Grav Ham

Halo Gravity Hammer

• • • • • • • Assembly Instructions • • • • • • •

Assembly

Lay out the parts to get an idea of how they go together. This will keep you from accidentally putting it together wrong. Follow the instructions, there are a few steps that need to happen in order. There are 2 sizes of screws in this kit. The longer ones are for the dowels the shorter ones are for plastic pegs.

There are 2 sizes of dowels depending on what’s available if your kit came with smaller dowels use the above images as reference. The dowels should be centered between the plastic gaps. If you would prefer you can get a 37″ 3/4″ dowel at the hardware store.

1. Tools needed: Phillips screw driver and superglue or epoxy.

2. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown.

3. Screw the parts together with a smaller 1/2″ screw on each side.

4. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown.

5. Put the parts together and make sure they are flush, you might need to gently tap them together.

6. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown.

7. Screw the parts together with a smaller 1/2″ screw on each side.

8. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown.

9. Screw the parts together with 1 small 1/2″ screw.

11. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown.

12. Insert the pegs and screw in 2 1/2″ screws on each side.

13. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown, if you want it to hold better you can also apply glue to the dowel but don’t go to far down because you don’t want it to dry before you get the next parts on.

14. Attach the pieces together and work the dowel in. Be gentle with the dowel but if its tight gently tap the end of it to work it all the way in. Screw the parts together with 2 smaller 1/2″ screws on the plastic pegs and 3 1″ screws into the wooden dowel.

15. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown, if you want a bigger upper handle you can flip the part shown.

16. Work the grip part down the dowel gently tap and
twist it if its tight, then secure it with 2 1″ screws

17. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown, I
recommend putting the longer side first (The side down in this picture).

18. Work the grip part down the dowel gently tap and
twist it if its tight, then secure it with 2 1″ screws.

19. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown, I
recommend putting the longer side first (The side down in this picture).

20. Work the grip part wide side first down the dowel
gently tap and twist it if its tight, then secure it with 2 1″ screws.

21. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown.

22. Work the grip part wide side first down the dowel
gently tap and twist it if its tight, then secure it with 2 1″ screws.

23. Glue connecting surfaces on the 2 parts shown, glue the narrow side of the part (The side down in this picture).

24. Work the grip part down the dowel gently tap and
twist it in place if its tight, then secure it with a 1″ screw. You might end up with extra screws I try to put a few spares in just in case.

Painting

The Hammer is ready to be painted. Here is an example of how I painted the above model. You can fill the connecting parts with model putty and lightly sand it smooth. but I didn’t bother with that in the above example. Please note the plastic used in this model is pla which is strong but will melt if you sand it with a power sander. I also skipped the primer in this example as well.

I used gun metal spray paint first then hand painted the other colors with Vallejo paint. The colors I used were: oily steel, grey black, and blue. I painted one color at a time on every surface of the gun. I let it dry and then moved on to the next color. I went over each color 2 to 3 times to help fix overlaps and missed spots. Let it fully dry before adding another layer. Once you are happy with your paint job seal it with spray on lacquer.