chaos_79
Well-Known Member
Heres my Modified Hasbro Stormtrooper E-11 blaster.
I replaced the original LED with a 1w led and relocated it from the front of the blaster to the rear of the barrel so it will light it up. I mounted the led and optics in the end of a 8" section of MR FX lightsaber blade and then put in just over 3 feet of polypropylene to defuse the light for the rest of the tube. This was then glued in place inside the blaster.
I cut the plastic out from under the scope mount rail so it looked more like the original blasters. I also got one of doopydoos conversion kits of ebay and glued that on.
Next I made the scope more functional. When taking the blaster apart for the first time I had to destroy the original caps on the scope as they were glued on but a quick trip to a DIY store helped with that. I found a pvc end cap that fitted on the rear large end and found a small torch that had a small piece that would fit the small end of the scope. I put in two lenses, a large one at the rear, that was from a watch, and a small one, from a tiny magnifiying glass, at the front. In both ends I put in pieces of red Lee Filters and put a Reticle similar to the MR scope in the large end but see through. It makes everything go upside down but I can live with that.
I then painted it. This was a pain to paint because of all the nooks and crannies but I managed it to paint it all matt black in several coats. I then gave it a matt clear coat. For now I'm leaving it as is but I may at some point I dry brush some silver on to different parts to mimic the paint wearing away.
One thing I wasn't to happy about with the E-11 blaster was that the LED wasn't very bright but after some tentitive experiments I found out that if you replace the normal 2 AA batteries with 2 TrustFire 14500 Lithium Battery it not only increases the brightness of the LED but it increases the loudness of the blaster. So here the pics:
I replaced the original LED with a 1w led and relocated it from the front of the blaster to the rear of the barrel so it will light it up. I mounted the led and optics in the end of a 8" section of MR FX lightsaber blade and then put in just over 3 feet of polypropylene to defuse the light for the rest of the tube. This was then glued in place inside the blaster.
I cut the plastic out from under the scope mount rail so it looked more like the original blasters. I also got one of doopydoos conversion kits of ebay and glued that on.
Next I made the scope more functional. When taking the blaster apart for the first time I had to destroy the original caps on the scope as they were glued on but a quick trip to a DIY store helped with that. I found a pvc end cap that fitted on the rear large end and found a small torch that had a small piece that would fit the small end of the scope. I put in two lenses, a large one at the rear, that was from a watch, and a small one, from a tiny magnifiying glass, at the front. In both ends I put in pieces of red Lee Filters and put a Reticle similar to the MR scope in the large end but see through. It makes everything go upside down but I can live with that.
I then painted it. This was a pain to paint because of all the nooks and crannies but I managed it to paint it all matt black in several coats. I then gave it a matt clear coat. For now I'm leaving it as is but I may at some point I dry brush some silver on to different parts to mimic the paint wearing away.
One thing I wasn't to happy about with the E-11 blaster was that the LED wasn't very bright but after some tentitive experiments I found out that if you replace the normal 2 AA batteries with 2 TrustFire 14500 Lithium Battery it not only increases the brightness of the LED but it increases the loudness of the blaster. So here the pics:
