Star Wars Merr Sonn Blaster Builds - Take 3

Country Paul · Oct 11, 2013

With the 3rd set of Doopydoos Blaster parts from my ESB Stunt build I decided to try a Merr Sonn

Like with my Weird ROTJ Blaster I didn't want to spend anything else so it had to be done with what I had laying around

I was originally going to use the upper from the ROTJ Blaster which I figured would do as close enough, but I spoke to Doopydoos & they were good enough to send me an extra ANH upper to use

obviously the parts I have found around the house won't be 100% accurate I'm just going for close enough :lol

so parts I'm using are

Doopydoos ANH Upper
Doopydoos ROTJ Lower
Doopydoos ANH Grill & unknown Grill
cable from a charger
x2 watch batteries
various washers
x2 Ethernet connectors
piece of PVC pipe & Cable tidy

Country Paul · Oct 11, 2013

Re: Doopydoos Merr Sonn Blaster Build

Got the Blaster primed, undercoated & painted satin black

the parts from Doppydoos were very good minimal clean up needed, just drilling out the trigger, filling a few tiny holes

I used some washers to make the Imperial Disk side greeblie

wasn't sure what to use for the right side greeblies but figured an Ethernet connector might look ok

I cut down 2 different ANH Grills for the right side & a piece of PVC pipe & ribbed tube for the left side

Just need to weather & add the coiled wire

Country Paul · Oct 13, 2013

Re: Doopydoos Merr Sonn Blaster Build

Weathered the Blaster & tried to keep it pretty subtle (for me)

Got the coiled cable on, it's just the wire from an charger/Adapter I coiled it round a pen before gluing in place,

I'm not 100% on it to be honest the wire is a little thin & the coils a bit too big but it'll do for now & until I find something better

the whole blaster is far from screen accurate so I don't think I'll worry too much, I've not tried to add any T-Track/Antennas

Pretty pleased with how its turned out & I like how the greeblies have worked out

It's a step on from my first attempt at a Merr Sonn & not too bad for a spare parts blaster :lol

Country Paul · Jul 29, 2014

Re: Doopydoos Merr Sonn Blaster Build

I saw OdiWan72's Merr Sonn in his blaster thread & it made me want to go back & try again :lol

I liked my doopydoos one (pictured) but maybe I can do better (maybe not)

Even though the original was resin I'd really like to build one using a Denix rather than resin (just need to find another Denix)

started to look in my parts box to see what I've got laying around

i have my spare Alu FH from DEC cast run, I was hoping for a spare bull barrel but he didn't have any left so I may have to compromise & try to make one from what I have laying around, I've got some thick PVC pipe which may work, it's thick enough that I should be able to file down the underside, & the head of a broom handle which fits nicely into the FH :lol

I have some Tomtit parts that I should be able to use

I'll see if this gets anywhere

Country Paul · Jul 30, 2014

Re: Star Wars Doopydoos Merr Sonn Blaster Build

Decided to go for it & order another Denix today,

started working on the PVC bull barrel, lots more filing to do (would like to find a metal one though)

(need to work out how to move this over to the Star Wars section)

Country Paul · Jul 31, 2014

Re: Star Wars Doopydoos Merr Sonn Blaster Build

Started to gather parts & greeblies together for this, some will be accurate some are just parts that I think will look ok,

this isn't the Denix I'm going to use (hopefully it'll be my GK some day) I've ordered another one for this but it'll be a week to 2 before I get it., am thinking I'll be painting the Mauser for this so it matches with the bull barrel.

I've ordered an imperial disc greeblie for the left side (rather than use washers again)

for now I've got some watch batteries & Ethernet connectors for the other greeblies (same as the Doopydoos) for now.

learnt a lesson about cutting the Tomtit cylinders :lol

I cut the first one top to bottom & it ended up wonky (& got scrapped) the next 2 I cut sideways along the seam & they came out nice & straight.

did some more work on the PVC bull barrel, from looking at pics I think it needs to be a touch longer than Han's blaster, I'm going to need to do a lot of filing down of the Mauser barrel when I get it (like I did with the ANH)

I've filed the bottom flat & hopefully it'll sit right, started to file in the 3 notches in the top, I'd prefer metal but at least the plastic is easy to work with, the various metal pipes I have the metal is to thin to file down the flat part

not sure about how I want to do the coiled wire yet

scottjua · Jul 31, 2014

Nice man! That's how you do it... ! Plastic is much easier to work too, and doesn't hurt as much if you F it up. ^_^

I still want to do a mere sonn too, but my last MGC will have to be my ROTJ han of accuracy. I think a Denix would be perfect for the Power 5. ^_^

chizbot · Aug 1, 2014

Re: Star Wars Doopydoos Merr Sonn Blaster Build

Country Paul said:
Decided to go for it & order another Denix today,

started working on the PVC bull barrel, lots more filing to do (would like to find a metal one though)

(need to work out how to move this over to the Star Wars section)

I have a hunk of steel left from when I made the bull barrel for my ANH. I bought a 25cm piece of high-carbon pipe from a metal shop for $6.00. It turned out great.

OdiWan72 · Aug 2, 2014

any progress Paul???

Markus

Country Paul · Aug 3, 2014

No Progress - been away this weekend

I've got 4 new projects on the go, the Merr Sonn, Greedo Blaster, Greedo Killer & another E-11 kit

thought I could dip in & out of all of them but I'm pretty much at a standstill with all of them waiting for parts :lol

With the Merr Sonn I'm waiting for the Denix to arrive (I was quoted 10-14 days)

don't want to do too much on the bull barrel until I can do it in conjunction with the Mauser

I've got a few little bits I can be getting on with (& should probably start on the barrel of my Greedo blaster)

hopefully have some progress soon

Country Paul · Aug 5, 2014

Ok, so a little bit of progress is still progress right :lol

Still no Denix but I did get some Imperial discs, (to be honest I've got a few different ones coming that may be better or worse than this one)

can't wait for the Mauser to come so I can get started properly, from the sounds of it the place I ordered from doesn't exactly rush orders out (even for the prices they charge :lol)

Country Paul · Aug 11, 2014

All my little builds & projects seem to have stalled while I wait for parts to arrive or paint to dry

denix still not here for my metal one so I started to wonder if I could improve my resin Merr Sonn at all just for fun,

I've got the badly cut Tomtit cylinders from above that'll do for this & a few other Tomtit sets I can use

Started by prizing off the parts & then had a go at filing the underside of the barrel flat, also filed down the hump on the sight

just need to mask up & try to paint the sanded parts

one thing I'm not sure about for either of these blasters is the positioning of the catamaran Tomtit part on top?

OdiWan72 · Aug 13, 2014

The tomtit engine cover goes on top of the bolt at the ejection port with the long "arms" of the part facing the barrel

Markus

Country Paul · Aug 15, 2014

The Denix for my Merr Sonn arrived today :lol

I also touched up my resin one where I'd removed the greeblies (before I add the new ones) despite using the exact same paint the finish came out a lot shinier :facepalm

A bit of steel wool seems to have evened it out a bit now plus it's pretty much gonna all be covered by greeblies

Country Paul · Aug 19, 2014

Ok I've got a few different styles of Imperial discs 2 with notches & 1 without

not sure which to use or which if any is most accurate for this & my Greedo Blaster :lol

Also I'm thinking that the ejection port must be a bit lower on the Denix than on the MCG or real Mauser, the Tomtit engine cover has nothing to sit on so I'll have to add something between it & the bolt

need to get to work on the Denix & bull barrel

jkno · Aug 20, 2014

Very nice built!

Are the first 5 pics in the first post in this thread of the screen used Merr Sonn please? I know of the first 2 partsofsw pics, but not sure about the other 3 with gray background.

Country Paul · Aug 20, 2014

Yes the 1st 5 pics are of the original prop, 2 are taken from POSW like you say the other 3 are from the promo pics of leia holding a Merr Sonn

OdiWan72 · Aug 20, 2014

Country Paul said:
Ok I've got a few different styles of Imperial discs 2 with notches & 1 without

not sure which to use or which if any is most accurate for this & my Greedo Blaster :lol

Also I'm thinking that the ejection port must be a bit lower on the Denix than on the MCG or real Mauser, the Tomtit engine cover has nothing to sit on so I'll have to add something between it & the bolt

need to get to work on the Denix & bull barrel

The disc in the middle is correct for both, the MerrSonn and the GreedoBlaster (even if you can´t make out, if this had the notch or not).
What is the source of these discs...Fenixprops/ Evolution Props?

Markus

Country Paul · Aug 20, 2014

Thanks Markus,

the disc on the left is from Gav (mojo fett) the other 2 are from fenixprops

Ive got 2 of each so if I use the correct ones on the 2 Merr Sonn's I'll have to use incorrect on the Greedo blaster or visa versa :lol

OdiWan72 · Aug 20, 2014

OR you simply get a set of correct ones via ebay...you´ll need these on quite a few other builds

Markus

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