What have you just 3d printed (for airsoft)

printed a XM157 optic for display on my XM7. file is free on makerworld however I had to design a few parts (lenses, gubbins inside the laser range finder and I replaced a few printed screws with real ones). It's missing 2 things namely the 8 pin connector on the front and the writing on the dials. I may or may not get around to doing these if I can be arsed. Oh and I added a bit of weathering as advised by BigAl.
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As I said, I don't have a 3D printer so I have a question... if the seperate components were printed individually would it make much difference to the 'look'?
 
no not really. If printed in FDM like mine you need to do a bit of sanding and priming to get rid of the layer lines. Printed in resin would be cleaner however a flexi resin mix would probably be best to survive getting knocked about without breaking. either way you still need to sort out the glass. I cut mine using a CNC however a pair of scissors and some thin transparent plastic would have the same look probably.
 
A bunch of HK11 parts (more not pictured).
A lot of filling the gaps, sanding and reinforcing needed but I'm finally getting there
 

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Easy there bot it a rail not a RIF he can do what he wants with it. HMM wonder if you could 3d print rails with camp folded in. :)
 
Easy there bot it a rail not a RIF he can do what he wants with it. HMM wonder if you could 3d print rails with camp folded in. :)
As a part, a rail is not a RIF, but if an IF is modified to a RIF by changing/modifying with a non bright rail then that may be an offence

If it’s already a RIF then modifying a rail is not an offence, if it’s an IF then it is an offence to modify into a RIF. VCRA offences are always an offence, then the VCRA defences permit the act



Section 36.1.b has the offence of modifying, however 36.2 states that the defences still applly
(Earlier drafts of the legislation did not permit any defence to ‘modify’ but the enacted legislation does permit the defences)


But if nobody gets caught then nobody gets prosecuted



36(1)A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a)he manufactures a realistic imitation firearm;
(b)he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;
(c)he sells a realistic imitation firearm; or
(d)he brings a realistic imitation firearm into Great Britain or causes one to be brought into Great Britain.
(2)Subsection (1) has effect subject to the defences in section 37.
 
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