Clearly, the barrel and grips are the most immediate issue, and the hammer is incorrect as well. So, I started with removing the barrel, then the grips. I also took out all the internal workings and glued the hammer and trigger in place so they wouldn't move making it more con safe. There was a plunger mechanism to power the airsoft so the grips were hollow plastic. I took the plunger out of the housing, filled it with pennies glued together and replaced it. This game some heft to the gun. I sanded and reshaped the grips the best I could without having to do too much filling and sanding. I still may go back and redo them at some point or if I can get cheap replicas of more accurate grips I'll replace them entirely. I added a 4" barrel from pvc overtop of a dowel. The cylinder still opens and I have some inert rounds in there (which I will remove at shows). I was torn between the ramp sight of the Bapty and the blade sight of the Stembridge, but decided to go with the blade site. I made the blade from styrene with a small "tail" that fit into a plastic base, then the whole thing on the barrel. This added a lot of stability to the sight. I sculpted the barrel lug from epoxy putty and glued it to the underside of the barrel. The whole thing got a good sanding, and painted with flat black. I gave the grips a wood grain look with layered paint, and went over the trigger and hammer with graphite powder. I sealed it all with Future, and gave the grips a matte varnish. I still need to add more graphite to the body and add some weathering to the edges, but at this point it was mostly done. Added a lanyard ring and made a removable bright orange barrel plug. Not 100% SA and still have a few flaws but it will do as a costume piece and was a practice to make a much more SA version with much better grips.
The end result:
Feedback/comments always welcome!!
UPDATE: A few more pics in better light with my Todd's Costumes holster:
That's really impressive work.
