Fettbat
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Been in kind of a building lull, so to get to work on a new project I -finally- got around to purchasing one of Rubies DDC defender blasters off Amazon. The goal of this project was to have an all metal barrel assembly (save for the sight and the revel engine piston bit) and have the whole front bit removable leaving just the margolin. Here's the progress so far!
First the Rubies toy needed to be hacked apart.
I wanted the barrel to be metal, it turns out that piping of various diameters is not very easy to find around me. I did find what I think is rod of an old lamp that fit the barrel diameter however and cut that down to size. It even had a threaded bit so I could mount it more easily into the margolin.
Then the sight was bored out (very cautiously)
Since I wanted the front bits to be removable, the bore of the margolin needed to be threaded on the inside, so I scoured around the hardware stores for a while and found a compressor junction (I think?) that almost fit, but nothing a dremel and a sanding bit can't fix.
This is then fitted into the barrel, using a metal dowel as a stem and fitted with duct tape.
Now for the front, I found an old optics kit from an old job and took it apart to find a nice aluminum assembly. I wrapped that in some old charger cord (not quite the right size cable, still on the hunt) and mounted that into the revel pistol.
Nothings been attached or glued yet, but here is what everything will look like together.
So yea. That's where I'm at with it right now, still a lot of work to do but before continuing I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a couple things. First, I know the cord is wrapped like 10 - 11 times, but what's the length of that section? Second, on some of the margolins and on parts of SW there's this little screw under the trigger. Here it is on the MR version but I don't know, I don't like to use them as a base for total accuracy.
I have no Idea what it's for but It seems to be present sometimes and not others in reproductions, is it on the version of the real DDC? Or is more of a preference?
First the Rubies toy needed to be hacked apart.
I wanted the barrel to be metal, it turns out that piping of various diameters is not very easy to find around me. I did find what I think is rod of an old lamp that fit the barrel diameter however and cut that down to size. It even had a threaded bit so I could mount it more easily into the margolin.
Then the sight was bored out (very cautiously)
Since I wanted the front bits to be removable, the bore of the margolin needed to be threaded on the inside, so I scoured around the hardware stores for a while and found a compressor junction (I think?) that almost fit, but nothing a dremel and a sanding bit can't fix.
This is then fitted into the barrel, using a metal dowel as a stem and fitted with duct tape.
Now for the front, I found an old optics kit from an old job and took it apart to find a nice aluminum assembly. I wrapped that in some old charger cord (not quite the right size cable, still on the hunt) and mounted that into the revel pistol.
Nothings been attached or glued yet, but here is what everything will look like together.
So yea. That's where I'm at with it right now, still a lot of work to do but before continuing I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a couple things. First, I know the cord is wrapped like 10 - 11 times, but what's the length of that section? Second, on some of the margolins and on parts of SW there's this little screw under the trigger. Here it is on the MR version but I don't know, I don't like to use them as a base for total accuracy.
I have no Idea what it's for but It seems to be present sometimes and not others in reproductions, is it on the version of the real DDC? Or is more of a preference?