E-11 Stormtrooper Blaster builds - Doopydoos, Hasbro & Rubies - finished comparison

Country Paul · Sep 6, 2013

Ok so I know these have been done hundreds of times in the past,

I've had the Doopydoos E11 Blaster on my watch list for over a year but never felt confident that I could build it & that mostly came down to the fact that you have to do the scope rail yourself & I wasn't sure I was up to it :lol

anyway finally decided to man up & order one.

As with all the other Doopydoos kits I've had the casting was very good & didn't need too much clean up or filling

quite a lot of parts on this one but it went together easily enough (hopefully with everything in the right place)

I primed it & then gave it a silver undercoat, brass on the scope

I got some aluminium strip which I bent over the edge of the table & then notched with a hand saw to use as a scope rail

I found an old bracket to use to mount the hengstler

Country Paul · Sep 6, 2013

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Sprayed the whole thing satin black (with gloss black on the grip)

I used a toothpick to paint the white lettering into the scope

I filled the joins & drilled an extra hole in the underside of the folding stock

I used some memory wire to make a spring & an old glue stick as a bolt

initially put together without the Hengstler or cylinders

Country Paul · Sep 6, 2013

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Finally put it all together with Hengstler & Cylinders (nearly didn't add them)

I also added the coiled wires (from an old charger) they're just slotted in to drilled holes not glued

I found some nuts which I filled & painted to put under the scope

I've given it a very light (for me weathering) just to give it the knocked about look

The scope didn't work out to well, don't think the brass paint was thick enough because when I tried to weather it went straight to the primer :facepalm

Anyway I'm pretty pleased with how this has gone & I think it's an improvement on my Hasbro blaster

I really do like the doopydoos kits

I'm no expert on the E11 & I know that there are some details I could improve but this is a first attempt & now I've done one I suspect I may give one another go at some point.

OdiWan72 · Sep 7, 2013

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very cool. thanks for the step by step documentation

!

Markus

TazVader · Sep 7, 2013

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Nice build. Thanks for the pics

Regards
TAZ

JMChabot · Sep 7, 2013

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Yes, fantastic job documenting your process! And mighty sweet looking blaster, too!

On the brass paint issue on the scope, have you triedgiving the brass a coat (or 2) of clearcoat prior to the black? I find it helps preveting weatherig going through to the primer....

Your mileage may vary, however. But it works for me...

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jango trooper · Dec 3, 2013

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Thanks for sharing the build. I'm getting one of these kits for christmas. Need to build it up for my snowtrooper.

jkno · Dec 4, 2013

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Very nice job! :thumbsup Doopy's are the best E-11 kits out there!!

jango trooper · Dec 17, 2013

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Yeah nice build. What did you use to put the bits together?

Country Paul · Dec 17, 2013

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Thanks,

Nothing too clever putting this together just a 2 part epoxy glue from Wilkies :lol

I use it for everything & I've not had anything come apart on me yet

Sets in about 5 mins so I don't need tape or clamps or anything while it dries

Robert McLain · Dec 18, 2013

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Awesome work! About how much do these weigh? I've been considering one of these to fiddle around with around the house, as my real sterling weighs a ton.

Robert

Country Paul · Dec 18, 2013

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Wish I had a real Sterling :lol

This'll have to do for now

Just popped it on the kitchen scales it weighs 1.121kg (2lbs 7.5oz)

It feels pretty substantial in your hand

Country Paul · Aug 15, 2014

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Got another Doopydoos E-11 kit in the post today

I'm still pretty pleased with my other one (pictured) just fancied having another go

ordered this one with an M19 rather than a M38 scope & my plan is to do a more stripped down blaster without the hengstler or cylinders

looks like Doopydoos might have redone some of the parts, the folding stock is now one piece

cast looks pretty good but still lots of prep work to do here

bookface · Aug 15, 2014

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Based on my experience, you might want to screw the scope to the rail, and the rail to the sights at the back of the rifle. Great original build though, have fun with the new one!

Automobilly · Aug 21, 2014

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Fantastic Job! I've been wanting to build one there blasters for some time and think I will pop on one to complete the ESB prop build I'm doing after I finish my ESB hero lightsaber.
Jango Trooper love to see your snowtrooper!

Country Paul · May 10, 2015

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I seem to have a renewed enthusiasm for building in the last few weeks, I've got a Doopydoos E-11 kit & a Hasbro/Doopydoos kit to make

I've started on the clean up & prep but was wondering about the folding stock part

the holes on the bottom are very shallow I was going to drill a little more depth but wasn't sure if I should go right through?

I did on the hasbro one as it's only thin & figured it'll look better (& the hasbro will always be pretty inaccurate anyway)

but I'm not sure about the Doopydoos, I know there is a rod type thing in there on the real ones so you wouldn't see right through

not sure what to do with the indented part on the side of the front piece either looks like that could be drilled out also (I left as is on my last one)

Sith Lord · May 10, 2015

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For added realism, you could drill out those holes in the bottom and put a timber dowell or aluminium rod in there to replicate the rod of a real stock. And yes, ideally that little triangular section would also hollowed out. Be careful not to hollow out too far because if you have a look the main section of the stock would be visible at the top left corner of the opening (if you get what I'm trying to say...)

Country Paul · May 24, 2015

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I started on my 2nd Doopydoos/Hasbro E-11 & thought I may as well document it here

I've had the kit & the blaster kicking around for a while since I found a stack of the old Hasbro blasters in a discount store (wish I'd bought more now)

I only intended to do a quick paint job as this is only to be used as part of a costume but I seem to have done a lot more prep than on my first one :lol

I drilled out the holes under the folding stock & the triangular section,

I sanded off the bottom "T-track" on the left hand side & did my best to drill an extra set of holes & added a bayonet lug (last hole was a bit low :facepalm)

I cut out the section under the scope rail & also the slot for cocking lever

obviously there are loads of inaccuracies that I'm not going to even try to fix but I figured a few little easy details might help the finished look (I didn't do them on my first one)

but really this was supposed to be a quick easy build

Country Paul · Jun 1, 2015

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Enjoying building this more than I thought I would (& it's taking longer)

undercoated & sprayed black, decided I'm going to gloss the grip to be more like my Doopydoos

hopefully be be able to put it together soon & then I can start weathering (my favourite bit :lol)

Country Paul · Jun 4, 2015

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Got it put together & weathered

pretty pleased & feel that it's turned out better than the first Hasbro conversion I did

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