It's the Goonies throw blanket one of our members was selling. 
MR Luke & Han ESB DL-44 flash hider ??
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DL 44 Blaster
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Yes, he certainly did. He made the Luke/Bespin with the radius and the Hoth with the taper. I used to own both, but sold the Han a couple years back. I still have my Luke though. I'm sure Chris could give more details about this as if my memory serves correct he helped out Boba Debt immensely on the project.
Glad to see that MR comparison shot as it's the one thing that I've yet to see despite all of the discussions over the years revolving around the ESB DL44....thanks for posting it:thumbsup
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DL 44 Blaster
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I think that is the Goonies Map/Dabloon throw blanket that was made by a member here a while back...RelicMaker, was it?
Brad
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There certainly seems to be interest to have these made again!
lonepigeon
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I blueprinted the Luke one for Bobadebt and I gave the blueprint to MR (I think they tweaked it a little).
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DL 44 Blaster
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Man, Chris they should have left it alone. I didn't know that you submitted your blueprint. I thought the Luke/Bespin muzzle you did was absolutely perfect in every way. The MR Luke looks as if the radius to the cone was removed and given a simple taper. I'm still glad I held onto my Luke .....someday I hope to get an MGC to have a "perfect" ESB DL44 replica
lonepigeon
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I didn't realize they got rid of the radius on the Luke. I knew they did on the Han, rightly so IMO.
They gave me a Han AP for my help on both. I haven't seen the Luke in person. I believe Rebelscum had some great MR Luke blaster pics from a convention, but I can't find them right now.
One thing MR nailed perfectly on the Luke and everyone else has missed is the knob holding the scope mount on.
I'd love to see a run of those.
BTW - The MR scope bracket was also based on my blueprint with some minor tweaks.
They gave me a Han AP for my help on both. I haven't seen the Luke in person. I believe Rebelscum had some great MR Luke blaster pics from a convention, but I can't find them right now.
One thing MR nailed perfectly on the Luke and everyone else has missed is the knob holding the scope mount on.
I'd love to see a run of those.
BTW - The MR scope bracket was also based on my blueprint with some minor tweaks.
DL 44 Blaster
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Totally agree there, while the one I have currently is nice it's not "perfect".
Ripcode
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Chris,
Could you share the blueprints? I'd love to see if I could find a machinist who could make these happen. I've never anything done something like this before, but I would be willing to give it shot.
Boba Debt
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Yes I did a limited sub-run of Han Hoth Muzzles when I did the main Bespin Muzzle Run.
As far as I am concerned they were the most accurate replica made to date and I could not have done it with out Lonepeigons help and a whole lot of discussion from the members of the Active Project, does anyone remember the debates over the hollowed out back
The biggest issue when making these is the knurling. When you knurl a flat surface you raise the material. Most of the available versions have very deep knurling which extends past the OD by at least .030" and upto .090".
My machinist did it in a way that barely increased the OD which made it way more accurate
Here is a comparison of the 2 muzzles
As far as I am concerned they were the most accurate replica made to date and I could not have done it with out Lonepeigons help and a whole lot of discussion from the members of the Active Project, does anyone remember the debates over the hollowed out back
The biggest issue when making these is the knurling. When you knurl a flat surface you raise the material. Most of the available versions have very deep knurling which extends past the OD by at least .030" and upto .090".
My machinist did it in a way that barely increased the OD which made it way more accurate
Here is a comparison of the 2 muzzles
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Boba Debt
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What did they do for this part, anyone have pictures
I'm short on time but I might be able to do a run with my original machinist he should have the code already to go but to be price competitive we would have to make at least 20 muzzles.
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lonepigeon
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Those were the Rebelscum pics I was trying to find again.
Nice to see MR did include the radius on the muzzle.
The side knob is very close to the real prop although the straight side should be as tall as the tapered edge - looks like that part lost some detail by being die-cast instead of machined.
Nice to see MR did include the radius on the muzzle.
The side knob is very close to the real prop although the straight side should be as tall as the tapered edge - looks like that part lost some detail by being die-cast instead of machined.
Ripcode
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So the side knob should be thicker?
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