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. :lol:

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

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Or with a scope? I could offer a M38:

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Or a Singlepoint:

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Or a real one, don´t remember what:

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A pic from the business-end:

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And a closeup of the nozzle

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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. :love

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.
 
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:

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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. :D

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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.

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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.

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

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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. :lol:

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Thats all up to now. :)
 
Here we go again. :wacko

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

Here is the reason:

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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:

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


Open:

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And closed:

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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? :lol:

Or is it just boring? :cry



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:

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Assembled them:

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And installed them on the receiver:

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Way better. (y)

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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:

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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

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Or in the middle, to combine the both:

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Atm, i tend more to "close to the mag".
 
Me again ...... yeah, the nasty guy with his stupid guns. :rolleyes:


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. :D

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

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

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With the M38 scope:

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With a M19 scope:

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And some closeups from different angles:

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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. :eek:

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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.
 
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