Dave in MD

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Having the same problem with Clonetroopers.net, won't let me in but won't let me set up an account because e-mail is already in use.

Yes I plan on trooping with it if I ever get my armor done. It is glued together, now I have to strap it and get approved. I would love to add electronics to it, but I need some help with that. All of the led and sound kits for blasters are out of stock.

yes, made it from a parts kit. More pictures of it are in the Blaster thread.

The one I made for my dlt19 is 1 3/8 x 4 1/4. ---------

Thanks, now to finish my armor

I have finished the dlt-19 side view on the bi-pod close up of the battery box and disc and side by side with a hyperfirm now that it is done I am thinking about adding a blaster core

The ones in my real sterling are 1/4 - 20

you can still find some complete parts kits, they are really expensive now. I bought this one in pieces, receiver and some other parts came from Sarco, some came from brpguns and some from gunbroker.com Hardest part to find was the barrel shroud.

thought about it, but I'm not that familiar with the electronics. I could probably add them later, any suggestions on what type to use?

just weight savings the barrel alone weighs almost 5 lbs

15 lbs, knew it was going to be heavy. Most of the parts on a MG34 are machined. I could probably shave about 2 - 3 lbs by getting rid of some of the feed tray mechanism. I have a hyperfirm also, when I get this one finished I'll take a side by side picture.

thanks, wish I would have taken pictures during the welding. was worried about legal issues until I had the steel block welded in.

closeup of the interrupted threads in the rear of the receiver. these were torch cut through, had to weld it together then grind some of the threads so the buffer would attach. barrel - not going to be used, probably put it on gunbroker.com strips and disc, still to be attached, also still have to make the battery box.

left side receiver assembly right side receiver assembly complete left side complete right side

Parts used in assembly receiver group trigger group buttstock & buffer, it is wood not bakelite. bakelite was too costly. shroud and bipod

Another blaster from real demiled parts. Didn't take pictures during the welding and grinding but here is how it turned out. What I started with. after welding, grinding and rebluing front weld, you can see the torch cut inside center weld, with mandatory piece of steel to keep a real bolt from being installed rear weld

Unfortunately didn't take pictures of the welding & grinding process. Receiver was in 4 pieces to start and at first I didn't think it was going to turn out. Did a better job of lining things up and welding than I expected, and after some reblueing it looks ok. It has a wood stock, not exactly screen accurate, but the bakelite stocks are just too expensive.

Thanks, almost have a dlt 19 finished it's made from a demiled MG34.

Its a Hengstler variant, plastic and no eagle. Still trying to find one of those, didn't like the looks of a resin counter. It is stuck on with the double sided tape used to hold car molding on so if and when I find a real Hengstler I can change it.

Thanks, Made it out of 1 1/2" tube and used a template. Trimmed the original parts down and then cut the tube to match those parts, then welded them together.

Try the left side link now, should work. Where did you get your tube ?? I used 1 1/2" DOM tube (thinner that original to keep weight down and make it legal) and a template to make my tube, then I cut down the original parts and tube to match then welded them together. Probably should have took more pictures during the build.

Just finished my E-11. Started with an Apex Sterling Kit, hoping it will meet EIB standards.

Thanks, I trimmed it down so that I will have a 15mm cover strip. Seems to work, I still have return to remove at the wrist so if they had no return at all at the wrist I should have more room. I am waiting for my abs glue for the seams. going to use 6000 for the cover strips. so while I have been waiting I started trimming and using tape to check the fit. Thanks again for the help, I will probably be asking more questions.

I have big hands, if I did the overlap they fit great, just cutting it down made it a bit tight.