Wierd subjects for kits

[PR19_Kit]

Back in the 80s LS did a range of 1/1 model guns that later got banned in the UK. IIRC they fired pellets and were used in bank robberies. Eventually a kid got shot by a cop because his toy gun looked so real. https://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/t192-ls-models

Earlier than that even, I did an MP40 for a friend who was into re-enactment stuff in the 70s.

For 'authenticity' I finished it off with half a pound of powdered graphite and it looked great, but he never forgave me as it was always coming off all over him. 

[Captain Canada]

When you're so into the hobby you want to build kits of the machines that make your kits....

[NARSES2]

I remember 1/1 scale flintlock and percussion pistols and muskets. Was it Pyro who made them ?

Had a couple as a kid hanging on my bedroom wall, but they wouldn't be classed as weird I would have thought.

[Weaver]

Back in the 80s LS did a range of 1/1 model guns that later got banned in the UK. IIRC they fired pellets and were used in bank robberies. Eventually a kid got shot by a cop because his toy gun looked so real. https://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/t192-ls-models

Earlier than that even, I did an MP40 for a friend who was into re-enactment stuff in the 70s.

For 'authenticity' I finished it off with half a pound of powdered graphite and it looked great, but he never forgave me as it was always coming off all over him. 

There's a whole subculture of refinishing NERF guns and similar gaudy toys in 'realistic' colours, and they look remarkably good. Some have even appeared in the background of various low-budget sci-fi flicks and TV series.

[zenrat]

Back in the 80s LS did a range of 1/1 model guns that later got banned in the UK. IIRC they fired pellets and were used in bank robberies. Eventually a kid got shot by a cop because his toy gun looked so real. https://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/t192-ls-models

Earlier than that even, I did an MP40 for a friend who was into re-enactment stuff in the 70s.

For 'authenticity' I finished it off with half a pound of powdered graphite and it looked great, but he never forgave me as it was always coming off all over him. 

There's a whole subculture of refinishing NERF guns and similar gaudy toys in 'realistic' colours, and they look remarkably good. Some have even appeared in the background of various low-budget sci-fi flicks and TV series.

Yep.  Repainted one of mine.  The air restrictor may have mysteriously gone missing during the process.

[Joe C-P]

It does come with parts that represent the mould. If you look at them closely, the mould is the one used to produce this kit.

Nice little touch.  Who's going to do a resin cast and produce a tiny model to sit next to it...

And then a tinier model from that one, and then another tinier from that one, and on and on until you reach the Microverse.   

[scooter]

It does come with parts that represent the mould. If you look at them closely, the mould is the one used to produce this kit.

Nice little touch.  Who's going to do a resin cast and produce a tiny model to sit next to it...

And then a tinier model from that one, and then another tinier from that one, and on and on until you reach the Microverse.   

And may run into Steven Strange and Scott Lang

[jcf]

It does come with parts that represent the mould. If you look at them closely, the mould is the one used to produce this kit.

Nice little touch.  Who's going to do a resin cast and produce a tiny model to sit next to it...

And then a tinier model from that one, and then another tinier from that one, and on and on until you reach the Microverse.   

And may run into Steven Strange and Scott Lang

Scott Carey paved the way for the others. 

[jcf]

Props to Bandai, that's about as meta as it gets. 

[Joe C-P]

I remember 1/1 scale flintlock and percussion pistols and muskets. Was it Pyro who made them ?

Had a couple as a kid hanging on my bedroom wall, but they wouldn't be classed as weird I would have thought.

I had those!  A long rifle or musket, and I think a pistol that was sold as a Pirate's pistol?  Wonder if they're still being made.

[Mossie]

Revell's bucket wheel excavator was definitely a bit off the beaten path.

Airfix's bird series are others that come to mind.

Meant to add the Revell Oil Rig to this post.

[PR19_Kit]

Meant to add the Revell Oil Rig to this post.

Ah yes, a lifetime's modelling supply of girders in one kit! 

[kerick]

I was on the verge of ordering a toy Mauser pistol to convert to a Star Wars Han Solo blaster. I have an old scope from a BB gun from when my brothers and I were kids. Might just work.

[Weaver]

I was on the verge of ordering a toy Mauser pistol to convert to a Star Wars Han Solo blaster. I have an old scope from a BB gun from when my brothers and I were kids. Might just work.

Just put 'Han Solo Blaster' into Youtube and you'll get a bunch of tutorials, from Adam Savage and others, explaining what went into the prop and how to recreate it at every level from cheap'n'cheerful to prop-geek-perfect. You can also buy reproductions of some of the hard-to-source bits. There's a forum called the Replica Props Forum (RPF) where serious prop-geeks gather and the info is probably on there.

[kerick]

I found that forum a while back and it's pretty good. Thanks anyway.