MHS ribbed section size

[james3]

I am getting my ribbed section in on Friday so I will throw some rings on it and post a pic.

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must." - Obi-Wan Kenobi

[Devilstar2k2]

Cool... But I might beat ya to it. []

[meiv4]

something like that im guessing. i dont know if my measurments are right, i just guessed. but the flats i guessed at .150 and the cutout parts being .220 wide. if those are close you probably want 1 1/4 to 1 3/8 x1/8 thick rings. 1 3/8 might be a little loose.

hmmm hmmmm whooosh hmmmm whooosh crackel

[Mor-El Kesav]

scaarmor, for me it's a bit of both. As meiv4 so aptly illustrated in his rending it DOES look really nice and I suspect that it will help the grip just a bit. Aluminum does have a pretty good grip, but some rubber added to the equation can't hurt any. Thanks for input, y'all.

[LAN-ED-TUL]

that pic looks cool. a good possibility for a section of mhs hilt.

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[Devilstar2k2]

I decided to go with the paint (for color) afterall... I gotta say that it looks really nice too. You don't lose any of the rib depth with the paint.

This was a rush job with a Testors acrylic paint marker (black gloss):

[james3]

Lucky-Dawg! Mine comes in today. The paint looks good, I was thinking of doing something similar with a brass/bronze tone. Did you rough it up before painting or just go for it?

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must." - Obi-Wan Kenobi

[LAN-ED-TUL]

looks good. very cool lookin. nice work.

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[Devilstar2k2]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by james3

Lucky-Dawg! Mine comes in today. The paint looks good, I was thinking of doing something similar with a brass/bronze tone. Did you rough it up before painting or just go for it?
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I just painted it. Like I said, it was a rush job. I just figured that if it didn't stick, I'd do it again the right way. But lucky for me, it stuck first time around without having to scuff it.

Thats about 3 coats that you see there. It'd probably look alot better if it was airbrushed or even painted with a small paintbrush. The Testors paint markers are terrible for this type of thing.

[Firebird21]

My advide would be to mask off the threads and paint the whole thing.

When you're done, sand the paint off the outer portion of the ribbs. It will be a perfect line. The only problem is you will loose the lathe marks, but if you're good with sand paper you can replicate it.

Or you could just pollish it to a high gloss.

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