Really nice work on those model kits ! 

A shame they're no longer available.

Nowadays someone who wants something to remind 'em of their favorite westerns in print or film would be forced to buy a real gun.

Yesterday, I happened across a book at Half Price books on clearance titled:

"Famous Firearms of the old West " by Hal Herring

http://www.halherring.com/books.html

The book is turning out to be a very intresting read.

I have the Life Like version of that Colt 45 and am well aware of how thin the cylinder plastic parts are. The Revell Colt 44 percussion requires, IIRC, extra care due to the ill fitting barrel halves.

What glue and filler brands did you use?

BTW...really nice painting.

I especially like the finish on the Colt 45 Peacemaker.

Sprue-ce and Mississippi,

Thanks for your kind comments.

I didn't have any trouble with the .44 barrel.  I just used liquid cement and gap filling superglue, nothing special.

It may have been the Life Like kit I built in the 70s.  I believe the engraving was different, more to simulate an inlay.  IIRC the instructions called for flowing silver paint into the "inlay" but my memory could be fogged.

The photos don't show it well, but with the right comparison you can see the blue in among the black on the Peacemaker.  Just using black wouldn't look right and although I like the finish of the Acryl Gunmetal, it just wasn't dark enough to look like mint blueing.  I started to feel like a gunsmith as I continued to polish the model smooth as though it were steel and not plastic.

I'd swear they were the real thing if you hadn't told me otherwise and I can't think of a better compliment than that!!! 

I too think you have done a spendid job on these replicas.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.

From those who know Colt single actions, the comments are very welcome.  As a Colt revolver owner myself, I knew I couldn't fool those that were very familar with the revolvers.

Since modelers rarely if ever deal in 1:1 scale, it was refreshing not to worry about scale effect, etc.

Thanks again.

One Chicago area resident doesn't even bother building plastic model kits.

Every year the Chicago MMSI show has a different full size pistol entered in the contest.

( prominently marked as -> carved from wood <- ) 

I do not recall if the carved models garnered any prizes.

A shame so few of those Colt SA model kits still exist.

Might be fun to convert one to a Buntline version to display next to a standard version.

Another rare, but interesting set of replica Colt pistols are the rubber and aluminium Peacemakers, etc., made by the movie studio prop people.

They were made for actors in roles that required them to be "armed" but the role didn't require the actor to fire blanks from a revolver.

I've seen a few for sale.  Some are very crude, but if used by the right actor or in the right film, they can be expensive.

Well done Mike! 

All the best,

Dan

I thought you might be interested in seeing kits made by LS in Japan.

Regretably, I missed out on buying most of them at the time they were imported into the USA and currently possess only one remaining example in my collection.

http://model-kit-ls-scale-1-1.blogspot.com

http://ncc1701d.bufsiz.jp/LS/LStop.html

and

I now see that LS made a Buntline version:

http://ncc1701d.bufsiz.jp/LS/09/09.html

I remember them.

A friend had a couple of the P38s with the silencer.  We used them in a film we made.

I had one of those P-38 w/ silencer kits as well.

Unfortunately, when it broke I sent it to a land fill.

I thought I kept the silencer part of the kit but haven't been able to find it.

Had I known it would be impossible to find another in a store, I would have kept it and found a way to fix it.

I recall seeing the unpainted but assembled M-16 at a local IPMS meeting during the mid-1980s.....unfortunately the sink marks filled in by Squadron Green Stuff took away from the overall impression.

I am sorry I never owned the C-96 Mauser but that may be just as well.

I most likely would have converted it after seeing the movie Star Wars in the theater 

Nice work there!

Mike

Just found this website selling scrolling transfers ( rub on decals ? ) for engravers- should you ever have a spare kit and an urge to decorate it..............

http://www.engravingtransfers.com/auxiliary_saa_designs_instruction_manual.html

http://www.engravingtransfers.com/mike_dubbers_instructions.html

In case anyone needs reference photos of Colt's shootin' irons:

http://www.gun-photos.info

...or any other brand of shootin' irons..........

Sprue-ce Goose

I most likely would have converted it after seeing the movie Star Wars in the theate

Shoot, I kick myself now that I was not smart enough to use the technology of a dacade after to RTV all the parts I had before assembly.  Would have been blasters, ray guns, frankengonne, steam punkt weapons of all sorts still being made.

That, and cast resin copies would have been heavier and more rigid than the AABS.

CapnMac82

 

 

Sprue-ce Goose

I most likely would have converted it after seeing the movie Star Wars in the theate

 

 

Shoot, I kick myself now that I was not smart enough to use the technology of a dacade after to RTV all the parts I had before assembly.  Would have been blasters, ray guns, frankengonne, steam punkt weapons of all sorts still being made.

That, and cast resin copies would have been heavier and more rigid than the AABS.

 

Might be nice to scratch build a snail drum while I'm at it.

Wonder if Disney would be willing to arm Luke Skywalker with a Luger...........? 

Sometimes appears interestings items to buy on this website, you may buy at auctions in Japan. Keep in mind that you have to pay import taxes, at least in my case, being from Spain, but still cheaper than what is currently on Ebay:

http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/v430527060