Re: My blaster builds thread: UPDATE: LIVE FIRE Han Solo ANH DL-44 Mauser C96
Small updates:
Made myself a ROTJ on an MGC with the new Bobadebt run parts. It was the ******* child of the DL-44 legacy and I never like it much... until I got it in my hands!!! I LOVE It now.
Some things not finished, are no rivets in pistons yet. I think I won't actually put holes in the gun to do this and will just use the rivet heads instead. They're adhered now with 3M vhb tape... so not budging anyway.
I also "weathered" the anodized parts with a light coat of satin black enamel...then worn away with steel wool. This gave the depth and weathering without killing the anodizing, or too much elbow grease. I gotta thank Bobadebt for that idea!
Some slight AL black on the flash hider for some slight weathering. The screen props didn't look too weathered on the FH, so I tried to replicate what I saw a little.
Finally some new pics of my Luke ESB too. I put a real mauser trigger on it, and it works perfectly with a little rigging. Action cycles the dummy round perfectly, and trigger works. Looks and feels so much better than the MGC trigger.
I'm selling this one though... and it's actually already being paid for by someone else. ^_^
I'll be ESB-less for a while until I do the next live-fire.
Anyway, here's my blasters all together:
Small updates:
Made myself a ROTJ on an MGC with the new Bobadebt run parts. It was the ******* child of the DL-44 legacy and I never like it much... until I got it in my hands!!! I LOVE It now.
Some things not finished, are no rivets in pistons yet. I think I won't actually put holes in the gun to do this and will just use the rivet heads instead. They're adhered now with 3M vhb tape... so not budging anyway.
I also "weathered" the anodized parts with a light coat of satin black enamel...then worn away with steel wool. This gave the depth and weathering without killing the anodizing, or too much elbow grease. I gotta thank Bobadebt for that idea!
Some slight AL black on the flash hider for some slight weathering. The screen props didn't look too weathered on the FH, so I tried to replicate what I saw a little.
Finally some new pics of my Luke ESB too. I put a real mauser trigger on it, and it works perfectly with a little rigging. Action cycles the dummy round perfectly, and trigger works. Looks and feels so much better than the MGC trigger.
I'm selling this one though... and it's actually already being paid for by someone else. ^_^
I'll be ESB-less for a while until I do the next live-fire.
Anyway, here's my blasters all together:
