Thanks guys. Your comments always help to go on as quick as possible!!!
UPDATE:
All pictures from this update can be found here:
http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/my-collection/customs/khetanna/khetanna2#14jan2017
Here we go on with the deck. Still some stuff and details missing:
No on with the frustrating part: The deck-cannon.
I am working on the cannon from time to time since the beginning. Because it's a toy and toy 3 3/4 inch figures should be used it was clear to me to use the Hasbro cannon. Therfore it was always important to include it in the planning also for the size. Here is some old pics:
So far so good, but the cannon always looked ridiculously oversized. I planed and built two sockets by now only to throw them into the bin.
So here we go again. Hasbro cannon modification: Most annoying to me was the back of the cannon and the very wide step to the side.
I also wanted the cannon still to fire the missiles, but the muzzles just looked wrong:
More modifictaions:
Buliding the base:
Proper end to the muzzles:
And now the worst case scenario. Some super glue found its way into the spring mechanism. The missiles don't launch anymore. I tried to release it with a scalpel, but the knob broke into pieces. Then I tried to drill 1 mm holes into the mechanism to add wires to connect it to the knob again...more things broke.......that is kind of very frustrating because I can't just dismantle the whole cannon without destroying most of the modifications.......I will need to think about this....for now it looks like this:
Comparison to Hasbro and the movie:
Hope you like it. Thanks for looking!