The Jango Fett all metal blasters are finally completed. There are a lot of large pictures here, but the details are what count. I'm really thrilled with them and hope that some of you can appreciate the efforts shown here.
ALL METAL Westar-34 blasters. Estimated at roughly 500+ hours of examination, programming, machining and hand working.
The twin pistols shown above in partially exploded form.
Comfortable grip and alignment in symphony with a well balanced pistol make for a very retro-futuristic design.
Brass tipped compensator has exhaust ports that are bead blasted for contrasting metal finishes. Careful examination inside the ports reveal the continued bore into the brass muzzle tip section that traverses the compensator section.
The most gorgeous piece of 6061 T-6 aluminium to grace a space age firearm. Yes, the grip section is solid metal. It received a special treatment to make for a more matte finish in the polish to imitate the painted resin version that adorned the original prop. Our use of metal has also helped to balance the weapon quite nicely. Both hex bolts are threaded and countersunk, one functionally holds the highly polished aluminium base plate. Note also the 2 mounted and countersunk hex screws (each at their own angle to follow the curvature of the base to avoid gaps on the heads).
The static trigger and guard are solid high polished aluminium and the trigger is wider than the tip of the guard fin. The brass pin hides a machined pin holding the trigger assembly in place. Removing the one piece trigger/guard reveals the machine bolts that traverse the cradle of the grip into the barrel cuff.
All components were custom fabricated out of solid stock and all thickness were controlled for perfectly fitting parts. Absolutely no gaps appear anywhere. See the barrel cuff above and mating with the grip section.
Also clearly shown in this image, is the thickness of the walls of the barrel section, which were controlled by cutting out of a solid stock. It was machined from the inside out. Note the space that appears between the outer barrel and the solid brass inner barrel assembly.
Pray you never find yourself on the business end of one of these babies.
Thanks for looking!
Scott