Full auto, 9 rounds per second, 373 feet per second, 190 round capacity. Features of this multifunctional hero replica of the Demonstration ZF-1 include:Ĭustom painted black gelcoat fiberglass shell and aluminum armature.Įcho 1 Vector AK47su all-metal Airsoft assault rifle, modified to fit within the ZF-1 form. Multiple differently configured prop ZF-1s were made for the film, in order to achieve all the effects shown onscreen. In one deadly compact package, the ZF-1 boasts an automatic rifle (with replay), rocket launcher, flame thrower, net launcher, arrow launchers ( with exploding or poisonous gas heads, very practical), and a freeze ray dubbed the Ice-Cube System. There’ll be another alongside this one plus some nice steel conduit snaking around.From Zorg Industries and the mind of Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, the ZF-1 is the ultimate combat tool for the renaissance man, and one of the most outrageously complex personal weapons ever brought to the screen. I’ve also made progress on the pistons that raise the scope (although they’re aesthetic on mine!) I could use a really powerful servo but they’re expensive at the torque I think I’m going to need. there’s quite a lot to move up and down so I think I’m going to use a geared DC motor and use a potentiometer as a positional feedback pot to let the Arduino know how far to move it backwards and forwards. I also started looking at rough mechanisms to get the thing raising and lowering. and resin was slush cast in about 5 layers to get a light, hollow body. There are also parts from a Kazon and Marquis fighter on the body. I removed the hull parts and threw the rest away. and removed the scope hood with an air file with a chopped down hacksaw blade in it. The main part of this stage of the build is the scope, all its details, lighting and movement. The aim is to have the best ZF1 replica prop on the planet so please stay tuned and enjoy the ride! Still a lot to do and the plan is to have the enclosed scope and weapon bays fully extend/light up etc etc with servos and actuators. This is pretty much where it sits right now. This innocuous looking part holds most of it together and had to be very accurate in order to line up with other predrilled holes. I also machined the square housing they sit in. These parts are turned from aluminum and use Mag Lite torch bodies. Turned on my lathe and attached to some Clippard pneumatic valves, followed by a bit of further milling and my first finished component is completed! This is the flame thrower part of the gun. The grip is carved out of some chemiwood and cast in black pigmented resin. I have to do regular fit checks to make sure it all works. The core principle of this build is if it looks like metal, I'll make it out of metal and the same applies to all the other materials. In other cases it's easier to take castings from 3D printed copies I draw up in Fusion360. Some parts require turning and machining. Most of the parts at this early stage are just placeholders and will be swapped out as my drawings evolve and develop. I have been using a lot of film captures and stills to scale and accurately lay out the multitude of parts I need to fabricate. I knocked up some silicon block moulds and cast out the parts I needed for the lower shell. The folks over at the replica prop forum diligently figured out which ones were used. The original creators used Star Trek kits to add detail. The upper half of the body shell and a movie still showing what it will one day look like. What follows is a quick summary of what I've been up to. I found a guy in the states who has shell castings taken from the original moulds from the production so I hastily threw some money at him and received some fibreglass parts in return. DXF files, laser cutting, 3D printing, turning, machining and swearing a lot and it's starting to pay off into something that looks a bit like that gun from that film with Bruce Willis and the hot orange haired girl. I've spent the last two months after work analysing pictures, film stills, drawing.
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