Featured picture : credit goes to Vôre-Tèx
– Name : Watto G3 Mod
– Creator : Watto
– Length : ~20cm
– Weight : ~14g
– Insert : No
– Weblink : >Kzzn blog<
– Difficulty : Complex
– Stuff :
– 2 G3 ( Barrel, 1,2,4 blocks of grip, 2 rubber stoppers, 1 cap)
– 1 Tombow Playcolor 2/K (Barrel)
– 1 Pilot G2 (Grip, 2 front blocks)
– 1 Zebra Hyper Jell (Cap, Grip)
– 1 Dong-a Anyball (Grip, the front block)
– 1 Pilot Airblanc (Grip)
– 1 Sailor Gel / IC liquid (1 Grip block, the upper and lower part : 凹+凸 )
– 1 Daiso Gel Roller (Tip, Rubber cap thing)
– 1 Bic Round Stic (Backplug)
– 1 Zebra Airfit BA-9 (Metal ring)
– 1 Kokuyo Fit Curve (Metal ring) (optional)
– 1 Pentel Hybrid Gel Grip (HGG) (Tip)
Inserts used for the legit version:
Front
Middle
Back is a violet printed paper.
– Stuff price : Around 15 USD.
– Tutorial :
1- Prepare G3 barrel as usual (sand down the squares and the front)
2- Cut 5mm of your Hyper Jell grip.
3- Put the Bic backplug into the Gel Roller tip (plastic tip).
4- Add Step 3 into the Hyper Jell grip as shown.
5- From the back, cut the PC2 barrel to 1.4cm
6- From its front, cut it 2.7cm as shown below (not including the tip)
7- Cut the G3 cap from the lip to 1.2cm
8- Poke a hole in each G3 rubber.
9- Add one into the HGG tip.
10- Add Step 9 onto the tip of the PC2 barrel (Step 6)
11- Put 1 block of Anyball grip onto the PC2 barrel front followed by the cut G3 cap on top. Then, put the Airfit ring into the Sailor grip in this orientation ( [ ) and put the Sailor grip onto the PC2 barrel.
*the Airfit ring should sit in the recesses of the Sailor grip
12- Take the 1.4cm of PC2 cap. On the side of the uncut part, put 4 stripes of G3 grip inside the barrel. Leave 2 blocks of grip exposed.
Note : This step is the hardest in the tutorial. Here is how I (VT) do : Put the piece of the grip into the middle of a whole Dr. Grip grip for a whole night. It will make the grip thinner and shrink thanks to the pressure. Then, put the 1.4cm PC2 onto the other PC2 part and push the G3 grip inside.
Add the second G3 rubber between the HGG tip and the G3 grip.
13- Cut your Airblanc grip to 1.6cm from the lip and add it onto the 1.4cm of PC2 barrel.
14- Put the Fitcurve metal ring onto the grip as shown. ([VT] : actually you won’t really need it)
15-
a) Put the Rubber stopper from the Gel Roller cap inside the PC2 barrel. (push it inside)
b) Put an insert under the G3 cap, and block it with a G3 ring grip.
c) Add 1 piece of 2 stripes of G2 grip at the front over the Fitcurve ring. Put the 5mm Hyper Jell grip leftover on the G3 barrel and put the PC2 barrel on the front of the G3:
16- Add an insert into the G3 barrel, tape on the back of the G3 barrel and attach the cap to the G3 to finish your mod =)
Complete!
– Comment :
The Watto G3 mod is the perfect penmod to test your ability as a penmodder. Each time I read its tutorial, I can’t stop thinking how clever Watto is. A lot of spare parts, some hard to find if we are not from Japan tho, but a beautiful penmod anyway.
Be aware that Watto G3 is a “light feeling” penmod. If you are not really used to spin under 15 grams, there’s some chance you won’t like it.
For people who like light pens, this should be a very good pal =)
