Blast-a-Porg

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Blast-a-Porg

 

Blaster-A-Trooper is something we are prohibited to do in Australia due to our Public Liability Insurance, "no firing of projectiles".  While having a look around Aliexpress I found some electronic targets, works with a lazer/pointer, this sparked my interest. So parts ordered, artwork designed  and sent for print, clothes hanger already source from local curb-side cleanup back in March for a stand.

 

Incidentally I found some of the lazer/pointer are actually made as ammunition so they can be loaded in to live guns.

   

 

Next modified a Hasbro E-11 to shoot the laser/pointer as well as adding a hi bright red LED for the barrel, this took a little trial and error as I had to find a source of power that was the full 3 volts to trigger the laser/pointer, much of the board has a lower voltage, after some testing I found a point BUT forgot to take any photos so now I'm going to have to strip the blaster down again DOH. Something else interesting I had to use through away AA batteries as I found recharables batteries would not trigger the lazer/pointer, I guess as they are 1.2v. I added a small piece of rubber tube into the front of the barre so I could adjust the aim of the lazer/pointer, now you can look through the original scope hole and it would fire exactly on target.

 

Stand for holding the blaster made and some artwork, younglings can help themselves. Base is from a pedestal fan, these bases are another great free find on curb-side cleanups, just remove the fan section.

 

Pedestal fan bases also work well for lightweight bollards, with the addition of some Imperial tape "Imperial Occupied Zone" which a member donated, he purchased it about 15 years ago. The tape is held by pieces of velcro on the tops of the stands and tape on the two ends, so it can all be reused.

 

Anyway back to the build, target board finally arrived, the store didn't tell me they where outsourcing so it took 3 weeks. Adhesive velcro attached, electronic targets have magnets on the back and a self adhesive strip of metal so easily swapped out, charging points added to the back of the board so it doesn't need any hands on support throughout the weekend, except perhaps batteries in the blaster, but then they usually last for ever.

 

With the electronic targets you also receive 4 magnetic disks, each inner slightly smaller than the other so it reduces the target area, makes the next electronic target a little harder to hit. 

 

Stand for blaster, excuse the dust 

 

Ready for Supanova convention at the end of this month, we'll see how it goes. 

 

In action