E-11 Blaster pistol, based on the MGC-Sterling - your opinion is requested

Hi there,

i had a stupid little idea, and it´s all TK1961s (user at RPF) fault.

He showed his nice build of a E-11 pistol: My E-11A1 Blaster Pistol - and made me feel a need for having my own one.

So i went in my shop and found some parts, basically a nice DH-17 kit that i purchased a short time ago from Odiwan. Really a excellent kit made by Bowjunkie, but a little bit to much plastic parts for my personal preferences. That kit and some other parts from the partbox brought me to this:

The grip and trigger rearranged some cm to the back, and the mag on the front underside, still without any scope




Or with a scope? I could offer a M38:




Or a Singlepoint:




Or a real one, don´t remember what:




A pic from the business-end:




And a closeup of the nozzle




Still a lot of details to think about, build it? If yes, what version? Or resell the DH-17 kit to someone who´s searching for such a kit? I like it´s look ..... a little bit like a beloved child from a E-11 and a SE-14.

As it is no gun we´ve seen in the movies, it would be a good opportunity for me to use the kit and some of the plastic parts i collected in the past. You will notice over time that i usually prefer metal and/or original parts for my blasters.

Well, i´m open to any of your thoughts and suggestions.

Very cool concept you have going there! I think it will turn out looking pretty cool

Thanks.

At least it looks promising - but off course i´m still able to mess it up.

Not that much opinions, hmm?

Still made no decision regarding the scope-question, but i started working on the basics that need to be done for every version.

I wanted to have the grip as close to the real deal as possible, so i couldn´t just glue the parts together:











To achieve this, i drilled a hole with various diameters into the grip itself, and aligned and epoxied a XXL long nut as integral part into the trigger mechanism. To line it up properly for a smooth function was ******, but it is done.








Next step was to alter the trigger mechanism - it was just a flexible piece of plastic that pushed the trigger back after using it. That´s nothing what can be accepted by german engineering standards , so i modified it to be driven by a spring.




I made a tigh fit delrin-endplate on my lathe, and secured it with 4 Allen-head-screws. Same look as on a original MGC.



On the barrel side it has a step, to center the barrel:






This construction was made to serve as a "anchor" for the epoxy when mounting the mag-holder. I don´t trust simple glueing, i prefer to have it more beefier. :






Thats all up to now.

Here we go again.

You guys remember that strange creation i made as "anchor" for fastening the magholder?

Here is the reason:



I filled it with a very strong and sticky 2K-Epoxy, around 8mm high - that should hold.

And i turned a plug from delrin, slighly bigger in diameter than the bolt - should give a smoother slide-action. It goes all the lengt through the bigger part of the bolt, that way it gives some beef for a stable pullrod, too:


The front half is filled with hotglue. That should dampen the impact a little bit when working the slide.


Open:



And closed:





Thanks for watching. If you have any ideas, thoughts, improvements, whatever ..... don´t hesitate to chime in.

As nobody has any ideas, thoughts, improvements, whatever ..... i assume everything is perfect?

Or is it just boring?



Well, some may remember i had used a delrin part with a piece of alu-tube for the barrel ....... after carefull deliberation i decided: I don´t like it, needs more weight, more metal.

I made some new parts:




Assembled them:




And installed them on the receiver:




Way better.





I´m getting closer and closer to the point where i have to decide the place for the grip.

At the end, more "pistol" like:




Or close to the mag, that leaves a long part behind the grip, something that is a integral part of a Sterling/E-11 for me




Or in the middle, to combine the both:




Atm, i tend more to "close to the mag".

The main part of the work is done.





The M19 fits better than the M38, and it´s a nice hommage to its bigger brother

Another piece which received today




And here a part of it at it´s workplace:

Me again ...... yeah, the nasty guy with his stupid guns. :


Yesterday 2 layers of flat black as a base, and today this babys parts got 2 final layers of fast drying tough stove paint (it has a perfect shine, not to much but some). And after that i couldn´t resist, before going to the office i had to assemble the parts. :happy As you see there is no weathering yet, i want it to dry for some days before i hammer it - it will get no much weathering, the Empire doesn´t tolerate sloppy maintenance.

The grip got a layer of "Future" for it´s shinyness.

OK, OK, i will shut up and show some pics.






With the M38 scope:




With a M19 scope:




And some closeups from different angles:












Alltogether i´m glad that i did it this way, and havn´t used it for the kits intended use, building a ROTJ DH17 Rebel-Blaster.


And it´s not as small as this pic may suggest.

Cool so far....I will continue to watch the thread.

I like the M19 scope on it. It might look better actually if you took the magazine out.

This is awesome man!

Very professional , as all other builds you did in the past ;-) Gratuliere ^^

Originally Posted by Mullreel

Cool so far....I will continue to watch the thread.

"So far"? It´s nearly finished, now.

Originally Posted by Tsophika

I like the M19 scope on it. It might look better actually if you took the magazine out.

The M19 is my favourite, too.

But the mag is a integral part of this gun, basically the E-11A is a stubby version of the standard Stormtrooper blaster, made to enable it to be carried in a holster.

Originally Posted by SUPERprops

This is awesome man!

In a positive way, i hope.

Originally Posted by RedArc

Very professional , as all other builds you did in the past ;-) Gratuliere ^^

I try my level best, Dankeschön.

COOL!

where can you buy the the long spiral spring?

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/c...ol/EE-4004.jpg

Danke.

Ebay. No special shop, i was just searching around until i found a suiting one.

Have you thought about adding t track ?

Originally Posted by Fett 4 Real

Have you thought about adding t track ?

To be honest ...... not yet.

The part of the receiver with holes is so short, any suggestings how you think it might work?

I like but would like it more if the mag was on the side like the rifle

That came out awesome! It's surely not a common blaster to build. I love it when folks decide to do the uncommon props.

Thanks, such work is sometimes like a nice holiday, away from the screenaccurate builds i do.


Btw - Megatron, the E-11 pistol has its mag downside to enable it to be holstered on the right side. Having the mag on the left would make it the same mess as the standard E-11, holstered only for lefthanders.