Colt 1911 officers .45 ACP released

[nothing]

well... heres what im working on.
the render
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/trenthenry/Image35.jpg
and a test build
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/trenthenry/1911032.jpg

[cgutzmer]

DAMN! That looks like an awesome texture on there - it looks completely authentic :) nice work :)
Chris

[TTAC]

Unbelievable...you need to put an orange tip on the barrel like they do toy guns so folks will know it's not real.

Great work,
Bill

[cgutzmer]

Yeah - he asked about that offline - it will be an optional part :D
Chris

[nothing]

thanks. the front parts will have a duplicate in orange. i must say the build is going a lot better than i had imagined. the slide came out pretty good.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/trenthenry/1911051.jpg

[Flarebaffled]

The renders looked good, and from what you have shown of the build, the paper version is looking really good too.

[Triop]

Orange tip...c'mon guys, don't you just love to see somebody using a paper gun in the newspaper ;D

*this message was not so ever meaning to offence people, guns are bad, cause they kill.* 8)

[nothing]

guns dont kill .....people kill.....

[Triop]

lol..of course they do...great design, I was impressed with the realism, maybe thats why I posted that lame joke ::)

Besides, I don't think criminals have the patience to put it together ;D

;)

[nothing]

lol no worries ;D

[nothing]

build is coming along nicly. i was holding it looking at it and wife was gearing up for a 3rd degree about buying a pistol when she realized it was paper! :o
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/trenthenry/1911034.jpg

and now the bad news.... somehow i deleted the pictures i took of the first half of the build!! so now i have to figure something else out for the instructions! :'(

[cgutzmer]

NO WAY! That stinks....

I cant believe thats paper man.... just spectacular!

Is that clip actually hollow? If it has a colored interior you could even make bullets :)

[nothing]

thats the first time ive heard that about one of my designs..I cant believe thats paper man.... just spectacular thank you!

the clip is only a hollow box the holes on the side are actually the texture.

[cgutzmer]

Really? thats pretty damn good! Make some bullets to display along with it anway :)

[Oliver Bizer]

:o that is incredible :o
Great jop :o
Regards
Olli

[JT Fox]

Fantastic work as normal.

I have no words for the textures.

Cheers JTF

[nothing]

thanks JT!im almost done building, just the safties left. then the really hard part....instructions.

[nothing]

ok finished the build!! ;D i am very happy with how it came out!

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/trenthenry/1911080.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/trenthenry/1911081.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/trenthenry/1911083.jpg

[Triop]

:o WOW :o

[cgutzmer]

Couldnt tell it was fake.... I think you are pulling our legs ;)
Chris

[Barry]

To say it's impressive is a bit of an understatement.

[nothing]

lol yall are making me blush! ok im not sure what the price should be. any suggestions?

[Triop]

How many parts does your model have ?

[The Orange]

Well, the question would be, who would be able to pay for this? :o

[JT Fox]

I had a look around a few on line card model stores in the UK and estimate the following. (Excl P&P for printed models).

PDF Download: £0.99 to £5.00

Small Model: £5.00 to 15.00 (Simple planes/cars/tanks)

Med Size Model: £10.00 to £20.00 (Large scale planes/tanks/small boats)

Large Size Model £15.00 to £30.00 (Complex models/large ships)

These are UK prices and I'm sure you can get the same models cheaper from Europe thanks to the exchange rate at the moment.

As a download I would put your gun in the higher end at £4.50, but if you include a front cover, some nice instructions and gun history it would easily bump into the small model bracket at around £9.99 for PDF. If you add an option of an alternate handle grip, a few bullets and a loaded mag option no reason for this gun to sell for £14.99 PDF. If it was printed at this level I would move to the med bracket for £19.99.

The above in no way reflects the time and effort you have put into this project, only you can put a price on that.

1:1 guns seem in demand, request pop up on a regular basis back at zealots for links to 1:1 guns. A model of this quality available at ecardmodels will have them lined up in the virtual street to get a copy.

Cheers JTF

[cgutzmer]

Thanks! nice post :)
Chris

[nothing]

yea very informative post. i feel what i settled on sound pretty reasonable. :)

[JT Fox]

nothing.

I now have you model ready to print.

What paper would you suggest? 110 gsm looks about right.

Cheers JTF

[nothing]

i used 67lbs paper on my build. i hope you will show the build in zealot . and thank you for being the first to buy it!! 8)

[cgutzmer]

A build thread would be awesome! :)
Chris

[JT Fox]

My build skills are not that good but I'll take some shots as go.

Having trouble converting 67lbs into gsm. All the converters ask for the Basis Weight and the Basic Size: (Parent sheet size in square inches). You wouldn't know that would you nothing?

Cheers JTF

[cgutzmer]

I think most people that use 65 lb also like 110 gsm :)
Chris

[JT Fox]

Thank God for that. The converter I look at suggested 252gsm.

I thought it was Colt 1911 not a fecking M60. :D

Cheers JTF

[cgutzmer]

Use 252, buy a real spring and I bet it will really shoot ;)

by the way we gonna get any ammo designed for these? If not, maybe after i get the store running I will try my hand at a simple thing such as that!
Chris

[nothing]

i didnt with this one but will on the next :-\

[doctormax]

did anyone do a build thread on the 1911 colt? on my build thread of the Ak-47 a lad is asking what paper to use so wrote to him just now that you used 67lb card trent, he said is a post on the thread that he uses 110 lb card is that way to heavy for doing the guns not sure what weight that is over here in Europe trent would you like photos of the navy colt I done the thread of to put on the shop i can take a good few with my new camera and send them to chris ;) the cylinder looks good what i should have done do really was the empty ball point pen idea someone done for ethcing out rivits and marks on cars Next time maybe. ;)

[nothing]

doctormax- i use 67 lbs almost exclusively. i dont know but maybe higher lbs would be hard with the pistols. you can shoot chris the photos but i dont think he has the picture mod up yet at the shop.

[doctormax]

doctormax- i use 67 lbs almost exclusively. i dont know but maybe higher lbs would be hard with the pistols. you can shoot chris the photos but i dont think he has the picture mod up yet at the shop.

yes his enjoying his holidays anyway so no point even thinking of emailing them to him so can wait till his back in work for a while I think dave is trying to get him to put his plane in the shop and waiting so he may have a lot to do when his back

[cgutzmer]

I am back :) you can send me pics but the stinking mod to add more pics is still broken :( I might need to find a pro to figure it out for me.
Chris

[doctormax]

I am back :) you can send me pics but the stinking mod to add more pics is still broken :( I might need to find a pro to figure it out for me.
Chris

ok i send them, so how was the holiday find any good wine that we should look up ;)

[ktmkid991]

is there a possibility of a m1911a1 variant???? :D