Felice

"Just" a teaser:-) I don't know but i have to sleep some nights before i fell in love with the buckets.

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Nice gun! But the Problem is: no one knows if this one was used in ANH. Take a look to this Picture: Here are some guns used in the Zardoz movie from 1974. Take a look to the trigger guard....;-) It Looks really close to the Tunisia blaster so i would say that Bapty&Co. also produced the guns for the Zardoz movie and took some Sterlings out of the box 2 years later and made some modifications for Lucas. After the ANH plot Lucas send them back to Bapty and they removed the modifications and put them back....mixed with other sterlings. For me it is not clear that the 39k blaster is a ANH-used one....but the Body is a movie used one (just the Body and the grip!)...

What's about your project Aaron? Your base is the best to start a Tunisia Blaster, aka Bapty (this sound cooler but is historical wrong;-) ) even if it is flipped: the end barrel was the replica and the rest the sterling.... Have fun my friend and post some new pics Cheers!

I will Follower your Build Story......Plan a ROtJ Tropfer too:-)

Great find Andy! I don't know if just two stocks were Bakelit and the rest were out of Wood. But i think that all stocks were Bakelit ones just with a different painting....

Hi Paul, the next bigger Event is in Speyer (check out the 501st.de page like Haui said). If you are looking for regional Events near Hamburg check this out http://www.northern-squad.de/events.php Cheers, Felix

Hi folks, now you will find some informations and build threads collected on one page. Ok, it's just Facebook but it was an easy and fast way to create an information page about this special blaster. I have to translate some informations in english asap:-) And it's a closed group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/801444749866194/?fref=ts Cheers, Felix

Yeah, just found it in the park:) I'm 99% sure that this conversion kit also works on an M38 scope....just 60% for an M40:)

For me it's a sensational finding...just relevant for our collectors heart;-) This is an M38A2 scope with an Edmund Scientific Company microscope-telescope conversion kit. The kit includes two lenses, threaded retaining ring and the original instruction sheet in the original box. You can convert the scope to a 30x microscope or a more powerful 4.4x telescope. Here are the pics... Cheers, felice

Hi Thomas, nur kurz OTT: was für Klettverschlüsse willst Du denn bitte am Unteranzug annähen? Da gehören keine hin;-)

Ah, thanks Steffen!

Finish....and that was my last restauration:) Comparison with a clean one Plus a "normal" unclneaned scope And my family Good night and CHEERS!!!!

The first one looks like an MFX...just because of the "Mic-Tips" :-) Forget the second one!

Some progress....i'm happy:-) I am the cake boss!!

I was the wron customer for my gunsmith:-( not buying a gun just coming with an old scope...his face said: no business. LOL thats Germany. BUT: he said that guncote or duracote doesn't fit to an historical scope and he is right. So i ordered a special metal coat and a 2k acrylic black color...for 50€

Nice Aaron!!! Yes, i know the chemical reactions of burnishing. We have a gunsmith just a few km away...i will ask him what the best technique is to color a scope. I Think for a scope you don't need the normal gun bluing...but i don't really know it. I ask him because it seems that I NEED an expert for this special question:-) But thanks again Aaron for your short wrap up! Cheers, Felix

My goal is a scope "out of the box"...means a "new scope". So the only technique i know is burnishing. Or special gun color like guncote. But this color is quite expensive....any other suggestions? Normal 2 k spray color with an 2k coat?

Thanks:) And now the polishing procedure is finished And the whole family

Oh...a long searching time:-)

It will be paint at the end of the day;) but i think it looks great...

And now the hengstler...this result was most surprising for me! Used look After polishing

No worries friends...this one i will never touch (and at the moment it's nonmarketable)

Whats about burnishing? Is anybody out there who has experience with this technique? It's possible to make hot or cold burnishing...

I just have to keep my kids away from tray Thanks guys! The cleaning process is finished... And yes Aaron that's the master question! Today i will start the research to find the right perhaps a special weapon/gun color..... EDIT: haha...found two colors for weapon coating: Cerakote and Duracoat. Both 2-k colors and both toooooooooooo expensive! 60-80$ for ONE spray can..... So i think i will use "normal" 2-K varnish. It seems to be that a good black color tone is RAL 9021