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crisisfilms

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  1. That's how the spring looks when installed with functional semi-auto bolt. A full auto bolt would look screen accurate i believe but would be illegal.
  2. Finally got a chance to write something up here. Got my scope last monday (very fast shipping), and it arrived in perfect condition and very nicely packed. Every part looks great and everything fits very nicely, but I was planning to use the real vintage lenses I got from Twnbrother earlier this year, so that was the main thing I wanted to check. I was very happy to see that the smaller lens fits and screws in perfectly, with the retaining ring screwing in over it. The larger lens opening was just slightly too small, presumably due to the resin shrinking slightly while curing. Nothing too bad and just needed some slight sanding. I screwed the lens in backwards while testing the fitting so I could actually have something to grab onto to turn it. Wanted to make sure it would get to the right depth before putting it in the right way as it is not easy to turn once its far down in there. After much frustration, it was finally screwed in all the way. The retainer ring for this lens is now just slightly too small to thread in, but still fits nicely and some glue will take care of that. Very happy with how this turned out so far. The view through the lens almost works, but you only get a partial image, and its upside down. I'm not sure I can get the prisms functional, but gonna see what I can do. Also looking at trying some mirrors in the prism cage, as I'd love to get it fully functional. A great alternative to the solid scopes out that that require so much work.
  3. If you have a Hobbytown or other hobby type store, they usually carry different sizes of styrene sheets for a few dollars a piece.
  4. Those double barrelled looking E-11 the Shoretroopers have look pretty nice. Thanks for the pics
  5. Those light up bullets are beautiful. Amazing idea and very well executed. Seems like people just keep taking their blasters further and further than I ever thought they could lately. Really inspiring work.
  6. I'm gonna have to get in on this. Way too impressive to miss. Well done.
  7. Really awesome stuff here. This is really making me want to get back to work on my blaster, and I hope it looks half as good as yours when I'm done.
  8. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much [emoji3]
  9. I have made a few version with that same acrylic but haven't been happy with them. Does anyone have exact measurements on the height/width of the visible portion of the extractor?
  10. Ya I'm still figuring out what to make the extractor from but I have some ideas so far.
  11. Took way longer than I'd like to get this next update out, but I wanted to finish a few things before posting this, plus holidays, computer issues, and the whole TFA release and all keeping me busy. Still figuring out what my paint situation will be, but I have some ideas. I had trouble figuring out what to use to make the front sight block, but I found some black acrylic plastic pieces at the science surplus store nearby for $0.15 each I used some plastic cement to get 3 pieces stacked to the right thickness, before cutting out a small rectangle. I then just started shaping it using a bunch of different files, with a little sandpaper thrown in, and a small hand drill for the holes. I went through a couple sight pins befroe I was happy enough with it. Used a screw as the base and used the dremel to grind off the threads and a file to flatten the sides. Forgot to get progress pics of carving the channel into the barrel but after lots of worrying about where to carve, I just went for it and it didnt turn out too bad. The sight is held in by the pressure, no glue, so if need be I can knock it out with a small hammer. After cleaning it up, I used a thin layer of green stuff and the handle of a center punch tool to get the texture on the sight guard. It got a little sloppy at the rear bottom, but should be hidden pretty well. Used some small pins and superglue to attach the front sight guard. Carved out the front bolts enough that I can put the whole screw in, which will be after paint for a better look. Drilled out the bottom holes on the barrel and thinned out every hole to make the barrel thinner. Also attached the bayonet lug. I used this bit, which fit inside the holes and carefully pulled up as I went around the edges until I got to the right thickness. The front hole on the bottom took some special attention since the stock uses it to lock in place. It had to be made much thinner and took some fine tuning with some small files to get it just right. I got a little close to the surface in spots, and was worried in general about the strength so I used some green stuff inside to reinforce it. I found some aluminum spacers that fit perfectly into the stocks holes, so I drilled out the receiver's pivot area to fit in the spacers. The inner diameter of the spacers was a little small for the end caps, so I used a regular drill bit to widen the holes a bit. The spacers now fit into the receiver, the stock fits over the spacers, and the end caps hold the stock arms in place. The only thing left is to drill the holes for the pins that fit through the receiver/spacers/caps to hold it all together. The size and position of the holes makes it a bit tricky to do so I'm still working on it. Will be don for the next update. I carved out a lot of the inner receiver to make the charging handle port much thinner and more in line with the bolt area in terms of thickness. For the bolt area with the charging handle, I used a piece of 2mm styrene and heated it till I got it to curve. I cut a section of that and shaped the end to fit into the charging port. I sanded down the charging handle, and cut a small hole into the bolt strip so I could fit the handle inside and emulate the way the real handle fits into the bolt. I used a 1mm strip of styrene and curved and cut it into shape for the clearing stip. I then cut that piece into 2 sections. One for the charging port and one for the bolt area. The inner barrel from Tino's kit looks great with the thinned out holes and is the perfect length to help work as the inner bolt too. I cut out some small sections towards the front to make room for the front hex screws. One side ended up being cut too much and was visible through one of the barrel holes so I had to fix it a little. I used the wire from Tino's kit to make the spring and plan to use a 5/8in copper pipe and coupling to recreate the rear of the bolt. I haven't finalized this yet so it may still change but an added benefit is some extra weight in the rear to offset the heavy handle of the stock in front. After sanding down the old clearing strip, I started carving out a section for the extractor. This is as far as I've gotten so far, but since my TK kit is now shipping, I'm hoping to get some more done quickly. Next update should have the final assembly of the main body, and hopefully some paint. I'm holding off on the scope, counter, and power cells since they're each involved projects on their own and can be added at any point after the main blaster is done.
  12. Wow, this looks fantastic. Really hope I can do something similar and half as good one day.
  13. Found a nicy happy medium size by just deleting the "th_" from the image urls
  14. Thanks, I had meant to post as I went,but just got a little too lazy lol been working on it since about August I think. I can change the links but the pics show up insanely large so I thought this may be better. If you dont mind the giant pics I can switch it though. Let me know what you guys want me to do.
  15. Alright, I've been meaning to get this thread started, but figured I should get a good amount done first. I wanted to take my time so its been a little slow going just working on it for an hour here and there, but I think I have enough done to start posting some pics. I'm using a DD kit, T-Jay's completion kit (from here), a new mag from Gazmosis (from here) and I'll be adding a real folding stock (cause I couldn't resist). Sorry about the quality of pics, cell phone camera and bad lighting do not make for good pictures. I also slowed down on the pictures as I went, so there's a few things I missed. If anyone haas questions let me know, and my photobucket album will have some extra pics that I wont post here if you're looking for more details. I kinda jumped around in terms of what parts I worked on at what time, but I'll reorder some of the pics to keep it more cohesive. Also a big thanks to Twnbrother, Thrawn's guard, Sith Lord, Bulldog44, and many others for their awesome build threads that have kept me motivated and given me lots of ideas to go off of. Oh and of course all the wonderful people who put together the blaster reference thread, truely amazing stuff there. Standard DD kit pic Gazmosis mag v. DD mag Picked up this set of diamond grinding bits for $20 at Harbor Freight. Great investment. Grinding out the mag well Hated to do it but had to cut the mag down to save on some work and keep strength in the walls of the well Just about there. Have done some adjustments after this but havent taken a pic. just assume the gaps were closed lol Waiting to install it until after paint to ensure the best look. Wanted to make the release button work so I grabbed a spring and a tension pin to use as the bar. I actually had to buy a shorter pin as this one was too long. Very carefully found where the center of the button should be and started drilling. Once I had a hole all the way through I filed and ground it wider to make room for the button to depress, as well as a narrow area below that for the spring to rest on. I cut a section of the scope rail use shape into the lower part. Carefully cared out the area for the part to recess into (apparently I didnt get a picture of it but there is a second smaller part that I also added to replicate the "stepped" look of the original part as well. This also makes sure that the lower section doesnt turn and get stuck in a weird position) I also picked up some punches and added the 000 to the bottom before assembling everything. (also not pictured is the recess I drilled into the bottom of the button for the pin to fit into) Also wanted to mod the SN into my 501st number so I used some larger punches I got and some green stuff after grinding out a channel. Started working on the grip. replaced some screws and changed the rear of the lock screw to a ball bearing to get some more metal in there. Also used some of the metal wire inteded for the spring to make some pins to hold the trigger guard in. Didnt get pics, but also did the now standard nail head as a pivot point for the trigger with a pen spring installed. Also used the rest of the nail for the selector switch. Really wanted to do something better there, but couldnt find anything that fit my needs. May still mod that before finishing. Didn't get in progress pics, but i ground out a channel for the d-ring holder thing to sit in on the end cap and used green stuff to blend it together. Since I wanted a working stock and the end cap is what locks it open, I needed to make that and the clip fuctional. I started cutting some small squares from styrene and using solvent to stack them to the needed thickness.Then I attached them with superglue inside the end cap. Placement was a pain and had to adjust it a lot to get it to sit straight. After doing all that I noticed the back wall of the endcap is too thick and wont allow it to be installed properly, so I ground that down around the edges. Using a pencil to mark the area really helped. When the pencil dissapeared in one area I moved to the next and helped keep everything level. After doing this it installed properly and moved forwards and back as neccesary. Moving on to the endclip, I first drilled a hole in the DD part where the pivot point is to make sure of the proper placement, then ground everything down to just the moving part. Drilled a hole in the channel from TJays kit and grabbed a small metal angled spring from a cheap counter I picked up for the numbers. a little superglue and some metal bars from that same counter for the pivot and the small detail under the head and the endclip was ready to be installed. Screwed the channel into the barrel and waiting for painting for the final assembly as with the mag. For the rear sight, I replaced the blobby bits on the side with some little eyelet things I picked up at Micheal's and s small section of the counter bar in the center. Used some pins to give some extra strength to the super glue when attaching and cleaned some holes with green stuff. I'll leave it there for now. Next post will cover front sight, folding stock, and the bolt. Everything is still a work in progress and hopefully I'll pick up the pace a bit as my ANOVOS armor should be coming soonish. Mostly painting and final assembly is left which is a bit daunting in terms of the order in which to do everything to ensure I dont miss anything. Hope to have another post soon, and hope I can help some others with their build.
  16. I cut some small squares of styrene, used solvent to stack 2 to double the thickness since it was fairly thin, then superglued them into place. The size and placement of them is key to making sure the end cap sits correctly, but you can make some minor adjustments with a small file. If I ever get around to starting my build thread I'll post some pics.
  17. Cinemark theaters won't allow anything that covers your face and no weapons at all, even lightsabers, which means pretty much only imperial officers and rebel pilots would be allowed.
  18. Wow, I was gonna go much simpler with my power cylinders when I got to that point but I am amazed at what you've done and may have to try my hand at my own now. Keep up the great work.
  19. There was no voucher for that price. It was a timed discount so you had to buy before a certain day to be that price. Your best bet is probly to wait for the sandtrooper to get announced and hope it has a similar discount (although likely a little higher if it includes the backpack)
  20. Amazing work. I've enjoyed keeping up with this thread immensely and it has as certainly helped me as I've worked on mine.
  21. I had a reason why I picked 3250 over 10 years ago, but I'll be damned if I can remember what that reason was lol
  22. Awesome stuff. Perfect timing too. Can't wait to dig into this thread.
  23. The show comes back this Saturday, but not sure when the Star Wars episode is specifically
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