After my last Greedo Killer build, I had it up on ebay and for sale here to pay for some surprise car repair bills. It sold, but one of the people who was interested in it on eBay actually contacted me about building another for them.
I had an extra Weaver scope that was close to a compac, and could get the flash hider, no problem, so all I needed was the sold out parts for the scope mount from correlian exports.
Naturally being sold out, Vince couldn't help me, and I really didn't want to try to machine all of it myself as I would have a tough time with the dovetail, and to come in under or at the budget for the build.
So I pleaded with Vinace and he was able to sell me the grill and the dovetail from his mount run which he had leftover, along with most of the screws needed.
So with that I decided to forge ahead, and sourced the raw materials for the rest of the scope mount. Luckily the materials were not expensive at all, and it was just going to be my time and skill put to the test.
I already had a complete set from CE for the GK mounts, so I used those pieces as templates and started making everything else from scratch on my lathe, drill press, and belt sander.
In the end it all came out great!
Here's some pics:
I had some leftover bar stock from lightsaber builds which I used to turn down the knobs. Also shown is the raw stock for the other mount parts.
I didn't take progress pics, except the FH adapter shown later, but here's the raw.
And here are the finished pieces. They're identical to Vince's CE parts now, except I tapered the one edge of the cross bar more.
I debated doing these paint or aluminum black, and went aluminum black. The end result worked out great, as the weathering worked out as I imagined it and looked much better than paint.
Action shot of turning down the flash hider adapter to fit on the end of the denix barrel
Vintage M9 flash hider. This one was a little different from the past three that I had. The wing nut was a little different and the stamping was unique.
I got rid of the unsightly post for the bolt on the denix and blued it. I also had to file the front of the mag well to fit the GK grill, and I blended and blued that as well.
Real Weaver scope. Just something about looking through real glass that I like. ^_^
One more shot of the made pieces in the light.
So there it is. The next one I build will be for ME, and on an MGC... and I'll probably put sound in it like my Hero.
Let me know what you think.
I had an extra Weaver scope that was close to a compac, and could get the flash hider, no problem, so all I needed was the sold out parts for the scope mount from correlian exports.
Naturally being sold out, Vince couldn't help me, and I really didn't want to try to machine all of it myself as I would have a tough time with the dovetail, and to come in under or at the budget for the build.
So I pleaded with Vinace and he was able to sell me the grill and the dovetail from his mount run which he had leftover, along with most of the screws needed.
So with that I decided to forge ahead, and sourced the raw materials for the rest of the scope mount. Luckily the materials were not expensive at all, and it was just going to be my time and skill put to the test.
I already had a complete set from CE for the GK mounts, so I used those pieces as templates and started making everything else from scratch on my lathe, drill press, and belt sander.
In the end it all came out great!
Here's some pics:
I had some leftover bar stock from lightsaber builds which I used to turn down the knobs. Also shown is the raw stock for the other mount parts.
I didn't take progress pics, except the FH adapter shown later, but here's the raw.
And here are the finished pieces. They're identical to Vince's CE parts now, except I tapered the one edge of the cross bar more.
I debated doing these paint or aluminum black, and went aluminum black. The end result worked out great, as the weathering worked out as I imagined it and looked much better than paint.
Action shot of turning down the flash hider adapter to fit on the end of the denix barrel
Vintage M9 flash hider. This one was a little different from the past three that I had. The wing nut was a little different and the stamping was unique.
I got rid of the unsightly post for the bolt on the denix and blued it. I also had to file the front of the mag well to fit the GK grill, and I blended and blued that as well.
Real Weaver scope. Just something about looking through real glass that I like. ^_^
One more shot of the made pieces in the light.
So there it is. The next one I build will be for ME, and on an MGC... and I'll probably put sound in it like my Hero.
Let me know what you think.
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