Darth Voorhees

Thanks Amish Trooper! no problem! Its the least i could do for all your help with the erm...adjustingof my armor i had to do! Bondo can be VERY helpful for alot of things!! haha Thanks Murray, that was my plan, to make it almost indistiguishable from an actual hasbro. I guess i did good! thanks again everyone for the kind words! On a side note, i should be sending photos to the 501st very soon, and will then apply for Elite status here!

ok, well, i had a little snag in the mod, but it all worked out in the end. The plan was to drill just the end holes where the t-track would go into. I wasnt going to bother with the rest as they would be covered. But i also needed to drill out the row of exposed holes for the ANH version of the blaster i was doing. well... I now know you cant drill through the plastic of this blaster with an actual drill, a dremel would have been better. it kinda got caught up in the plastic and cracked it up a bunch. SO, i basically filled in the holesi drilled out with the good ol bondo. Then i re-drilled out the new row of holes into the bondo in the barrel using the messed up holes as a sort of guide. i just added stompers T-track where they should go, without the use of holes, not as accurate as i would have liked but all in all it came out pretty good. The row of holes is a bit wonky, but hey, its still much better than the original hasbro!

thanks everyone for the kind words! Sandman, thanks, ya know i was thinking about how to do this befgore the resin kit arrived. Ive used bondo for other things before and it held up great, so i figured this would work. My original thought was to add a piece of pvc pipeand bondo over it to smooth it out, but i figured since i wasnt adding like 4" lol, that the bondo alone would work well, plus i had it on hand already Later tonight ill be adding the t-track. I think im just going to drill the holes where the t-track should go into, as the rest would be covered anyway. Also i noticed from reference pics there should be one row of exposed holes with no t-track on the left side on the bottom near the folding stock. So i will be drilling those holes. Keep in mind i never really intended to keep the light thing, i just wanted to try and keep the sounds. stay tuned kids!

Ok, now its time to add the folding stock piece of the resin kit. This piece will have to be extended to fit the now extended barrel of the blaster. So i first attach it to the barrel, lining up where the front of it should be. [[*NOTE- i cut off the tab at the bottom of the barrel so i can freely move the resin piece where i wanted. You could also cut a groove into the resin piece if you want, but i found it easier to just remove that tab on the bottom of the barrel]] I then marked off where the other part of the folding stock ends to give me an idea where to bondo up to. Then we glob on the bondo! i let it harden up just a little first so it wasnt running all over the place. It takes a little working with, i used a jumbo popsicle stick to apply the bondo, and just kept pushing it back up the sides to keep its shape the best i could get it, the bondo hardens quickly, so its not that much of an annoyance haha. So now we have this: I then did the same as i did with the barrel and carved it to shape Then i repeated the process to fix any imperfections, and sanded it with 80 grit paper to get it to this: than i proceeded to add on the rest of the resin kit, and re-attached that aiming guide at the end of the barrel: I then filled in any imperfections with the bondo spot filler, and primed it grey Next post will be the finishing pf the paint and adding Stompers T-track!

Now while bondo is hardening it gets ot a point where it is still soft but will maintain its shape. Its VERY carveablw with an x-acto/hobby knife, or large box cutter type tool. So what i did was carve a basic round shape out of the bondo beforte it completly hardens, like this: then i repeat the process, trying a bit more to get the shape i want and here is is after the second "carve" I then sanded it with 80 grit sandpaperon a sanding block, to get to this: I then shortened it to a good length to fit Stompers T-track using the holes already in the barrel as a guide

hello all...i recently got my resin mod kit for my hasbro blaster, and my T-track from Stomper and thought id share with you all my mod of the Hasbro Blaster. I decided to go a bit futher with my mod as i just like to do this kind of stuff. This is my first blaster mod and im happy with the result thus far. Basically my plan was to remove all the stock molded on t-track, and add about an inch and a half to the length of the barrel. Then i would add Stompers t-track. So heres how i went about it... we started with this: this is my blaster, completely stock, my resin mod kit i got off e-bay, and my dremel. You should also have some automotive body putty. I have standard bondo auto filler that i am using. Not the spot filler, although i will use that also later on. So the first thing i did was, with the cutting wheel on my dremel, remove the , well i dont even know what its called lol, ill call it the aiming guide by the nose of the blaster here it is removed. Then with the cutting wheel, i proceeded to remove all the molded on t-track, by first cutting off the vertical "fin" on each and then smoothing it out with the cutting wheel. then i further smoothed it out with the grinding tip. make sure while cutting the top fin off the side t-tracks that you do it on an angle so you dont make a big hole in the side! Hold it on this angle: So heres what it looks like with all the t-track removed Then i basically globbed on some bondo on the end on the barrel, and a little bit on the sides to some imperfect spots.

36 here! I remember seeing star wars in the theater in 77. i was 6(going on 7). i dont fully remember this, but my mom said when vader first came out of that smoke, i cried, for about 3 seconds, then she heard a few sniffles, and i was silent the rest of the movie. She said shes never seen a 6 yr old so quiet and focused in a move theater hehe. Ive always wanted trooper armour and a vader suit since. Im about 90% done with vader and 97% with my trooper.....this will be a day long remembered....

Yea i tried that, you have to enter your legion approved ID number to register. I even tried dodgin that, but it didnt work lol I have had contact with Mary Alice once, but havent heard from her, or any of the other member since. i thought a forum type atmosphere would be better just to get to know some of the peeps in the ECG. Looks like i may have to wait till im accepted in the 501st to get to know them.

yea it seems alot of them do...i may try and dig harder on that site, maybe im missing something lol

haha interesting stuff....ya learn somethin every day they say

not that i could find <_< it would be nice

haha yea, i know ..lol..but my point was more that the testors paint has that same number.

Just wondering if there are any Empire City Garrison members on here. I will be applying for 501st acceptance soon, and the ECG would be my garrison. Just thought it would be cool to get to know some of you beforehand the ECG forum is only open to members already in the 501st.

lookin good bro! Im sure your in for 501st, and just a few tweaks and i think your good for elite! Im going to be applying to the same garrison hopefully in the next few weeks, and then applying for elite status as well. I too need to lose a bit to close that side gap, lol i will hopefully be closin that off soon! i sent im my application to the 501st last week but havent heard back from anyone yet. I figured by the time i need to send them pics, i should be done. good luck bro, looks great!

haha i didnt even think of that! ...i was born in 1971 !! but that doesnt explain the paint having the same number! lol

Has anyone noticed that the number of the grey paint for the frown of the ANH trooper helmets,the testors brand, number 1138, is the same number of the cell block they were "transfering chewy from" in ANH? after the officer says "where are you taking this ....thing"..luke says "prisoner transfer from cell block one one three eight" weird lol i guess that makes it easy to remember huh?

Dunno if you have those resin pieces yet, but i came across this on the bay and thought ya might be interested if ya still need em! Hasbro e-11 blaster conversion kit

you are one awesome uncle. I hope my nieces get into it (and they will if i have anything to do with it haha), i will aspire to be as cool an uncle as you are haha! good job bro!

OH! i didnt even think of that! Good idea, i will try that first, if allelse fails, then ill shorten them. i just want to be able to get my bucket on! lol

You are definately right about that, i just wanted to see the pros and cons of each to help me decide. ...still havent made up my mind....lol....but i do like the idea of using the velcro to attach the liner so its not completely permanent.

has anyone had to shorten their forearm pieces? I have FX armor, and mine fit me for the most part, but seem like they would be a bit more comfortable and pinch my inner elbow less if i cut off a bit of the length from the wrist area. maybe like 1 "dents" worth. Is this a bad idea?, should i just leave it alone? i know once i cut it, i cant put it back, so id just like to know if anyone has done this and how the result was. Im also trying to stay as movie accurate as i can (ANH) thanks in advance everyone!

HAHA ill check that out..lol. i suppose i have to try them both out for myself ...

Hm, general consensus seems like foam padding. The only reason i was thinking hard hat liner was to keep air circulating. Im guessing i can still add fans with the foam, so i may give that a try first. Still trying to get my hands on an AP or TM bucket.

Which seem to work out better? Pros n cons? I will hopefully be getting a bucket soon, but am on the fence on whether to pad it or use the hard hat liner. Any input appreciated. thanks guys!

i was just wonderin the same thing