Mounting E11 scopes securely

[john danter]

Hello!

 

Do you often find your E11 scope falls off?

This is normally due to the small contact area between scope and scope rail. ANH had screws that come up into the scope from beneath the scope rail and this provides a good bond but can still come off travelling or during a bump/drop etc. ESB stunt and ROTJ have solid scope mounts so can be a problem area

 

When creating the blaster try and do it as follows

Screwed together

 

That way above it shouldn't fall off (neither will the method below) But if yours does fall off at a later date you need to fix it without ripping the whole thing apart and needing a major respray etc

 

Proposed Solution:

This method is a way of getting a screw all the way through the scope from above and imbedded into the scope rail/mount .

Make sure you mark the scope rail/mount with the drill bit as this is where the 2 new securing nuts will go

 

Use masking tape to secure the scope back onto your scope rail.

Drill 2 holes down through the top of the scope and into the scope rail

Bore out scope holes to allow a counter sunk screw to sit below the surface of the scope like this

 

Use screw long enough to come through the scope and about a 1cm into the scope rail body

 

Bore the scope rail holes out so they're a tight 'snug' fit for some nuts to match your screws.

Add superglue onto the nuts and push them in. Use the screws to line them up flat like this

 

 

Sand the scope rail and bottom of the scopes to get a good surface for glueing

 

Now the nuts are in place and dry put the screws into the scope and screw together. Make sure the screw head screw in tight and below the scope surface

Filling with milliput.

Paint.

Bingo! A fixed scope that shouldn't fall off so easily in future

Edited January 5, 2011 by john danter

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

one screw also works.

 

and you can turn the whole process around, and put the nut into the base of the scope,

then the scope rail, is the only thing with a hole all the way through.

 

nice tutorial!

[john danter]

Yeah I know, for ROTJ you'd only have one screw anyway

 

Just worried one would let it be prone to twisting?

 

Ta

[TANGO'D FETT]

Nice job John , i do mine the same way One screw is ok in the ROTJ as the scopemount has a notch that goes over the rail so it wont twist