=COMPLETED= Han Solo Blaster Build - $6 Toy Conversion

yaris

yaris

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Thought I'd add a DL-44 build to my little collection. Found this on the web for $6 delivered from China, ;)

Had some pretty cool/weird sounds and action, but I dumped them will keep it simple. Added some lead to it give it some decent weight. Because it was soooo cheap at $6, I plan to not buy any resin parts or real scope/brackets and keep the cost down by scratch building everything. Hopefully get out of the whole thing for less than $40

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Video is public now.....I'm not overly concerned with super accuracy. Once I scratch build some stuff for it and paint her, she'll be good enough for me;)....... but out of interest it's 310 long which seems pretty close to the 312 the say is the length.
 
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I've built a few DL-44's on this same Mauser. Even designed a grill with its measurement so that it fits perfectly. As far as size wise it's pretty close to the same size and a denix, mgc or m712 mauser.

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yaris said:
Video is public now.....I'm not overly concerned with super accuracy. Once I scratch build some stuff for it and paint her, she'll be good enough for me;)....... but out of interest it's 310 long which seems pretty close to the 312 the say is the length.
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Good enough for my needs as well. Thanks.

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chubsANDdoggers said:
I've built a few DL-44's on this same Mauser. Even designed a grill with its measurement so that it fits perfectly. As far as size wise it's pretty close to the same size and a denix, mgc or m712 mauser.
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Very nice builds of this $6 toy;).............got a build thread for them?
 
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Very nice builds of this $6 toy;).............got a build thread for them?
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Thanks pal. I actually don't have a build threat. I should have created one but it's actually the same build as a Denix or mgc. So many exist already that I figured it would be repetitive. Only difference is for this HERO build the airsoft grill is to big and the Denix/mgc grill to small. So I have to create one fix this plastic Mauser.
 
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There are many builds, but I haven't seen one that uses this $6 toy.
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Now u have [emoji1303]. The parts that I used cost about 20x the price of this $6 Mauser but they definitely complement it.


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Glued and screwed the whole gun back together, now it's got some weight about it, 500g. Got CnD's template for reference and my wife has a plastic watering can she got for $3 with a spout that looks like a good fit for the flash hider.

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Routered some of the plates, screw heads, will rough them up and knurl them
 

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Found a bottle that had a better flash hider shape, got some irrigation pipe and tested it, but I might try and find something better. Had a resin M38 spare scope so I cut it down for the scope end which I'll sand down and I used a broom handle for the scope body, which is ironic because the Mauser was called the 'broom handle' ;)
 

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Sanded the resin scope down to the tube, added some putty, will sand some more.....;)
 

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Got the scope down smoother, started scratch building the scope supports.
 

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Very nice. I pseudo finished a scratch build with the same base but hated how it looked (my skills seem to be far inferior to yours). I broke down and got some 3D printed parts. Looking forward to your finished project.
 
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