Tau-1

Remarkable, this is probably the best fan-made blaster I've seen! Thanks for sharing the pics!

Thanks, I put a bit more thought into it and here's what I did: I ended up taking out (breaking off) the back of the cap since I will be putting in my own scope decal w/clear plastic there anyway. Once that was done (got rid of the sharp edges with my rotary tool), I then saw the little "lip" where the cap goes and was then able to shove a thin screwdriver to help break the seal. Once that was done, the cap slid off. I will be recreating a new ring edge using MagicSculp but now also see that inside, at the top of the back of the scope there's a post that I need to cut off & file down as that will block a little bit of the LED light I plan on installing. I thought about using one of my X-Acto blades, but wanted something thin enough to pry in there, as well as use it to gently lift it to make the adjacent areas open up, so I ended up using a jewelry flat head tool as it can handle that kind of pressure better than an X-Acto blade.

I've tried to remove my Hasbro E-11's scope cover (at the rear of the scope) cleanly by pulling it straight out and I am unable to, it seems like it is completely glued in place. I'm thinking about removing it using my rotary tool and am looking for ideas as to what to get to use as a replacement cover (planning on putting in an LED inside the scope and using a laser transparency to use a scope decal). Thanks!

Hi, this is my first post (besides the "announcement" post I just made), and thought I could help: If you do decide to paint anything plastic, I would strongly recommend that you first lightly sand the pieces with some high grit sandpaper (like 200+) and then spray it with some primer. This will help the primer bond to the plastic and then the paint to the primer. Let the primer cure on the plastic for at least a 24-hour period (I personally like Krylon Fusion primer for plastics) before you hit it with some paint. Good luck!

IC-9419 here, requesting 501st access please: http://www.501stlegion.org/members/display...hp?userID=10804 Thanks!