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First time Hasbro E-11 Doopy conversion - tips appreciated!


Greenlight711

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Hey all,

 

As a new builder, I thought it might be helpful to document my adventure and hopefully get some sage advice along the way. So here goes!

 

I'll start with my thought process as to how I ended up here. After some research on different types of E-11 builds out there, I decided that I wanted:

  • Something of relative ease for a novice (I'm doing this primarily to build my skillset before receiving my Anovos TK kit later in the year)
  • Could be constructed with limited space/resources
  • Light and not too fragile for future trooping
  • Had electronics/sound (even if it's not the best)

Taking all of that into consideration, the classic Hasbro mod seemed to be the best choice. I sourced a nice 1996 Hasbro from eBay with everything in working order, and I also lucked out on a Doopydoos restock and got a conversion kit relatively quickly.

 

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Even though the electronics of the Hasbro worked pretty well, one of the primary mods I wanted to do was replace the LED with something bigger and brighter. So, one of the first things I needed to do was crack the gun open. I started off by trying to pry off the ends of the scope with a flat end screwdriver (the results of my early foolhardy efforts are clear in the picture), until I landed upon a more sophisticated method of adding a hammer to the mix. The hammer worked very well for generally loosening it up; for the more stubborn parts of the scope with tons of fused glue, I switched out to an exacto knife which helped really dig into the crevices.

 

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For the scope and barrel tips, I used a dremel that I borrowed from a coworker. It made short work to the plastic, and bonus: the LED still worked!

 

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After a few hours of work, I was able to get everything out with relatively no damage to the gun. I got pretty lucky, and it came apart without much issue.

 

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Well, almost. It turns out that during the hammering process, something got loose and the sound stopped working. If anyone knows if I can repair this, let me know.

 

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Moreover, I put some undue pressure on the gun while dremeling and one of the t-track fins received a hairline crack. I have Bondo, JB-Weld PlasticWeld, and superglue at my disposal - would be happy to take any advice on how best to address this.

 

In the mean time, I used 400 grit sandpaper to shave off the legal mumbo jumbo on the sides. It's decently even, but I do notice some scratchy parts that doesn't quite match the smoothness of the plastic - will this show when spraypainting? Should I get a finer grade paper?

 

I think that'll do it for now. I really want to address the electronics and t-track crack first before I move on to larger business like drilling in the extra set of holes on the barrel. Thanks for reading, and appreciate any words of advice that may come!

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