Recent content by Ingchao

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    Model Of The Month: Colonial Viper (my techniques)

    Very cool, I hope I'm gonna put this one on my list of builds for sure!!
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    Model of The Month TWO!: Battlestar Galactica TOS Colonial Warrior Blaster 1:1

    ^Yeah what Big Al said! Awesome work so far BTW!
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    helmet ideas

    How about a custom Mandolorian? They look pretty straight forward.
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    returning to card models where to get paper

    Thanks for pointing me toward Michael's, there's one not too far from me and I'm itching for something to use those weekly 40% off coupons!!!
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    Brand new

    Since I'd like to make the jump from building lightsabers to movie firearm replicas such as the ones I mentioned in my first post- I'd like to start off with the DS flamegun from Logan's run. It looks simple enough,I hope. I just can't find a link to the file, does one exist?
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    Brand new

    That sounds really awesome! Eventually, that's the goal for my little home shop. I just got the Harbor Freight version of the X2 mini mill and am hoping to have enough funds from saber sales to convert it to CNC-soon. I'm also looking forward to my first papercraft project. Any recommendations?
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    Brand new

    Thanks for the welcome! Great to know I'm on the right track with the prototyping here.:thumb: I wouldn't call myself a machinist, just a hack that can pull an occasional rabbit out of my hat projectwise! At your shop, what do you specialize in?
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    Brand new

    Hi everyone! I'm basically a lightsaber builder with some pretty serious tools- metal lathe and mini-mill. I wanted to get into making other props, too, like the stun gun from Space:1999 and the Deep sleep flamegun from Logan's run. I've never made a model completely from scratch but after many...