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Step 8The cascade tower
The cascade tower is formed around a length of 32mm diameter pipe. To affix this to the main body of the gun an M8 threaded rod was. Bottle caps fit snuggly into the center of this pipe The rod holds several caps together allowing them to be rest in the centre of the pipe. Another bottle cap is used to reinforce the cascade tower bracket and the threaded rod was secured into the foam using plenties of hot glue.
This was largely acheived through my well experienced use of paper mache. I honestly wanted to try something a little more complicated like casting the part and then making 6 replicas of the piece so they would all look the same. In the end I decided that I already have lots of glue and lots of paper so making the same part 6 times would cost me nothing but time, where as my efforts at casting would cost me money and may not work out. The end result is that not all the nobbles are identical but it's close enough.
The end of the cascade tower is made from balsa wood and attached to another bottle cap with a single bolt through the centre, this is hot glued into position at the end of the tube.
This was largely acheived through my well experienced use of paper mache. I honestly wanted to try something a little more complicated like casting the part and then making 6 replicas of the piece so they would all look the same. In the end I decided that I already have lots of glue and lots of paper so making the same part 6 times would cost me nothing but time, where as my efforts at casting would cost me money and may not work out. The end result is that not all the nobbles are identical but it's close enough.
The end of the cascade tower is made from balsa wood and attached to another bottle cap with a single bolt through the centre, this is hot glued into position at the end of the tube.
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