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My First Raygun Build


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Some time ago I was looking at some cheap plastic champagne flutes and thinking that they would make a good basis for a raygun. So I bought a set and then got a used spray bottle to use as the pisto grip and trigger.

The result I think is not too bad. I did have some issues including the fact that the champagne flutes are very brittle plastic and the paints I used were 5 year old plus model paints as was the milliputty. However, I think given what I got out of it I'd like to do it again with some fresher materials.

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Some of the original materials I used

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Cut up and ready to put together

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Glued with tape to temporarily hold in place

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Added some millitputty to fill in gaps and to give extra support to where the flutes joined.

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I used some diluted wood glue to provide something for the paint to bond too. A test piece of green plastic didn't bond with the paint so I went with what I remember to do from painting Airfix figures.

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The raygun in hand.

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