ANH/ESB Hybrid DL44 Blaster

[RexKramer]

I recently picked up some of DEC's leftover blaster parts with the plan to build my first ANH DL44. After a series of drawn out events, I also purchased one from a member here. So with an extra Denix and the spare parts, I want to put together an ANH/ESB hybrid. I like the idea of the bull barrel and ANH FH with the ESB bracket and scope. Call me crazy lol. I have a scope arriving in the mail tomorrow and I'm waiting to hear back from John at Blast Tech about the bracket and pistons. I've done a quick chop of the barrel but I don't know how I feel about it. Part of me likes it and another part of me wants it the ANH length. What is the length of the barrel + ESB FH on the bespin models? Here are pics of the quick mash up:

What do you guys think?

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

I think it would look cool to have the ANH barrel/flash hider and the ESB scope.

 

[RexKramer]

Yea, I like the look. Its my own twist on the ESB version. I got my resin ESB scope in the mail today. It's a lot smaller/thinner than I expected. I'll be p[ostng more pics hopefully after some weekend progress!

 

[RexKramer]

I've decided to ditch the barrel sleeve and go with the regular barrel. I cut the barrel down some more to shorten it. I've also mounted and weathered the ANH FH using the booster. The M19 scope I picked up from Etsy is actually the smaller/thinner 1941 version of the M19. While I'm not going for screen accuracy on this one, I think the thinner M19 matches up well with the 'hybrid' look since the ANH wetzlar scope is thin. Just waiting for the scope mount and piston set in the mail. Here's what it looks like now: