Introduction: Z35 K'nex Assault Rifle
-Detachable, Storable, Pin-Pull, High Capacity Magazines (Optional)
-Detachable, Locking, One Shot, Breach Load Magazine (Optional)
-Textured Butt
-Sliding Chamber Door (Optional)
-Carrying Strap Capable (Optional)
-Folding, Lock-Up, Bipod with Textured Feet (Optional)
-Easy to use Sights (Optional)
-Straight Pull-Back Trigger
-Rotating Safety (Optional)
-Trigger Guard (Optional)
-Firing Rod Guide (Optional)
-Hop Up (Optional)
Coming Soon
-Scope
Pros
-Good Power
-Comfortable
-Sturdy Structure
-Jam Free
-Requires no cut parts
-Simple Design
-Sight rail is customizable
Credits/Influences
Popomaster's Glock - Handle
DJ Radio's AR4 - Bipod
MlCad 3D Program Download: https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-3d-knex-models-using-mlcad/
Z35 Reviews:
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People who didn't:
AA: www.instructables.com/id/STEECLDG1BBCPE0/
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Step 1: Part Count Estimate
This part estimate is for the full features version of this gun and one high capacity magazine.
Connectors
16-Gray/Purple Connectors (1 Slot)
6-Tiny Tan Connectors
11-Tiny Metalic Blue Connectors
12-Gray Connectors (2 Slots)
30-Orange Connectors
30-Red Connectors
42-Green Connectors
174-Yellow Connectors
16-Blue Connectors (7 Slots)
4-White Connectors (8 Slots)
Rods
278-Tiny Green Rods
3-Yellow Rods
4-Tan Rods (Reinforced Red Rods)
1-Red Rod
1-Long Black Rod (Reinforced Gray Rod)
2-Long Gray Rods
88-White/Gray Rods
56-Blue Rods
Special Parts
1-T Connector (A Y Connector Will Work Fine)
30-Y Connectors
6-Blue Spacers
3-Gray Spacers
16-Ball Socket Connectors
2-Male Hinges
2-Female Hinges
Step 2: Body Shell
With Chamber Slide And Trigger Guard
1: Build this.
2: Build this.
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OR
With Chamber Slide, Without Trigger Guard
3: Build this.
4: Build this.
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OR
Without Chamber Slide, With Trigger Guard
5: Build two of these.
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OR
Without Chamber Slide Or Trigger Guard
6: Build two of these.
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Step 3: Permanent Sights
Permanent Sights
1: Build this (the black parts are ball socket connectors).
2: Build two of these.
3,4: Add three blue rods to connect the parts from pictures 1 and 2.
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OR
Wait until step 8 to build removable sights and/or a removable scope. STEP 8 IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Step 4: Barrel 1
With Chamber Slide
1: Build this.
2: Build two of these.
3: Connect them with three gray and two blue rods.
4: Attach the sights.
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OR
Without Chamber Slide
5: Build two of these.
6: Build this.
7: Connect them with three gray and two blue rods.
8: Attach the sights.
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Step 5: Barrel 2
With Bipod And/Or Carrying Strap
1: Build two of these.
2: Build this.
3,4: Connect them with two gray and eight blue rods.
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OR
With Carrying Strap, Without Bipod
5: Build two of these.
6: Build this.
7,8: Connect them with one gray and eight blue rods.
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OR
Without Bipod Or Carrying Strap
9: Build three of these.
10,11: Connect them with eight blue rods.
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Step 6: Stock
With Carrying Strap
1: Build 3 of these.
2: Build 2 of these.
3,4: Connect them with 16 blue rods.
5: Add a gray connector in the noted area.
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OR
Without Carrying Strap
1: Build 3 of these.
2: Build 2 of these.
3,4: Connect them with 16 blue rods.
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Step 7: Assembly
1,2: Attach the sights, barrel 1, and barrel 2 to the body shell.
3: Attach the stock to the body shell.
4: Attach the noted parts.
5: Attach the noted parts.
6: Attach the noted parts.
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Step 8: Removable Sights and Scope (Unfinished)
DO NOT BUILD THIS YET, STEP IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
If you build both, you will need to choose which one to attach, but you will need to read all of the attachment instructions so that you know how to switch them.
Scope And Sights Mounting (Unfinished)
1: Build three of these.
2: Build four of these.
AND
Removable Sights (Unfinished)
3: Build these (the black parts are ball socket connectors).
4:
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AND/OR
Removable Scope (Unfinished)
5: Build this.
6: Wrap it in electrical tape (just for looks).
7:
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Step 9: Rear Barrel
1: Build this.
2: Attach to the rifle.
3,4: Add two blue rods, two y-connectors, two blue spacers, one gray spacer, and two orange connectors as shown and noted.
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Step 10: Handle, Trigger, and Trigger Guard
Without Trigger Guard
1: Build this.
2: Build two of these.
3,4: Attach 1 and 2 with three gray/white rods as shown.
5: Build this.
6: Build this. (the black parts are y-connectors)
7,8: Attach 5 and 6
9: Set the trigger on the handle (they don't attach).
10: Add two blue rods as shown.
11: Build two of these.
12: Add office tape to the tips of the gray/white rods and attach 11.
Go to next step.
OR
WIth Trigger Guard
1-12
13: Build this
14: Build two of these.
15: Build two of these.
16: Attach 13-15.
17: Add a green connector as shown.
18: Pull the blue connectors off of the rifle shell and attach them as shown.
19,20: Add a gray two-slot connector as shown.
21: Attach the trigger guard to handle and trigger.
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Step 11: Attaching the Handle
With Trigger Guard
1,2: Add two green connectors and one gray two-slot connector as shown.
3: Add two blue rods and four yellow five-slot connectors as shown.
4: Add a metalic blue connector to the center layer.
5: Attach the handle and trigger guard (if you built the trigger guard).
6: Attach one trigger elastic on each side as shown.
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OR
Without Trigger Guard
1-5
7: Attach one trigger elastic as shown.
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Step 12: Breach Parts
1: Make this.
2: Attach to the gun as shown (it goes in directly behind where the magazines are inserted).
3: Make these.
4: Attach to the gun as shown (it goes in directly behind where the magazines are inserted).
5: Here is a close up.
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Step 13: Safety
1: Build this.
2: Insert and attach it to the gun as shown.
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Step 14: Bipod
1-3: Build this.
4: Attach to gun.
5: Add elastics as shown.
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Step 15: Chamber Slide
1: Build this.
2: Insert into gun.
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Step 16: Hop Up
1: Build this.
2: Attach it to the gun.
3: Add a tiny elastic to the right side as shown.
4: Add a longer elastic to the left side. The hop up is off in this position.
Go to next step.
Step 17: Firing Rod
Without Firing Rod Guide
1: Build this.
2: Add office tape to the indent as shown (do not add any more than pictured).
3: Add duct tape.
4,5: Insert it into the gun and add elastics.
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With Firing Rod Guide
6: Add office tape to the indent as shown (do not add any more than pictured).
7-9: Build this
10-12: Add duct tape, attach the guide, insert the firing rod into the gun, and add elastics.
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Step 18: Magazine(s)
High Capacity
1: Build two of these.
2: Build two of these.
3,4: Connect them with gray/white rods.
5: Build this.
6,7: Build and attach this.
8,9: Put the pusher inside the magazine.
10: Add elastics.
Go to next step.
AND/OR
Sniper (Only usable with slide open chamber door.)
11: Build this (it is 3 layers thick).
12: Build two of these.
13: Connect 11 and 12 with four gray/white rods as shown.
14: Build this.
15: Build this.
16: Attach 14.
17: Add elastics.
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Step 19: How to Use
This step will show you how to use the magazines, safety, and hop up.
High Capacity Magazine
1: Pull the pusher to the bottom and twist the y-connector to lock it in place.
2: Fill it up with eleven blue rods (make sure to put them in at an angle as shown).
3: Disconnect one of the green connectors for storage.
4: Store in pocket.
5: Pull out when needed and reconnect the green connector.
6: Insert into the gun.
7,8: Twist the y-connector to release the ammo.
9: Pull the firing rod back.
10: Fire.
Sniper Magazine
11: Insert the magazine.
12: Pull the pusher down.
13: Pull the firing rod back.
14: Pull the slide forward.
15: Load a round.
16: Push the pusher up.
17: Close the chamber door.
18: Fire.
Safety
19: This is the safety in the off position.
20,21: Lift outwards and twist the safety down (and pull the trigger forward if the firing pin hasn't been pulled back), then push the safety back in to turn it on.
22: Now the trigger cannot be pulled.
23: Pull the safety outwards, twist it up, and push it in to turn it off.
Hop Up
24: Pull the elastic over the blue rods to turn it on.
25: The hop up in the on position.
26: Pull the elastic under the blue rods to turn it off.
27: The hop up in the off position.
Step 20: Finished
You are done. Enjoy! Make sure to rate, and remember...
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Step 21: Trouble Shooting?
My gun is firing two rods at once with the high cap mag.
It should only do this one or two times per mag when loaded correctly, if it does it frequently than you need to angle the ammo with the back ends pointing downwards. If you have done this and the gun still frequently fires two at once, try using a looser/weaker elastic band.
My gun isn't popping up the ammo fast enough with the high cap mag.
Once again, you will need to angle the rods with the back ends pointing downwards if you aren't already doing so. If you are doing that and it still won't feed the rounds quickly enough, than try using a tighter/stronger elastic band.
I am having problems with the sniper mag.
Review my How To Use step.
I am still having problems after troubleshooting.
Contact me.
