My solenite charge supply is good.

spcglider · May 9th, 2006, 11:04 AM

Hey folks.

JUST finished my solenite charge props.

You can view them here:

https://www.rpf.invisionzone.com/inde...owtopic=110072

Thanks for lookin!

-Gordon

KamikazeAthena · May 9th, 2006, 11:45 AM

Awesome! You never fail us!

peter noble · May 9th, 2006, 11:46 AM

>Steps carefully away from Gordon<

You talented so-and-so, you make me sick!

Best,

Peter

BST · May 9th, 2006, 12:35 PM

Very nicely done. They look like the real McCoy.

spcglider · May 9th, 2006, 01:39 PM

Thanks folks! They're handy for removing those stubborn tree stumps too!

-Gordon

peter noble · May 9th, 2006, 03:16 PM

Now you need one of those belts from LL to carry them in Gordon.

P

spcglider · May 9th, 2006, 03:35 PM

Actually, Peter, i was just considering using the magnetic pad on the back to attach them to the metal plate in my head!

LOL!!!

Just jokin'.

I think.

-Gordon

TwoBrainedCylon · May 9th, 2006, 04:14 PM

Nice!

They'll love those at the airport.

Sandy

spcglider · May 11th, 2006, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TwoBrainedCylon

Nice!

They'll love those at the airport.

Sandy

Nahhh... airports are too easy. If you really want to deal a crippling blow to America, wreck their distribution network for beer, ketchup, tabloids and NASCAR paraphernalia.

That'd bring this country to a crashing halt in minutes. LOL.

(cynical) Gordon

evil_genius_180 · May 11th, 2006, 11:51 AM

M16 magazines. Am I wrong? That's what they look like they started life as.

Great job on the charges.

spcglider · May 11th, 2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by evil_genius_180

M16 magazines. Am I wrong? That's what they look like they started life as.

Great job on the charges.

Your evil intellect is correct.

20 round M16 clips. There were several variants, including ones with a "flat bttom" as opposed to the slant bottom type. They are tricky details to keep track of... which way the grooves are in relation to the top details, whether theres a switch or not, etc. etc.

-Gordon

evil_genius_180 · May 11th, 2006, 10:04 PM

I was in the U.S. Army for 4 years. The M240B was my main weapon, but I also carried a Beretta and an M4 Carbine from time to time. The M4 uses the same magazine as the M16.

I'd recognize those grooves anywhere. Love what you did with the mags.

spcglider · May 12th, 2006, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by evil_genius_180

I was in the U.S. Army for 4 years. The M240B was my main weapon, but I also carried a Beretta and an M4 Carbine from time to time. The M4 uses the same magazine as the M16.

I'd recognize those grooves anywhere. Love what you did with the mags.

Actually, they are not based directly off the real item, but made from a custom vacuum form mold. I used measurements and photos to reconstruct the shape in high-density particle board and then used it as a forming buck. No M16 clips were harmed (or abused) in the making of these props.

-G

Charybdis · May 12th, 2006, 08:01 AM

M-16 clips..heh, heh, I have two of those babies in my closet right now and one if fully loaded!!!! Ha!!!

And don't touch the Nascar distribution network!!!! Please, how could I get through any Sunday (or Saturday nigth) without watching my Nascar race??? I'd die!!!!

evil_genius_180 · May 12th, 2006, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spcglider

Actually, they are not based directly off the real item, but made from a custom vacuum form mold. I used measurements and photos to reconstruct the shape in high-density particle board and then used it as a forming buck. No M16 clips were harmed (or abused) in the making of these props.

-G

Anyway, that's some crafty work you did there. M16 mags were probably what they used to make the props back on the show. You know how crafty those people in the prop departments in Hollywood can be. Your charges bring back fond memories of The Gun on Ice Planet Zero.

Hopefully I'll be able to get the series on DVD soon, then I'll be able to see the real props in action.

spcglider · May 14th, 2006, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charybdis

M-16 clips..heh, heh, I have two of those babies in my closet right now and one if fully loaded!!!! Ha!!!

And don't touch the Nascar distribution network!!!! Please, how could I get through any Sunday (or Saturday nigth) without watching my Nascar race??? I'd die!!!!

(Gordon shakes his head slowly in depressed resignment thinking, "Only in America can a driving around and around in circles be considered a "sport"...")