macropod80
Active Member
Does anyone out there know (care) what the ugly big things are that have been stuck on the ends of the dlt-19 blasters carried by the Death Troopers in Rogue One?
Some months ago I decided I didn't have enough half-finished projects collecting dust, so on a whim I've started a printed dlt-19:
which is actually getting much closer to completion than I usually manage..
Being in Australia, this project presents numerous hurdles, not least being legal ones (plastic toy space-guns are potentially evil-terrorist-prohibited-weopons in this country). But my current problem is trying to identify found objects that were, presumably, found on the other side of the planet.
Looking at the only two photos I can find on the net (someone please tell me there are others!), the only thing I can positively identify is the pair of 38mm split shaft collars around the barrel jacket. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much standardisation in the OD and thickness of these things, but they're easy enough to scale fom the pics. Underneath these looks to be a messy arrangement of bits of steel angle and screws to attatch the cylindrical bits: from front to back these seem to be a screw-on front end of a small torch/flashlight on the left; then a thing with dimples (inverted on the torchless side); then perhaps just a bit of tube and finally what might be some sort of AV cable plug?
Any ideas anyone? Or better photos?
Next problem is the sight.
I gather from discussions by experts elsewhere on this site that a lot of 'airsoft'parts have been used on the weapons this time around. (Airsoft guns are prohibited absolutely in Australia.) Certainly the mounting rail looks like the sort of thing hundreds of Evilbay sellers have on offer. Is the sight itself also an available airsoft accessory?
And I see the right side of the feed cover has been blanked off this time around, with just a simple plate. But what have they got on the left side?
Clearly something more creative than than old folded aluminium box (hooray!) It's profile seems to echo the shape of the feed mechanism above - so a scratch-built thingo? Is the detail on the Hot Toys or Sideshow versions to be trusted?
Some months ago I decided I didn't have enough half-finished projects collecting dust, so on a whim I've started a printed dlt-19:
which is actually getting much closer to completion than I usually manage..
Being in Australia, this project presents numerous hurdles, not least being legal ones (plastic toy space-guns are potentially evil-terrorist-prohibited-weopons in this country). But my current problem is trying to identify found objects that were, presumably, found on the other side of the planet.
Looking at the only two photos I can find on the net (someone please tell me there are others!), the only thing I can positively identify is the pair of 38mm split shaft collars around the barrel jacket. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much standardisation in the OD and thickness of these things, but they're easy enough to scale fom the pics. Underneath these looks to be a messy arrangement of bits of steel angle and screws to attatch the cylindrical bits: from front to back these seem to be a screw-on front end of a small torch/flashlight on the left; then a thing with dimples (inverted on the torchless side); then perhaps just a bit of tube and finally what might be some sort of AV cable plug?
Any ideas anyone? Or better photos?
Next problem is the sight.
I gather from discussions by experts elsewhere on this site that a lot of 'airsoft'parts have been used on the weapons this time around. (Airsoft guns are prohibited absolutely in Australia.) Certainly the mounting rail looks like the sort of thing hundreds of Evilbay sellers have on offer. Is the sight itself also an available airsoft accessory?
And I see the right side of the feed cover has been blanked off this time around, with just a simple plate. But what have they got on the left side?
Clearly something more creative than than old folded aluminium box (hooray!) It's profile seems to echo the shape of the feed mechanism above - so a scratch-built thingo? Is the detail on the Hot Toys or Sideshow versions to be trusted?