ConvergencePro
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So this is one of the projects I've been working on, on and off, over the last few months. I've always liked the look of this thing, especially it's continued use in expanded universe type things like the Mythos statue by Sideshow and many others.
I picked up a Kaiser camera grip a few months ago and also got a vintage tasco hand telescope from a guy here
From there I've been researching photos and checking the various differences between the SuperTrooper/Pre-Pro1 incarnations of the blaster and that of the Pre-Pro 2.
For a long long time I thought that the upper receiver must be some kind of yet to be ID'd found part, possibly from a vacuum cleaner or other camera parts. But upon further investigation I started to see something rather odd.
Here's a comparison shot of the two blasters
Now, as most of us know, the SuperTrooper/Pre-Pro 1 blaster and the Pre-Pro 2 blasters used slightly different telescopes. The ST/PP1 using the type with the extra extension seen as a silver ring inbetween the tip and the transition to the tube, while the PP2 uses a single step tube without this ring.
Another subtle difference is that the Kaiser camera grips them selves are not the same. The SuperTrooper and PP1 blasters look to be the same one, as noted by the fact that they both have Red triggers (in the ST the grip is flipped around), whereas on the PP2 if you look at any shots where the trigger is exposed, you can see the black paint scraping off from the actor squeezing the trigger revealing the yellow trigger underneath.
The biggest difference, and this concerns the upper receiver, is that the ST/PP1 blaster has bulging sides where the barrel starts where if you look at the PP2, it looks to be missing these bulges and the entire receiver is flush. So, due to this difference, I'm now thinking that the the upper receiver of the PP2 may in fact be scratch built, or a slightly different model of whatever they used.
So over the last week or so I put these together as a comparison to what both look like. I still need to add the spot for the Sec-O-Mat arrow, which is currently in the mail on its way to me, but once finalized, I'm going to have the PP2 one 3d printed for making molds. (I may do the ST/PP1 as well, we'll see). So let me know what ya think of these. I can still change things if I missed anything, and I should also be able to get the lower receiver part made up in the meantime.
I picked up a Kaiser camera grip a few months ago and also got a vintage tasco hand telescope from a guy here
From there I've been researching photos and checking the various differences between the SuperTrooper/Pre-Pro1 incarnations of the blaster and that of the Pre-Pro 2.
For a long long time I thought that the upper receiver must be some kind of yet to be ID'd found part, possibly from a vacuum cleaner or other camera parts. But upon further investigation I started to see something rather odd.
Here's a comparison shot of the two blasters
Now, as most of us know, the SuperTrooper/Pre-Pro 1 blaster and the Pre-Pro 2 blasters used slightly different telescopes. The ST/PP1 using the type with the extra extension seen as a silver ring inbetween the tip and the transition to the tube, while the PP2 uses a single step tube without this ring.
Another subtle difference is that the Kaiser camera grips them selves are not the same. The SuperTrooper and PP1 blasters look to be the same one, as noted by the fact that they both have Red triggers (in the ST the grip is flipped around), whereas on the PP2 if you look at any shots where the trigger is exposed, you can see the black paint scraping off from the actor squeezing the trigger revealing the yellow trigger underneath.
The biggest difference, and this concerns the upper receiver, is that the ST/PP1 blaster has bulging sides where the barrel starts where if you look at the PP2, it looks to be missing these bulges and the entire receiver is flush. So, due to this difference, I'm now thinking that the the upper receiver of the PP2 may in fact be scratch built, or a slightly different model of whatever they used.
So over the last week or so I put these together as a comparison to what both look like. I still need to add the spot for the Sec-O-Mat arrow, which is currently in the mail on its way to me, but once finalized, I'm going to have the PP2 one 3d printed for making molds. (I may do the ST/PP1 as well, we'll see). So let me know what ya think of these. I can still change things if I missed anything, and I should also be able to get the lower receiver part made up in the meantime.
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