DL-17 Build

[redbutton]

Howdy, I recently started a DL17 blaster built. The pictures are of the
progress I've mad so far. Enjoy-

Redbutton

 

[Solos blaster]

Good start. I hope to build/have one some day.

 

[Blue Leader]

Nice start!

Could I ask where you found the pictures to identify the greeblies? I know there were pictures floating around the forum but now I can't seem to find them... Have the ANH greeblies been identified?

 

[redbutton]

Blue, I only found one picture and it's really old. The gold tube/bar (my built) on the side has a computer chip in the front of it and and the wire from the tube/bar goes to the bottom turntable control arm from recent sightings. Here the picture I have.

 

[redbutton]

Here's another picture from the movie...

 

[Darth Lars]

Here the picture I have.

The blaster is named DH-17 ( ) and the image is of a replica by user El Loco, first posted in this thread but the image is no longer there. (I have a habit of saving image of interesting replicas, so I have a local copy, with the poster's username in the filename)

BTW. It is not that easy to find old threads now after the forum "upgrade". Links to forum posts don't work anymore but the old thread title was in a link in another post and I found the old thread by searching for those words.

Have the ANH greeblies been identified?

The chip on the left side was perhaps first posted by me. The only known surviving original blaster still has it, and that blaster has been displayed at local cons here in Sweden organised by the owner. The chip, the front scope rail and straight rods or pipes along the right side are the only greeblies that are still on it unfortunately. There are glue residues after the left-side pipe and the "belt disc" though.

The Michell record player parts have been identified from screenshots.
Wires have been seen on one blaster in screenshots also.

But I think everything else is up to interpretation. Except for the missing chip, I think El Loco's blaster there is as screen-accurate as anyone could tell.
There were a bunch of these props made and there could also be individual differences.

 

[thd9791]

Thanks for all your help IDing stuff! - I am also working on one of these with redbutton. We made the scope mounts out of some Aluminum right angle stock, sliced into the scope rail and puttied them into place. We're waiting on the rear one until we find some type of scope

We noticed in a very blurry screencap from an ANH imperial officer that the curved cable/rod running out of the pipe goes much further down the blaster body than El Loco's interpretation. Can't find that one either..

I ripped some chips and sockets off some SEM Lab equipment

redbutton found some coaxial cable we're trying to use as the bent parts. The 3D printed cone record player parts have a much smaller hole than the side pipe!

 

[Blue Leader]

Thanks for the information and links Redbutton and Darth Lars! Much appreciated. I think that it was El Loco's post that I remember seeing... It's too bad that those pictures aren't available anymore, they could have been very helpful. I could have sworn that I kept copies of the images as well but now I can't seem to find what I did with them.

I've been thinking of taking a crack at making a 3D print conversion kit for the Hasbro blaster just for fun, because I always have a lot of fun with trying to mod a toy blaster into something more accurate, so I've been trying to collect any references I can for the ANH DH-17.

 

[redbutton]

Thanks Darth Lars! Any info is appreciated. I'll keep look for more...

 

[Halliwax]

I love the father son team work!!

Redbutton who’s kit is that?! I love it!