Hello again two years later...
I kind of put this gun in the hall closet and forgot about it. Other hobbies took over (paintball, disc golf and that curse called WoW). But I resurrected it a few months back and started tinkering with it again.
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I purchased a a nice padded gun case for it, I was getting nervous that I might break it!
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You can barely see what is left of the sprinkler valve. I molded lots of JB Quik around it, and sanded it down nice a smooth to a shape that I like. The steel plate on the bottom is tapped with 1/4" 20 holes and mounted to that are two 1" electrical conduit brackets (aka "mini's) that were secured to the valve to add stability. The plate also had a hole in the middle for the trigger air dump. Using the same 1/4" 20 bolts, drilled and tapped two metal blocks and threaded them on to act as handle mounting brackets. You can see the two allen head bolts on the oak handle. And yes it is bedazzled. I am super gluing rhinestones on it to look like rivets after it is painted.
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Another close up shot. The maroon material is bondo (the auto body sanding filler) to help smooth it out even more. The poplar rail on the top is just a mounting base for more details to come. I plan to mold it out with more JB Quik and add some detailing / dials / gauges / lights. I am trying to replicate a Dr. Grordbort's (
http://www.drgrordborts.com/) style gun.
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From the bottom you can clearly see the air dump trigger and the routed handle.
More update pictures to come, hopefully not two years apart!