PKD-II 2018 MODEL (2013 RECREATION PROJECT FINISHED!!!)

[hirohawa]

Looks awesome! When can I buy one?

[DaveG]

Yet another outstanding creation! Well done.
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[Skin-Job]

Looks fantastic Rick!


Karl

[joberg]

Another home-run on that one Rick (and the paint job is A+ in my book)

[doppelganger01]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it. It took me long enough to finish, but I am pleased with the results. As far as availability is concerned, I will post information in the prop shop soon about that.

Rick
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[Daigoro]

another exciting blaster.... beautyful!

[andy]

Very sexy! Always a great looking gun.

Andy

[Mechanized2400]

What a beauty! The finish of the blaster is incredible. Can't wait to get one of these!
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[Bwood]

Impressive. I'd be curious to know how you achieved the bare metal look on the barrel/receiver.

[doppelganger01]

Thank you all again.

I am happy to share with you the painting technique I used.

For the ejector port plate and grip plate, I used Testors buffable metalizer stainless steel spray paint. Once the paint cures you just buff it with a soft, non scratch cloth. The grip plate got a single coat of black prime on the bottom, only after the metalizer paint had settle for a few days. Then with "0000"steel wool, I gently rubbed away the black with unidirectional strokes to expose the metalizer paint beneath.

The barrel was done differently. After a gray primer coat was applied and dried, I used the same "0000" steel wool to knock down the etched texture or the primer until it was smooth, but not removed. Then I applied several coats of Krylon brand Chrome to the barrel. With about three coats on it, I used the steel wool to knock down its surface a bit until smooth, but not removed. Like with the bottom of the grip plate, I sprayed one coat of black primer over the silver painted barrel. The next day I used the steel wool to remove the black primer in the same manner as the grip plate. However in this instance I removed more of it so that it had a more even blend between the black and silver. In the photos above it looks entirely silver, but in actuality, the black is still visible. The bright lights used in the photo are washing it out and highlighting the silver more. The third and final layer can be tricky and requires some testing before hand to achieve the right look. The final layer is the faux pitting and rust effect. You aim the spray can of black primer at the stationary (hanging, or standing) barrel, with the nozzle about 24" away, then spritz a cloud of paint around it and let the cloud settle onto the barrel in speckles. This will give the appearance of tiny pitting. The more you apply like this, the older and more worn the effect. In this particular case, I went heavy (no more than 3 spritz of paint clouds). I followed up with a faux layer of rust speckles by repeating the process with rust red primer, only once though.

For the upper receiver I wanted a different tonal effect and less corrosion. I followed the exact same procedure as I used for the barrel, but, instead of chrome paint, I used Tamiya metallic black for plastics. It was necessary for me to be more careful with the upper receiver because of the tiny letters. Too many coats of paint would fill in the letters. Tamiya sprays go on super thin, allowing you to gradually build up the layers without gunking out the details. Once I had enough layers to just hide the gray primed plastic beneanth, I stopped. After a day had passed, I then sprayed some Stainless Steel Testors metalizer paint onto a paper towel and waited for that to completely dry. Once it was dry, I used it to rub down the surface of the Tamiya painted receiver part, just enough to transfer silver paint dust onto the piece. I hit a few high spots and corners and edges with silver rub-n-buf, making sure to apply lightly and blend the transition well with my finger tip. Then I spritzed the part with one black primer dust cloud (no rust red primer for this one).

The grip frame was painted with straight black primer and rubbed with the steel wool to smooth. On the edges or spots where the paint was rubbed down to the plastic, I applied the silver rub-n-buff, then sptized overall with black primer.

The two "cheek" parts and magazine housing was just primed with flat black and then buffed with a soft cloth.

The key to success with this process is to make sure the surfaces are smooth and scratch free. Sand marks will easily smile through the paint and break the illusion of it being a metallic surface.

I hope this will be helpful.

Rick

[Bwood]

Thank you for sharing all that information. Most generous of you.

[joberg]

Thanks for the tutorial Rick...really helpful. I've mentioned on the RPF that I would see that gun with a double muffler (one for the Steyr and for the barrel itself, somewhat joined together as one piece and, to respect the overall look, one longer than the other)...good idea or bad one?
What do you think?

[doppelganger01]

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[joberg]

Thanks Rick...and I hope you'll feel better soon

[doppelganger01]

Thank you, Joberg. I will be ok. It's a condition I've been living with for quite some time. I usually have 3 or 4 months out of the year when I have to deal with it on a daily basis. Then it clears up for the balance of the year. I just have to take precautions when I work at tasks that decrease the air quality around me, like painting or casting.

Rick
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[Mechanized2400]

Thanks for sharing the painting techniques with us all, Rick. Definitely goin to try out the cloud technique on my next paint job. The rust affect is always a tricky bugger with me, so I'm egar to give this a go.
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[doppelganger01]

Here are two spin-offs I am working on for the PKD-II, one suppressed version and one extended barrel version. I will have the accessory parts printed this week and hope to have the finished actual models completed soon thereafter.








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[hirohawa]

Wow! Incredible!

Put me down for one of each of all three versions.

Amazing Work Rick.

[Mechanized2400]

Jaw droppingly crazy cool, so awesome! I love your interpretation on the BR blaster. Can't wait for a sign up list to start on these beautys.
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