Dday isnt your kit one of the aluminum ones with cast pieces? I was looking at several build threads on here, Thats what got me started on this adventure. I know i cant do resin work( my apartment is too small) and I dont have the hand strength anymore to do serious metal work.
But on to the blasters. I have the first 2 finished. heres the last pics.
I had tried to make an accurate stock, but it was too much for my resources. I tried a second version, that worked a bit better, but again failed. You tube wasnt much help I redid the arms from a solid piece of PVC board, its much thicker then should be but it holds shape, better. So after 5 yt vids of Sterling shooters saying the stocks nice but a pain to use I went with the ancient Kenner '77 and new hasbro toys type. Its also easier to make. Everything about this blaster is meant to be made using the basic ANHE-11 from BBC tube templates, and then everything else is made on a "close enough" basis. This is to make it easier for a beginner to make their own prop. The toy gun for grip and guts is from a dollar general, store, the magnets(rare earth/neodymium), exacto knife, blades, hot glue gun, glue sticks, and metal washers are from walmart, everything else; liquid nails(used before didnt want to expirement)glue, no parking signs, pvc piping, dremel, dremel bits, screw driver, philips screws, pvc couplers and adapters, and electrical tape( to help hold things in place as it dries)
Lessons learned, hot glue can be reheated to make welds, liquid nails glue needs tape to help it hold sometimes, pvc dust makes nasty nose clogs, always wear shoes when working(rather step on lego), magnets will outsmart you, I dont like wiring. Over all this was a fun project. With what I have learned I might be able to get a loser to screen accurate version.
As i wasnt going for screen accurate on this , The parts just totally wrong on this one are spring, end caps, scope, rail, mag well, mag, charging handle and bolt, cooling fins, and stock.
To do a screen accurate, build I will need to order a lot of parts. or get real good at fabrication of parts as needed. Thank you for letting me share this on here.