Nerf Platypus Sighting Upgrade

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I love the design of the Platypus, but it was missing a couple of essentials for me. I added a length of picatinny rail with integrated iron sights to the hammer latch piece and a front sight post to the Spring Thunder barrel. Both sets of iron sights have holes in them for 1.5mm fiber optic rods to help with sight picture. The rods are not required, but the option is there. I did not make a front sight post for the other barrel variants, but I could do so if it was requested. This was just a quick design I threw together for myself. The design has been tested, and I have found it to be quite effective. The difference between the V2 barrel and the original is fairly minor. The V2 barrel has some semicircular cutouts to make removing shells easier, as well as a more rounded front sight. The original barrel has no such cutouts and a square edged front sight. I tried uploading the pictures I took of the blaster here, but their file size is too big, and I'm on mobile right now so I don't have any easy way to shrink them. If you want to see how my personal print came out, I posted it to Reddit. It can be seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nerf/comments/rggh5e/modified_platypus_knockout/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf (Please excuse the color choice. This was the only color filament I had available at the time.) I did have some trouble with the double elite shell, as there was a fairly significant air gap between the two darts. I redesigned this shell with a larger internal wall between the two shells, and that seems to have fixed any major performance issues. The modified shell design is available for download in my profile or by following this link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5170011