Building the Tac-Ops. A5FG.

As promised, here's my next blog entry,

Radical Plastic's Custom A5 Foregrip. The Tac-Ops. A5FG.

Here is a basic rundown of the process that was taken to create the Tac-Ops A5FG.

Step 1.
The Tac-Ops A5FG was completely sculpted by hand, in place on the marker using professional prototyping clay. (the same clay that is used to sculpt prototype vehicles in the car industry.) I feel it's important to sculpt directly on the marker I'm creating a product for. This allows me to get a feel for exactly how the grip feels. The position and maneuverability of the grip, it's profile, shape and general level of comfort can be adjusted and tweaked early on in the process. No wasted time making parts that don't work.

Once I finished the clay "rough", the next step in creating the Tac-Ops. A5FG was:

Step 2.
I then created a plaster multi-part mold of the clay "rough"
Once finished, this mold was used to pour a Plaster "master" grip.

Step 3. - The "Master"
Using the plaster mold created in step 2, I pour a plaster copy of the clay "rough". This plaster copy is then turned into the "Master" grip. It comes out of the mold fairly rough and very similar to the clay "rough" I created previously.

Step 4. - Cleanup the "Master" Tac-Ops. A5FG.