Constructing the Transmitter Towers from Kit Bash

Purchansing the Parts

The transmitter towers were all kit bashed, Mostly from parts of nerf guns. Some other parts from moulds at CMS.

The base was a pair of defective Dyson vacuum cyclone generators from hand vacuums, purchased from Ebay as ‘Spares or Repairs ‘ like the Nerf Gun Job Lots.

The were pulled from the engines and also, I used the Finn Multi-master as a plunge saw.

Once separated I started to try and cut the cyclone tops with my mitre saw, but there was no safe and practical way to hold them whilst cutting.

My hand was too close to the blade so it was too risky.

Thus I switched to using the Finn Multi-master plunge blades a section at a time and the circular blade to cut the silver top cyclone generators free.

The open ends of Dyson cyclone generator needed filling which I did with plastzote foam and filler.

Preparing the Dyson Motors and Cyclone Generators

The transmitter towers were all kit bashed, Mostly from parts of nerf guns. Some other parts from moulds at CMS.

The base was a pair of defective Dyson vacuum cyclone generators from hand vacuums, purchased from Ebay as ‘Spares or Repairs ‘ like the Nerf Gun Job Lots.

The were pulled from the engines and also, I used the Finn Multi-master as a plunge saw.

Once separated I started to try and cut the cyclone tops with my mitre saw, but there was no safe and practical way to hold them whilst cutting.

My hand was too close to the blade so it was too risky.

Thus I switched to using the Finn Multi-master plunge blades a section at a time and the circular blade to cut the silver top cyclone generators free.

The open ends of Dyson cyclone generator needed filling which I did with plastzote foam and filler.

Transmitter Tower Development and Kit Bash Construction

The next stage was to primer spray paint coat all the chopped-up parts, losing the individual colours so they would look like the same machinery as well as prep for later colours.

I then started to experiment with different part combinations, mostly of internal Nerf gun components to form the transmitter towers above the Dyson Cyclone bases.

Painting the Tower Parts

After primer I tried a black coat under a light spray of silver then gold which gave a more gun metal corporate look suited to imperials. Can’t remember but think I may have tried graphite powder as well.

After this was trying silver metallic spray paint over coated in light copper, gold, dirty down rust etc.

The pain body I swapped grey primer for sand coloured primer with silver and then cold, copper and dirty down black, kaki & rust.