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Having started making simple props for photo shoots and body painting accessories, I am now embarking on making some other weapons.
I wanted to make a space blaster or ray gun, and I thought it would be fun to try and make a 1950's style prop gun.
A search of the net produced some really nice designs, and as ever I have amalgamated three or four for this gun.
I wanted to make a space blaster or ray gun, and I thought it would be fun to try and make a 1950's style prop gun.
A search of the net produced some really nice designs, and as ever I have amalgamated three or four for this gun.
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Signing UpStep 1Materials and design
The materials used for this gun were whatever old crap I had hanging around in the shop. I found some old sections of PVC pipe for making the barrel. An old plastic 35mm film cannister, some metal rings from old hard drives, and a few other bits and bobs.
Basically use anything you can find, beg borrow or steal (well not steal), to keep the costs right down.
You will need some cutting tools, various glues, card, plastic card, paints, whatever else you can think of.
I began by making three basic grip templates. These are generic and can be used on a variety of weapons. I used some thin card to create the templates and sized them based on my own hands.
Next I evaluated the little collection of junk I had assembled. I chose a length of 20mm PVC for the main barrel and used the film cannister for the muzzle break.
Any self respecting 1950's ray gun needs disks of metal round the barrel. Three aluminium rings from old hard drives were super-glued to a section of 25mm PVC to form these. this was slid down the barrel and then hot melted in place. The cannister was also hot melted to the end of the barrel.
Next I cut two sections of 40mm waste pipe to length, and using some sponge lagging disks I centred the larger diameter tube onto the barrel by forcing the sponge into the gaps. the sponge disks were then given a fillet of cyanoacrylate which will soak in and go off rock hard.
The centre of the 35mm cannister was glued to the butt end of the barrel and the whole thing left to dry overnight.
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I have the same cutting mat, drawing pen and glue-gun.
Love the look of the airline moisture trap on this.
one way to make a raygun would be buying these water guns for $6:
http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_004W386481110001P?prdNo=5&blockNo=5&blockType=G5
and spraypainting the big purple one
my 6yo son has been eyeing this off... ive been keeping a lookout at the recycling shop and the 2nd hand shops for ... well ... anything to do this.
I was looking at your dragon mask too earlier
how awesome and clever are you?
very creative and amazingly talented =)
thanks for sharing these wonderful ideas and inspiring me.
If not, i would just put a laser in there, such as this one, for $80:
http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/E3_Series-108-3.html
Or this one, for $50:
http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/E2_Series-104-37.html
And if not either, just a cheap 5.00 dollar one from CVS lol :P
The spyder 3 is a little big though, but it would be cool in a laser rifle.
Most props like this one will be used in situations with costumes such as Sci-Fi conventions, or will gather dust on a shelf until a like-minded friend visits to see the G-dzilla collection or something.
To the Author of this Instructable: GREAT WORK! I never knew bondo could look so realistic.
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