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  2. E-11 STEEL PIPE BUILD

    in ANH BlasTech E11

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    Ha ha! I know the feeling. Rest assured this looking GREAT despite your concerns.

     

    As to suggestions how fine (spray area wise) will your media blaster go? If you can fine point control on it I'd look at it as two options:

    1. Do like you said - strip right back and start the receiver again. A P.I.T.A but it'll scratch that OCD itch ;)

     

    2. Actually use the media blaster in a controlled 'airbrush' type way to create deliberate weathering in degrees to your satisfaction on the rest of the gun. The cocking lever slot isn't looking MASSIVELY weathered there considering it takes constant, repetitive sliding of the cocking handle when in use. It's not so much that you couldn't choose from here to do subtle weathering or heavy weathering.

     

    Personally I like the weathered look but that's all about person preference.

     

    On a different note - what you've done so far is awesome. It's production line E-11 quality :D

  4. E-11 Power Cylinders Research Thread (renamed from "3 Central Fuses...")

    in ANH BlasTech E11

    Posted

    OH.

     

     

     

     

    MY.

     

     

     

     

    GOD.

     

     

    I can't believe all this happened while I was AWOL!

     

    I can't believe you managed to discover those (heretofore unknown) vent slits!

    I can't believe you zinc plate them!

    I can't believe the original part was labelled CP30!

    I can't believe only ONE joke was made about that!

     

    Generally speaking I can't believe what I'm reading. This is truly amazing Andy and you should be soooo proud. What you (and the other Andy and Marv and others who chimed in here) have done has single handedly advanced the cause of prop replication, accurate costuming AND Star Wars fandom ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!

     

    It's genuinely mind blowing. Short of sneaking into the Archives and prying the real thing off I don't think it would be possible to get any more accurate a Power Cylinder build.

    Truth be told, even if you found the exact guy who built the E-11 props he'd probably know less about this than you do. He would most likely say "I don't know man, we just picked up this stuff from the junk pile and glued it on."

     

    :icon_bow:  :icon_bow:  :icon_bow:  :icon_bow:  :icon_bow:  :icon_bow:  :icon_bow:  :icon_bow:

  9. Scratch Build From Templates vs. Resin Kit?

    in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance

    Posted · Edited by ZeroRoom

    Yes there is! Go out and buy some 18 gauge wire - that is the correct wire gauge for the original Sterling springs and I've yet to come across anyone who's found a ready made spring in that gauge easily available.


    Coat hanger wire is often referenced but you are right - it is just too 'hard' to wrap properly and even those with the determination to do it usually get bodgy results.

    Then hand wrap the coil around a piece of pipe the exact same width as the *smaller* part of the bolt i.e. this part:

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    And make sure you get the measurements correct which is  210mm when uncontracted with a gap between each coil of approximately 13mm. 

     

    Sskunky's amazing photos with measurements for the spring can be found on this page.

     

    I found the 18 gauge wire strong but easy enough to form and it holds its shape well. Check my build again if you want to see how I made my bolt able to be cocked and slam forward with a pull of the trigger. I basically stole the functioning of the mechanism right off the real Sterling with details found in the classic "Guns of Dagenham" book which is seriously everything you need to know about the gun. Highly recommended if you can find it at a decent price.

  14. Rustmonkeys DD E11 WIP

    in ANH BlasTech E11

    Posted

    The main thing with painting resin is just to make sure the parts are clean and washed (even safer with a detergent of some kind). It's mainly the traces of mold release agent that mess with paint on resin. Rustoleum Plastic Primer or even a Testors primer or something similar from a model shop will do you just fine. Rustoleum offers filler primers that will smooth out your finish and help hide any imperfections which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how "battle used" you want your blaster to appear, whereas the Testors etc are for perfect smooth styrene model kits etc. so they don't offer that rock hard filler layer and they'll show nearly every scratch and ding.

  15. I've got the general idea just need extra help.

    in Getting Started - Read this First!

    Posted

    I would definitely say AP or CAP would do you fine - don't be scared by the assembly. Follow the many great threads on here as guides for help and just go slow. It's easier than you think! 

    If you are really worried you can always track down a Master Replica's helmet. They're not exactly accurate being that they are idealised to be symmetrical and the ears are huge but it requires you to do only few small mods to the the teeth and ears etc to be passable rather than a full build. Check out some of the threads on modding a MR Lid and see what you think.

     

    If worse comes to worse find your nearest squad and find out when there's an armour party scheduled (or organise your own!) Then there plenty of experienced hands on deck to help you put any style lid together.

  20. E-11 STEEL PIPE BUILD

    in ANH BlasTech E11

    Posted

    What have I been missing out on?! This is absolutely mind blowing work Aaron! You're a skill maniac. You've basically perfectly rebuilt a real Sterling and the tolerances between the kit parts and your own are incredible. You've definitely set a new standard. If I were you I'd be flying over to England right now for an armorers gig on Ep VII.

  23. I miss you guys!

    in Off Topic

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    It's been so long I don't even recognise myself anymore! 

    I've been meaning to come back properly for so long but life over the last few years has been... well life has been.

     

    Still avidly devouring the newsletter and I see I have a pile of PM's to catch up on so I'd better get to that but I need me some FISD action!

     

    Let's get reading the thousands of threads I've been missing out on hey?

     

    Happy to back,

     

    Lucas

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