westarsmith
Active Member
Good day,
Rogue One Deathtroopers carry an interesting sterling-based blaster. One of the best things, besides it’s nasty appearance, is that the original props were built in the recent past, not 20 or 30 years ago, so parts are much easier to get. I’m building it now so I thought I’d start a progress thread. Also, maybe those with access to better info might point out something I need to change. Or post pictures from public appearances of this blaster.
I’m using photos from the movie. I refer to Battlefront images and the action figures to help with proportion or a detail I can’t see in the movie image. Parts that I’m making are machined not 3d printed so the blaster has the real feel.
I bought the air soft sterling and started with the receiver rear end cap. The air soft cap has a spring loaded mechanism and has the locking cuts so that it can be rotated into place and stay on the back of the receiver because this design has no recoil spring. In the picture from the movie, you can see that the prop receiver end cap is held in place with a screw on each side of the receiver. No need to make the inside locking cuts ( whew!). So I machined an end cap that had the outside shape as in the movie still and just fit over the receiver. I put in the locking hole for the spring-loaded receiver mounted lock, also. I threaded the adapter for 1 3/16 -16 internal so that the collapsible stock would thread on (same as AR15).
Fortunately, the threads at the rear of the stock body are also threaded into the stock body so the threaded piece can be removed. ( see picture) I machined my piece for this spot and sized it so it would fit tightly in the back of the stock body and be held by a screw using a convenient hole in the underside of the stock body. I guessed that the piece had linear knurling on the band around the outside. I wish I has a finer knurl. This piece looks different on the action figure.
Another picture shows the power cylinders for the magazine housing. They are different from E-11 in only a couple small details so not too bad to make.
This is fun! More to come.
Rogue One Deathtroopers carry an interesting sterling-based blaster. One of the best things, besides it’s nasty appearance, is that the original props were built in the recent past, not 20 or 30 years ago, so parts are much easier to get. I’m building it now so I thought I’d start a progress thread. Also, maybe those with access to better info might point out something I need to change. Or post pictures from public appearances of this blaster.
I’m using photos from the movie. I refer to Battlefront images and the action figures to help with proportion or a detail I can’t see in the movie image. Parts that I’m making are machined not 3d printed so the blaster has the real feel.
I bought the air soft sterling and started with the receiver rear end cap. The air soft cap has a spring loaded mechanism and has the locking cuts so that it can be rotated into place and stay on the back of the receiver because this design has no recoil spring. In the picture from the movie, you can see that the prop receiver end cap is held in place with a screw on each side of the receiver. No need to make the inside locking cuts ( whew!). So I machined an end cap that had the outside shape as in the movie still and just fit over the receiver. I put in the locking hole for the spring-loaded receiver mounted lock, also. I threaded the adapter for 1 3/16 -16 internal so that the collapsible stock would thread on (same as AR15).
Fortunately, the threads at the rear of the stock body are also threaded into the stock body so the threaded piece can be removed. ( see picture) I machined my piece for this spot and sized it so it would fit tightly in the back of the stock body and be held by a screw using a convenient hole in the underside of the stock body. I guessed that the piece had linear knurling on the band around the outside. I wish I has a finer knurl. This piece looks different on the action figure.
Another picture shows the power cylinders for the magazine housing. They are different from E-11 in only a couple small details so not too bad to make.
This is fun! More to come.