Post your ANH Solo Blaster here please

I am wanting to get one of these and can't decide who to get to build it or which version I want. I was thinking about getting a metal airsoft version, but I don't think the mauser is very accurate. I was just hoping some people here could post theirs. I know blastech sells one but can't see any good pics of it.

Jhusel

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Here's one I did back when I first joined the RPF, and sold it later.

Here's my ANH Hero. Denix based with a mish mash of parts from different makers plus some custom stuff. Modified grips, trigger, full-on bull barrell, pretty much every piece was fiddled with in one way or another. Sold it last fall:


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I don't have a pic of mine handy, but I'll tell you what I did.

Typically, a hero prop is the one you see close-up. So, contrary to what every else considers to be the hero ANH blaster, I consider the Greedo killer the hero blaster. It's the only time you see the blaster closeup.

I did NOT use the flash suppressor usually seen on the Greedo Killer. That thing looks like an oil funnel (!), and you never see it in the film. So, I used the only flash suppressor that got screen time.

Basically, it is an idealized version of what you would suppose the blaster should look like, based on what you see on screen. There are only a handful of us on the board that did our blaster this way.

Slave1 said:

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I don't have a pic of mine handy, but I'll tell you what I did.

Typically, a hero prop is the one you see close-up. So, contrary to what every else considers to be the hero ANH blaster, I consider the Greedo killer the hero blaster. It's the only time you see the blaster closeup.

I did NOT use the flash suppressor usually seen on the Greedo Killer. That thing looks like an oil funnel (!), and you never see it in the film. So, I used the only flash suppressor that got screen time.

Basically, it is an idealized version of what you would suppose the blaster should look like, based on what you see on screen. There are only a handful of us on the board that did our blaster this way.

I did the same thing.... GK closeup version with a "Hero" muzzle....I still love it to this day! I would like to snag a new version MR though

WOW Dann, that is a GREAT looking blaster, and nice photos too!

Jhusel

Thanks a lot! Yeah, I wish I had the time and resources to further accurize it, but what are ya gonna do?

DL 44 Blaster said:

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I did the same thing.... GK closeup version with a "Hero" muzzle....I still love it to this day! I would like to snag a new version MR though

Yes, I remembered you had done the same thing and counted you in the handful. I really think in my mind that is how the blaster should look . . . based on what we see on screen.

I never get tired of seeing Han blasters. Those are all very nice.

Betamin- Yours looks a lot like one I had made several years ago by BD from his last run of parts. I did add one of gavidoc's super duper accuarate scope brackets. Gav only made a handfull of them. Unfortunately, I sold mine too.

Dann- How you doing, man? Long time, no see!

Whatup, Ham! Doin good, I still lurk around, I'm just so busy lately I don't post much anymore. It's gettin hard to keep up with everything that goes on here anyway! LOL

Ham Solo said:

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I never get tired of seeing Han blasters. Those are all very nice.

Betamin- Yours looks a lot like one I had made several years ago by BD from his last run of parts. I did add one of gavidoc's super duper accuarate scope brackets. Gav only made a handfull of them. Unfortunately, I sold mine too.

Dann- How you doing, man? Long time, no see!

Yup, that was a Boba Debt kit with the Gavidoc scope mount added later. I had blended the bull barrel in to the body and made a "sight" on the barrel, and then beat the **** out of the whole thing to rough it up after it was painted. I kind of wish I still had it, but it had to go to pay for other stuff.

Not the greatest pics. Point and shoot in a dark apartment. But this is the all resin Hero I got from Wilco Models for CIV:

Finally got some time to take some new pics of my blaster.

It's an MGC with a Blast-tech conversion. I'm still missing the bull barrel and I really need to swap out the grips. Anyone know if those aftermarket wood grips will drop right on?

Here are the pics





And how it's displayed



Enjoy,

Fred

Here's a semi current image of my hero/gk/custom hybrid.

I did have the screen accurate GK rings and a repro GK scope on it, but opted to keep the custom one as I thought it looked better.

Gigatron,

Real wood grips will not directly fit an MGC Mauser. Just like the Denix, the MGC frame is larger than a real Mauser broomhandle. You would have to file it down to fit.

I had Red 9s on my MGC also. I was worried I'd have to alter the handle for real grips and lose accuracy. I got lucky though. I had Mauser Grips in my Ebay pre-set search function when a set of MGC grips with out the 9s came up as the real thing.

My recently completed GK:

My Icons ANH Han blaster.

ttt

Here's my GK:


Right side:

Hirohawa said:

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Is there a tutorial or tips on how to do the Bull Barrels on the ANH Hero blasters?

Thanks

I don't know of any tutorials, but those barrels will depend on which Hero muzzle you purchase.

You could use a brass, pipe fitting from a hardware store, or you could machine some thing.

Here's a pic or two of how I did the bull barrell on my blaster:

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Cheers,

Dave C