Ghost Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 After getting some time to myself, I decided to upgrade my blaster on my TM Hero display. This is the first blaster build I have done, and was lucky to get some parts from Felix (scope, counter and scope rail) to complete my build. I had done a hand grip initially from Doopy's kit, but most of the other parts including the aluminium tube are from Derrek at Phoenix Props. I started by building up and painting the grip trigger parts, and wanted a well worn/weathered look to them: I wanted to give the bolt and bolt spring quite an accurate look, and decided to get the spring made to replicate an original sterling: I primed the tube with Tamiya's Silver leaf which gives a really nice finish, and test fitted some parts: My next stage was to spray the parts matt black, and then fit the T-Track. After bending the track with a heat gun, I used a flat edge of a screwdriver to stop the edges from flaring up. I then trimmed the bends in order to fit in the tube holes: I then airbrushed the bolt with Alclad Steel and some Silver Leaf spray to get the two tones. I also cut a section of plastic pipe to hold the spring to the bolt: I have just done a test fitting of the completed bolt, before moving onto the mag: Cheers, Scott 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejb Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Very nice! Cheers John! Just glad there were some really helpful build threads relating to the t-track, and that fitting them didn't turn into a disaster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcott65[TK] Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) What material is the pipe because that looks so much sturdier than the waist pipe I've used? Never mind just read the top of this post aluminium. Edited April 20, 2015 by Mcott65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onlyalad19 Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Wow, this looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Finally got this finished and happy with the results. Learned a lot during this build so definitely going to build another. Thanks Felix for parts/advice, Derrek for parts, Andy for the awesome power cylinders and Vern for the M-19 scope (get well soon)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The5thHorseman[TK] Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Absolutely gorgeous! You are an artist. Do you plan to glue the hengstler or to go hengstler"less"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Cheers! I will fix the counter with the bracket to this build with the M38 scope, and my next build will have the M19 scope without a counter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novak Dimon[TK] Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Great Blaster! Looking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picasso69 Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Now that's a nice looking blaster. Good Job. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusken RTT Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Awesome job, looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dday[501st] Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Looks like a champ! Lucky bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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