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yeah walt I gave him the where to find armor link

DO NOT BUY FROM ANDREW AINSWORTH. ever the official list of makers is listed HERE ( andy formed em, did not create them, now he's just on the outside. recast armor from TE the SDS does not conform to ORIGINAL MOLD status of Brian Muir's Sculpt) see the darkside of SDS here

There is a member who has done the following pepakura printed base modeled from that base in bondo created forming table and heater/blower makes and sells helmets on the FISD these are facts. where does an analogy fit in? the OP of this thread is asking if the above is sanctioned on the FISD, armor buld thread HELMET CONSTRUCTION from a pepakura base Sales of product using Plastic as far as I know, just because a mold is created, does not "give permission" to sell products. it does happen.

The above is correct aside from the use of replica counters on most collector restored bapty's. The Lee malone bapty was a re-created version, as well the one his friend owns that has a distinctive cut out on the front of the barrel both the distinctive cut out and Lee's "short T Track" can be screen matched features. when lee first examined his purchased blaster there were features on the main tube, and on his inner barrel placement. as well as remains of T Track glue. weathering matches were done by lee malone. and the distinctive cut out can clearly be seen in screencaps. when you factor in the baptys in the lucasfilm archives and the remaining stock left in bapty. I put the number over 20.( jason mentions 20 as an aproximate ) both jason's prop blog, and the london prop store were used as sources in my e-11 databank, as well as statements from lee malone and other in depth correlations you're doing a great job of examining the situation I discovered by using those sources. my e-11 databank was given permission from both jason, and Prop store London, and prop store Los Angeles. as you can see you found the quote describing the process used at bapty to correlate a star wars sterling vs a standard non star wars version. "However, the second of the two scopes is marked by a paint overspray “footprint†that reveals where the scope rail was (which was used to spec out the replica scope rails used to restore the pieces)."" if you factor in the malone restoration into the entire bapty situation the overspray and other features make the bapty versions stand out. the malone and friend bapty restoration is using real counters, scopes and manufactured sight rails. The T Tracks were purchased by Lee from GINO. Lee made his own sight rail and mounted parts to create his bapty restoration. none of the remaining bapty's in collect ever had T Tracks, sight rails or machine counters. carl did happen to have an original scope on hand during some interviews. as a model builder Lee is an expert and making very complex star wars and Sci Fi related models.

that's cool sergiu. if you look at the scope and counter they are different ones. the weathering is not paint, it is actual weathering. looking at the counter on the one I've posted it's clearly a different make of the hengstler 400 look closely at the eagle, and look closely at the position of the cap and screw. the cap's on counters do not wiggle around, and you can clearly see that the eagle is different, and the screw positions on the face of the counter are indeed different. the T Tracks on most Bapty rebuilds are in fact GINO track. each tip is tapered into a V shape at the ends, and they look exactly like MR T Tracks... but the rebuilders of Bapty weapons did not take any parts from Master Replica's (it does not make financial sense)

if you look closely at the counter, this one I mentioned before is quite different.

look at my databank. has stuff about serial numbers and lot's of stuff. eventually I'll have every part of documented e-11 stuff I can get my hands on. sure would be fun to just sit down and talk to roger christian about props in films.

during the re creation of the bapty. there are several differences so bapty actually has several different types of guns used in different films. that is what bapty does... they make guns for use in film with the sterling in star wars the metal billet had to be made to send the guns to tunisia.(or anywhere with gun import laws prohibiting import.) these cast aluminum billets would not be needed in england. as they can simply use real firing weapons. the purpose of the bapty e-11 with it's distinctive sight rail and alluminum billet makes the STAR WARS sterlings stand out in the bapty collection. of the guns found... about 21 of them they had the alluminum billet and new trigger group. they were sans sight rail and other parts. the collectors who purchased these incomplete bapty guns have been restoring them to their original SW condition part of the identification process includes paint missing where the sight rail WAS. and signs of sticky tape on the barrel. in addition to the aluminum billet. no other sterlings in a gun prop shop would need these mods in an english location. as they would simply use real guns. as in "the spy who loved me" and other british films using this weapon. The Zardoz sterlings shown are indeed bapty modified Sterlings. it was said that rodger christian and carl S of bapty found these sterlings in the shop and rodger and george and carl worked on making up the E-11 in the shop at bapty this is where the sight rail and scope, and other parts were realized for the prop we all now know and love.

JB WELD IS METAL INFUSED RESIN POLYMER also known as epoxy there are reasons why it's better than standard plastic epoxy " J-B Weld is The Original Cold Weld two-part epoxy system that provides strong, lasting repairs to metal and multiple surfaces. Mixed at a ratio of 1:1, it forms a permanent bond and can be shaped, tapped, filed, sanded and drilled after curing. At room temperature, J-B Weld sets in 20-25 minutes to a dark grey color. A full cure is reached in 15-24 hours. J-B Weld has a tensile strength of 3960 PSI and sets to a hard bond overnight. It can withstand temperatures up to 550ºF when fully cured. " do those specs sound like the average epoxy? no

BAPTY CREATED THE ORIGINALS WITH CARL BAPTY IS STAR WARS as these have been sold to individual prop collectors there are several tells that show the difference between regular sterlings and e-11

The plot thickens! the star wars name can be used in many forms... but the aluminum billet is the question folks... let is not run too quikly into ruin.

sure there always is a reason. the front where the grip meets the barrel is actually more bullnose on this one

the grip is wrong

Novus polish? ah rubbing compound. heheeh no doubt

Aaron took over my gun expert slot. He saves me ton's of time doing what I used to do! hahah!

JBweld is stronger than epoxy

there are several members who have made really accurate replicas of the bapty design. I like the look of them. perhaps they should be put into the Stunt Centurion blaster section? accuracy never hurts. old BSG series guns were worse than these! and you should have seen the STAR TREK stunt weapons!

let us look at the bapty replicas

some person has the original billet and aluminum cast. lee has it. I actually asked him if he would cast it and release it to the world. lee has it and I want replicas in aluminum

there have been "replicas" that are built again using original bapty parts. but it would be easy sick to make a false replica

if any of the bapty experts can look at the photos there are several tells for me. might be fake?

I'm gonna order more gino track. I feel my destiny.

the photos show your actual scope on his blaster! hehehe read the fine print. this is a RECREATED prop using bapty parts only. everything else is counter/scope and mocked up non original parts

the bapty is very well known. people actually make replicas of these Aaron! Lee malone also has one of these, and he let me have photos Try these links. I created this website for the e-11 and your blaster will soon be featured in it. BAPTY e-11 article Screen used e-11 http://bondservnt.wix.com/the-e-11-blaster

did you bid on that auction rick?