My Boba Fett ROTJ EE-3 Blaster scratch & budget build

sillof

New Hunter
Years ago (1992) my father helped me build one of my first real props, a ROTJ Boba Fett blaster.


P_boba.jpg ORIGINAL LESS ACCURATE VERSION

It was very accurate by my standards and with the pre internet reference photos. Over the years I had always wanted to fix the innaccuracies, but it is too sentimental for me because he no longer is able to really make things. So I set about building from scratch a new ROTJ blaster. The entire thing cost undre $40.


So I had a crosman 357 that I used for my ESB blaster. Then I found out it was a common base for fett guns. I bought another on an buyer on a online gun auction site who repairs airguns. I got it for $15 as it was non firing but was not going to be shooting anything.
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The first (and most time consuming step) was to cut down the cylinder on the sides that looks like where the bullets go. I had worked this out on my ESB build

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Next I removed the handle from one side and placed a large wooden rod in the cavity of the co2 container. It was held in by a generous amount of apoxie and sanded flat. This would give the stalk arm something to screw into.

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The barrel is just 2 sizes of pvc pipe sanded down inside to fit together. The tip of the barrel is a funnel cut down with a smaller pvc pipe with it front sanded down at an angle to fit inside the funnel to give the look of a barrel.

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The stalk was sanded down from a large piece of scrap wood bought at mendards for $1.50
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The stalk arm was cut from some plexiglass using WOF's templates
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More pics to come
 
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I just realized I never posted the finished piece. The whole thing cost me under $40. I also posted the ESB version which also very cheap, under $50. I got a 2 cell heiland on ebay for 15$. The rest is the same bb gun, pvc, plexi, and wood. With some ebay bought greeblies cheap. I attached a pic with the recipe

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Thanks. That is why I like scratch builds. I like the challenge and the restrictions. I always try to see how little I can spend and how good I can make it look.
 
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