NSP: Non-Specific Pistol

[asettico]

Hello,
I'm experimenting with my first weapon, the NSP by Hoborginc.

I printed the template on 160 gsm paper; in the past I tried with 240 gsm, but its too much for the smallest details, so I aborted that building.
A note about the template: it's made of 6 PNG images that fit in letter format. Since I have A4 sheets, I rearranged the parts in each page so as not to overflow the smaller width, since I did not want to scale the model down (otherwise I should have scaled my hand down too for when I'll have to hold it once finished ).

I scored and cut all the parts, these are the first I built as now:

• side faces
• slide corners
• slide rear walls
• sights

I glued the hand grip strips on the side faces one by one, but it would have been better to cut them as a scallop to keep step and slant and then cut the "dorsal junction" away at the end. Perhaps I will redo them this way.

More have to come, stay tuned!

[asettico]

A little step forward:

• slide exterior
• slide interior
• recoil spring housing
• ambidextrous slide catch
• ambidextrous safety

and the result as now.

[MacSongLi]

That's a great model, thanks for sharing the link.

You're off to a great start. Look forward to seeing this project come together.

Gary

[asettico]

This time I built the two side grips with the mag release on the left side.

[THE DC]

Interesting work!

[asettico]

Here they are the two sides of the frame.

[asettico]

Some other details:

• frame read and front faces
• front end
• trigger guard
• trigger
• frame center (front and read)

I got some difficulties especially with the front end, because it's a half cylinder with a "hollow width", so I had to form the external and internal side independently. To finally glue its end caps, I had to maintain the cylindrical shape with the hands and little rubber bands, otherwise it tended to stretch outwards.

[asettico]

These are the last parts, before putting all together:

• the completed mag with its floor plate
• barrel and top box already joined
• ambidextrous safety, glued with the axle to just one end to allow the following building
• hammer with its axle
• the two cartridges
• breech face

I made a mistake building the cartridges: I mounted the cylindrical body upside down, the thin black striped had to be on the bottom side. (I redo them, but I haven't taken a picture yet ).

I made a cut in the bottom of the breech to later insert a rubber band, as suggested by the designer in his time-lapse video instructions, as slide spring.

[MacSongLi]

The project is coming along nicely. Good luck with the fix. Keep up the good work.


Gary

[asettico]

Here it is the completed pistol.

In the second picture I made a big mistake: I loaded the filled cartridge mag leaving the safety on "Fire" position!!! That's how accidents happen! Please, be careful folks.