Re: LEIA ADDED! Blasters on the bench: Greedo, DL-18, GK, Droid, E-11, DH-17 more
Okay. So you can prep, after you clean out the bore to 3/8", test fit the brass tube to see how far down you want it, for snugness. Mark where it emerges from the barrel at the sight, and then cut it off about two inches further out past that. That's how much anchor length I'm giving inside that end of the forebarrel.
When you get this stuff, test fit the coil around the forebarrel (it'll take a little finessing to get it opened up enough to slip over it), get the pitch right, and mark and cut the tailing ends so they can be glued in place. I'd suggest undercoating the forebarrel black before mounting the coil to it. But the sequence will go: coil goes on, then glue the forebarrel onto the barrel liner projection, then glue the engine cylinder (or the entire muzzle subassembly) onto the forebarrel. You'll probably want to paint and weather the main gun body and muzzle separately and then just assemble the three main pieces together. I think having the bare, black plastic finish of the cord will be just different enough from the finish of the rest of the gun to help make it look that much more real.
--Jonah
Okay. So you can prep, after you clean out the bore to 3/8", test fit the brass tube to see how far down you want it, for snugness. Mark where it emerges from the barrel at the sight, and then cut it off about two inches further out past that. That's how much anchor length I'm giving inside that end of the forebarrel.
When you get this stuff, test fit the coil around the forebarrel (it'll take a little finessing to get it opened up enough to slip over it), get the pitch right, and mark and cut the tailing ends so they can be glued in place. I'd suggest undercoating the forebarrel black before mounting the coil to it. But the sequence will go: coil goes on, then glue the forebarrel onto the barrel liner projection, then glue the engine cylinder (or the entire muzzle subassembly) onto the forebarrel. You'll probably want to paint and weather the main gun body and muzzle separately and then just assemble the three main pieces together. I think having the bare, black plastic finish of the cord will be just different enough from the finish of the rest of the gun to help make it look that much more real.
--Jonah