Han Solo DL-44 budget builds

[Mat]

Hi,
First some background:
Having a young SW fan home is a great motivator to craft stuff. So one of my son's request was of course Solo's blaster. One afternoon we took some wooden plank, a bottle some tube packaging and few screws and here is what came out of it. (Belt came on another afternoon)

But we want more - and now I want one for myself. I got a Denix one for me and a cheap (~4$) plastic BB gun for my son.

Now, the idea behind this project is make it really cheap, good looking, old school - using parts I can find in various places (I simply love the idea behind that) Also I want to be able to use both guns for more accurate builds in the future so I don't want to damage them to much, and keep that in mind when drilling the main holes.


Next step was getting the scope. I have found nice looking scope for air soft guns (4.5 $) The fi on it is around 20mm and it has higher mount, but it;s metal and looks cool. I'll need to cut the end to make it bit shorter

So, yesterday I went shopping to my local hardware shop to see what I could use. As always plumbing and electricity departments came handy. Those parts are from 1/4 to 1 $) But I couldn't believe my eyes when found this pistol end for watering (2.5$) Can you see it ?!

How about now ?

Combined with some plastic and copper tube. I even like the groves.

Here is a rough mock up of the BB gun the aluminium L shaped rail will be shorter because of the height scope mount.

And here with Denix

TBC.....

Mat

 

[Sabs]

It's so nice to see some grass roots builds here, and not just "look what I had CNC'd" or "look what I 3D printed off a site." I'm a big fan of "LOOK WHAT I FOUND!"

Keep it up. Looks great.

Sabs

 

[Diadem]

Looks great! We did a whole family Star Wars theme a couple Halloweens ago. I bought an orange and white toy DL-44 that makes the blaster sound for like $15 then modded it a little and repainted it. Screen accurate? Not remotely. But it looks good and my boys love playing with it. I've been wanting to make a functioning airsoft one, though.

 

[tk427]

mat.....which hardware store did you find the spray nozzle at?

 

[Mat]

mat.....which hardware store did you find the spray nozzle at?

That is a chain market here in Poland http://www.leroymerlin.pl/nawadnian.../pistolet-zraszajacy-hl117p,p47573,l1704.html no idea if that helps.

Baby steps with the build. Painted and mounted flashhider. And some mock up for the scope mount. I'm working on the leather holster so I wanted to put this together ffor fitting.

 

[Mat]

Small step forward

 

[Panaflex]

Very cool builds. The smile on your son's face says it all.

 

[Pedro]

Brilliant find with the nozzle! Genius! Both look really cool. Can I ask where you found the cheap airsoft and the scope? I see cheapo Mausers on eBay but was under the impression that they're undersized, while yours looks about right.

 

[Mat]

Well I found it on this auction house - sometimes they send worldwide http://allegro.pl/listing/listing.php?order=d&string=mauser+&bmatch=time-col-1-2-0203
But ebay search "mauser toy" gives some of those cheap plastic ones. They might have small color differences but the really look as if they were mae from the same cast

 

[azheat01]

Love it, did kind of the same thing with mine. I mounted my scope a little differently though. Nice work!