only be seen on FB and in my collection.

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On my phone screen that is a beautiful job. Amazing skill at altering one into the other.
I have up modelling years ago for lack of a proper work space or presentation area. Moved around quite a bit. Looking to move now even. If I find a workshop area or can set up in a garage or even erect one of those little wooden building sheds I might try to do something again. I make saber belts and holsters and some other knick knacks. It would be nice to have work space next to my draughting board and guitar amp set up again. Too little time left for me in his world to do everything I have had to give up top this current time.
I have couple of recently acquired sailing ship models from those folks in Viet Nam who construct a variety of ship designs offered in different sizes. Some huge! They are hip enough for what they are. I got really good discounts on them. I would not have paid $1000.00+ for the larger of the two. I'm half Hollish so when 1/2 price on a Dutch warship model popped up on my phone screen I thought about its for a minute or so and then ordered it. I think this could be habit forming once I have a place to expand.
There is a Maritime Museum in Oxnard CA that is chocked full of models that the resident modeled created over a few decades. His bench is still all set up like he had it before his passing. It is worth a look just to marvel at his set up. I think they have photos of it on line at their website. Google Oxnard or Ventura County Maritime Museum. I think it is one or both of those. Oxnard used to have The Tall Ships stop in on their way up the coast. Ventura also and the local Confederate Artillery battery would engage in cannon salvos at the ships and the ships would return fire. Great fun!
Cheers!

 

[BAWS]

Great thread! Love the models and admire the workmanship guys.