Big Deal Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 While I waited for armour I had started playing with a Hasbro/Doopy Doos build. I wasn't sure at the time how detailed I would get and then I realized that a Hasbro blaster would only get me so far anyways. But then I gave up on Anovos and ordered from Jimmi a Rogue One TK. So I had this blaster mod started and thought I'd try to go about attaching a rail and flashlight to make it a little more Rogue Oneish, although I'll eventually be getting a more screen accurate blaster to hopefully get me to the rake of Expert Infantry. So really this was just a little bit of fun I had while I got in gear to tackle an armour build. I won't bore anyone with all of the details - but maybe people can learn from my mistakes along the way. So here are the basics - sanded down all the words on the blaster... Cut out the rail (which I wasn't going to do originally but once I got started it seemed like the thing to do... I also started filling in screw holes - which in retrospect I should have waited on doing. So I did all most of the doopy doo add-ons and triming - protected the LED very carefully... Then after I decided I may as well take off the extra fin on the lower left and add the holes so that the blaster would make it to Expert Infantry - even if I never use it that way. When I drilled the holes I mangled the wiring for the LED pretty bad. The bit I used just dug into the plast too quickly. Speed kills man. This is when I started to regret filling the screw holes and glueing on the doopy doo parts. I figured I would do a lot of damage at this point try to get everything apart. So I just kept going and painted and weathered a bit. My parts arrived that I had ordered off of ebay. I went cheap because I wasn't too sure how this would work. I ordered a rail.... A small tactical flashlight that included a mounting bracket... And I had ordered some Chicago screws (2")... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Deal Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 I drilled through both sides of the blaster (I hadn't added the extra fins yet) I think because the Hasbro blaster is scaled down a bit the screws didn't really line up with the holes already there. I had to use the screws that came with the Chicago screws even though the screws from the rail were the same thread. The rail screws were a bit longer and the Chicago screws became solid at a certain point so they would only take a really short screw. Also I had to cut about 3/16" of of the Chicago screws... This is what's visible on the left side of the blaster (before t-rails installed)... Here you can see that the rail is large enough to cover the screw heads on that side... Here is the clamp added to the rail - I had to notch out the adjoining t-rails. Not sure if this is because the Hasbro blaster is just a little smaller? It wasn't a lot, just about a millimeter. And here is the light. It's a bit too big and I have ordered a replacement to see if I can get a little closer. Also - if you look into ordering these import flashlights, see if they come with a battery. They seem to take an odd size. I didn't select the "with battery/charger option" so I had to order a battery and charger after the fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Deal Posted November 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 Also to add to the mistakes. When ordering batteries and chargers, make sure they use the appropriate wall outlet to your location/country. So now, on top of a flashlight I probably won't use, I also have a battery for it that I can't charge because it came with e EU charger. Adaptor ordered... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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