T-Jay

Glad to hear you are back again Joseph.

Hi Kian. Maybe you can start just with a helmet to see, if you can wear it with your glasses. If not, it would still be a nice display piece.

Welcome to the FISD. Seems like you have already been pointed in the right direction. Any questions, just ask. And when things get serious, start a build thread so we can help. By the way, I like you current profile picture.

Congrats Christian and yes, think about the levels 2 and 3.

I still have some of the rotary switches I used for the Completion Sets. These have a common ground but I am not sure about the shipping costs (as they meanwhile changed). Looking at your diagram, what about using pin 2 as the common ground? Position A would then connect pin 2 and pin 1. Position B would then connect pin 2 and pin 3. Position C would then connect pin 2 to nothing. The firing selector switch on the real Sterlings has 3 positions with only two of them working, the last one is 'safe' and does nothing. Not sure if I got it all right but wouldn't that work?

Not sure if I understand your problem, but here is how I once installed such a rotary switch inside a (resin) grip. I had to remove a plastic ring on the switch's rear side, bent the electrical contacts and shortened the white post. Enjoy your camping weekend.

Over the years we have seen many people using silver paint of the inner bolt. Maybe that was what they had available. The more correct color would be a dark grey or gun metal grey. You can also add realistic weathering with a black washing, as this item is heavily oiled / lubed on real Sterlings.

Congrats Trooper and welcome to the Legion. You can request higher access here:

A bit late to the party but now following... Can't wait to see your progress...

Just wanted to quickly check the news here on FISD when I came across this very sad thread. I was shocked as I had no idea about his very personal fight. Feeling very sad, struggling for the right words. Nothing in my mind that hasn't already been written here by others. Never had the chance to meet Dan in person, but he was always very kind and friendly when we were in contact. This is so sad. Buckets off.

Hi Marcel and welcome to the white zone. Keeping fingers crossed for your build and the application next weekend. Hope to see you here soon requesting your 501st access and maybe the higher levels...

Hello Leif. After meeting you last October on that troop in Leverkusen, I am glad to see you signing up here, too. Whenever you run into a question with your approval process for higher levels, don't hesitate to contact me. Good luck from your old neighborhood 'L-town'.

This post is worthless without a meme

If it goes on like this, by the end of the year the majority of FISD-content will only consist of memes ...

You will officially be promoted to the rank of the 'Detachment-Clown' Sorry mate, could not resist this time.

Hello again Marc and welcome to the FISD one more time. Sorry for being late to this party, I am currently a bit busy. However, I am sure we will cover a lot of your questions in a few hours. Looking forward to our phone call tonight.

If you display only ONE blaster (instead of a whole collection) I would clearly avoid the pugman version. You will also find more sources for the regular ANH E-11 and (if correctly built) it has a far more realistic appearance and details.

Finally you get the ball rolling...

I like your weathering, Adam. Good luck one more time...

Hi Alan, welcome to the FISD. Maybe you want to get in contact with local 501st members in your area?! This might help to tackle all this. Feel free to send me a PM with all your questions if you want.

I found spade drill bits to be very good for this kind of work, because you have more control while drilling.

Out of words.

Joseph, are you sure this is not just the regular power cylinder with a reflection of the parallel cylinder making it look like something is connected to the scope?!

It is great fun following this build and I really like how deep you dive into each detail. There is just one thing that stands out to me and I hope you don't get it wrong if I mention. The scope rail: if you shorten the vertical part on the front and give the full length a 'banana bend' it would better match the screen used rail. Again, I hope you get this as positive criticism. For the amazing level of accuracy you put into this blaster, I found it wrong to not mention this.

So glad to see you are using textured paint in this build. Everything else would just not make sense here. Don't forget to turn the LOCK/FREE screw in the grip into LOCK position later. Oh, and great work done on the power cylinders, though we haven't seen any ones with a red wire to the outside.