El Bambino [Now Painted!]

[VH_man]

MIKE and JANET had a baby!

I give you "El Bambino", A high-pressure copper piston coaxial sporting a QEV pilot and some sexayyy astetics, not to mention, ITS A PISTOL!

Oh, and Its loud as HELL! it puts even MIKE to shame......

Specs:
Barrel: 12in of 1/2 type L copper
Chaber: 12in of 1in type L copper
Valve: Machined wooden dowel, With O-ring
Valve Type: Coaxial
Pilot: Blowgun and 1/4 Mcmaster QEV
Astetic Body: constructed "boltsniper" style, Using peices of 1.25" PVC
Estimated FPS at 400 PSI: 700 FPS with 3 gram Nail Darts

Without Further Adeiu, I give thee pictures!

With Paint!

Full Shot. Yellow things under the Gun are my Screw/Wirenut Darts, My favorite Ammo for this gun.

Without Paint! (but left to give you a general Idea)

From the Front


From the Rear


Pistol Grip

[mark.f]

Ground floor.

This is a really nice gun. As for the paintjob, I don't really think it's necessary.

[VH_man]

wow quick reply.... lol

I think youll be suprised how much better it will look painted. None of the metal will be painted, just the Plastic. It should look sweet. If not, I always have Sandpaper.

[Gippeto]

I like it! :thumbright: :thumbright:

"Oh, and Its loud as HELL!"

Babies DO tend to let one know they are around.

Let's see some damage pics, eh!

[VH_man]

Well, its pouring Rain outside, so it might be a little while, but As of now, i can tell you i have buckets of old, nasty apples..... And this thing is perdy accurate. Ill do some skill shots or something, and catch them all on video.

Mind you, I have a complete video of me making this gun, all up untill I ran out of tapes to film it on. It covers up to putting the QEV as the pilot.

[ALIHISGREAT]

that's sexy! hmm maybe i should make a PVC body for my copper coax! hope you don't mind me stealing your idea

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Very nice, I like the blended tubes. It would be worth attacking it with filler and painting it in my book.

[Davidvaini]

Yeah that will look soo much better painted..

Are you gonna bondo between the top and botttom PVC pipes?

If so, might I suggest that you only bondo up about half way.. It would give it more of a gun look...
I did a quick PS job to see what it would kind of look like.. mind you I did a horrible job but you get the idea.



Incase you cant see what parts I would suggest bondoing in that picture...

Here is a pic to show where I would put the bondo.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

I'd still paint the exposed metal pipe and fittings, perhaps in a different tone though - unless you're going for the steampunk look, in which case clean up and polish the metal parts and try to achieve a faux woodgrain finish on the PVC areas.

[starman]

Humm not bad. 700 fps is a whole lotta V for a barrel that short! A paint job would go a long way here.

Overall nice unit.

Edit: Jack and David beat me on the paint post.....

[Davidvaini]

you know a steampunk look would be killer here.....

good suggestion jack.

This is what comes to mind when I think steampunk weaponry.

[MrCrowley]

Cool cannon, I agree with David, you should be a bit of bondo in between the top and bottom pipes, and maybe down the barrel 'shroud' also. If you don't paint the metal, you should at least clean it up a bit. I think it would look fine painted though.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

For some more inspiration, have a look at the galleries here, some nice shells to copy or modify.

[VH_man]

Thanks for all the replies guys

I went out to buy bondo, only to find they dont have any!

And as for filling only half of it, I think im just going to fill the gaps so they look clean. Besides that, I see no reason to fill the whole gap. It looks cooler with the lines, I think.

As for the Barrel Shroud, I have an idea for that......

I also need some Sights. Any ideas? I want them to be fully adjustable.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

I also need some Sights. Any ideas? I want them to be fully adjustable.

I think that it deserves to have a rail epoxied on top and fitted with a red dot sight, it needn't cost much and will look the business.

Here's my HW45 to prove the point