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We're trying to make these easier to get a hold of but I think in the end, the blasters are, at first glance, a real gun. That seems to be the common problem when shipping out of the country. Within the US, the only major problems come from replica gun laws. Technically, we need to install bright orange tips into the blasters prior to shipment. They are supposed to be glued in place. In the past, we have not bothered to do so but we are currently discussing the addition of an orange plug into the barrel tip.
Not sure that this will stay in through the shipping process but I think it's a necessity that it is installed prior to shipment out of California.
As Lewis stated above, after taxes, material costs, shipping supplies, etc. the loss of payment via paypal or credit card claim is enough to obliterate the profit from several blaster sales. That's always been the deterrent to shipping over borders.
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I'm having some issues with my google chrome. Anyway... I think we are pretty much done with the blaster body. The other components are all made. Now, it's just a matter of getting the mold done.
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Ok. Great. We've corrected that.
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If that bayonet hole was on the master prior to molding, they would have to drill each casting. They would also need to cast an armature into that lug. I suppose they could have but I just don't see them doing that successfully. I'll make a call and find out what that hole is for.
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We will be switching to adding metal "d-rings" due to this image showing the "d-ring" pivoted upward. This appears to be a cast E-11 vs. an airsoft gun due to the scope mounting blocks.
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Ok. Nathan found this shot where the holes are visible. --------
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Does anyone know if there are fins on the row of holes where the bayonet lug is?
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Hmm. Maybe the E-11 pictures that we have for reference are a specific blaster where the handle was glued on backwards? The hack prop makers on the show ran out of give-a-crap? LOL.
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So we completely tore this sucker apart and rebuilt it with the tube inside. The cast versions of the R1 blaster have shallow holes so we are following suit.
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This is the test fit of our 3d printed parts. Some where printed on the formlabs printer and the lighter grey parts on the Objet Eden.
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The charging handle on the screen used cast blasters are mounted backwards so, of course, we are doing the same thing.http://praetorianblasters.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FullSizeRender-2.jpg
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Getting ready to 3D print these suckers. Just some slight adjustments and we'll be ready to go.
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We should be into molding by Friday. We've been staying late every night to finish the master. We've separated parts to make for a cleaner blaster. The flashlight is already being molded.
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It's removed.
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These are some of the parts we've made to add to our master. These are just low quality 3D prints from PLA printers. We are not using these for final parts. We will run these parts on the Form or Objet printer in the end.
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That's great stuff. There are so many talented builders in this community. I love reading through peoples builds.
We think we have the rail handled so it's a matter of assembly of the other parts at this point.
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We understand your pain.
I used to try and ship internationally back with Sci-Fire. Sometimes it was ok, sometimes we lost the blaster to Customs and had to refund the money.
So, we stopped doing it.
We have suggested an alternate route for those wishing to take the responsibility upon themselves:
We can provide you (international customer) with the origin shipping information, box dimensions and weight of the package. You then can go on USPS.com and fill out the appropriate customs forms and pay for the shipping label. Save the label and customs forms off to a .pdf file or other printable image file. We will affix the label and customs forms to the package and ship in an unmarked package to you. Keep in mind... The package at that point, whether it makes it to you or not, becomes your responsibility. You will be the origin shipper and the receiver.
I think we can offer a $20 discount to overseas buyers to offset some of the trouble being that they will have to pay for shipping anyway.
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Due to past problems with customs seizing packages that remotely resemble weapons, we cannot offer shipping to international locations where we assume the responsibility for the shipment. We will offer you (international buyers) the option to purchase the label from our shipping location to your location and send us the appropriate labeling and international invoices. It's too expensive to attempt to ship to someone and in the end have them never receive the item. They almost always end up filing a Paypal claim and end up retrieving their money leaving us with a massive loss.
It's not a preferable situation by any means. We wish it wasn't this way. We'd be making a ton of sales to the UK and Germany if it weren't the case. I think someone in the community were interested, they could setup a "middle man" service where they'd charge a little cash to re-ship items to overseas buyers. Obviously, this would require some faith in the middle man as well. I really don't have any better ideas of how to go about this.
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Uh oh. This is starting to look serious....
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Nathan and I discussed and decided to 3D model the cylinders (capacitors) vs. molding someone else's version of them. It doesn't seem right to mold the Shepperton version since they were the original creators. We will be 3D modeling to match from pictures but making our alterations in the model to make this casting friendly. We will be molding the picatinny rail into the main body of the blaster.
E-11 / R1 Specifics:
- We will be molding the scope separately and casting an aluminum tube into the center of the scope.
- Due to additional steel and aluminum armatures, this version of the E-11 will be slightly heavier than our other versions.
- The scope rails will be laser cut from .090" high carbon steel. This will also increase the weight of the blaster.
- The end cap and barrel tip will be molded and cast separately from the blaster body.
- We will most likely mold the rear sight separately but that is TBD.
- The magazine will be molded and cast separately.
- The cylinders will be 3D printed in high resolution, molded and cast.
- The flashlight will be molded and optionally attached to the blaster or left off if you wish to purchase and use a real flashlight.
- Additional armatures will be cast into the blaster body where the scope rail will attach via threaded screws.
Note: Some of this may change as we get further into the project. We'll post more later.
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This a a ton of great info. Has anyone definitively located the correct picatinny rail? Are we sure it's Weaver?
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BAm! Rubber shoulder pads. Accurate style! These are, of course, raw and unpainted. A little Krylon semi-flat black and these are done. These are hyperfirm.
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We've ordered 6 sets of the chest, back, shoulders and biceps. These sets will be distributed to the test builders and we'll help them assembled the sets to determine what problems others might have when trying to assemble the kits. We've assembled the test parts as we've gone through this project and haven't run into any problems.
Things we will be pre-assembling...
1. Visors on helmets will have the steel t-nuts installed out of the box.
2. Shoulder straps will have the threaded armatures pre-drilled for quick installation into chest and back armor.
3. Rubber gauntlets will be pre-assembled
Shipping Blasters from the US to the UK or other Countries
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Agreed. I think the first thing to be taken away will be the ability to carry a replica or prop gun. Costumers will be left with trooping without blasters. Buy them now while you can.