Battle Damaged Fallout AEP7 Laser Pistol - HeNe Laser Tube Enclosure

About two months ago, I was introduced to the gorgeous helium neon laser. I quickly found one on eBay, and set to work designing an enclosure to show it off. After a lot of printing, design work, wiring, painting, sanding, painting again, and more painting, I have a design I am very proud of. I am new to designing and editing models, so most of the work for this was done in Blender, with a bit of FreeCAD when I could manage it. The original models were designed by Ytec3D over a decade ago, and are available here: https://ytec3d.com/laser-pistol/ To create the large holes in the barrel, I used the Aether Studios 'Bergs & Boulders pack as negative volume, arranging many copies of the models at different scales. I am very happy with the resulting “melted” look to the edges. They are available here: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-aeiccv10-bergs-boulders-370020 This whole thing generates a roughly 7mw laser, but uses 20 watts to run. I am powering that with a 12v DeWalt battery, connected with a modified version of this model: https://www.printables.com/model/209265-dewalt-battery-adapter I made it much shorter and added a slot to the base because the 12v batteries are remarkably small compared to their more modern 20v siblings. For paint, I followed this guide from Nico's Printed Antiques: It's not perfect, but then again I had never touched an airbrush before, so I'm happy with it. Due to the variability in geometry of available HeNe laser tubes and power supplies, I doubt anyone will be able to directly use my models without modifications of their own. However, I'm proud of it, and would love to hear about it on the off chance anyone can manage it. For the record, my parts are: Melles Griot 05-LHR-140 Laser Tube Melles Griot 05-LPM-820-065 Power Supply If you do decide to print this, note that the trigger is not the best due to multiple factors. First, because of the size increase, it's not very ergonomic to pull. On top of that, in the original model, the grips are meant to be printed from structural, rigid materials rather than TPU. When printed in TPU, they can easily bind to the trigger, making it mushy and difficult to move at the best of times. As a workaround, I installed a very satisfying large clicky switch at the rear to bypass it entirely.