had been mentioning in my ESB sale thread that I was working to attempt to get an aluminum front barrel made in order to offer an all metal version of the ROTJ EE-3. Well, after around a year an a half of searching for a machinist to assist with the front barrel I finally found someone that was willing to take on the project! Wanting this to be a sure thing before I started to offer this up or take deposits in order to be as perfect as possible before offering it up.
Pain staking research went into creating this machined aluminum barrel to attempt to replicate the dimensions and feel of the screen used piece. Compared current resin version of this with the MR ROTJ EE-3 to attempt to get the best size and fit.
The barrel is machined in 5 separate pieces - long main barrel, the short ribbed piece that connects to the Webley, the front tip, and the 2 side "wings". The main part of the barrel is threaded for the connection of the 3 primary pieces and the "wings" will be epoxied into channels for maximum strength and durability. The pictures below are of the initial production sample, so there are few minor nicks/dings that were not worked out - still a beautiful piece, but the final production piece will be flawless.
The base for the full blaster that I will be offering is the same Webley flare gun castings that I make for my ESB version - low serial number of 3087 - all matching parts on the original flare gun. The castings are accomplished via the cire perdue or lost-wax casting process. The gun in cast in 3 parts - barrel, handle/trigger/d-bracket assembly, and barrel release - so that the gun has the functionality of opening with the spring loaded barrel release. Each raw bronze cast is then prepared and sand blasted to get as close to the original Webley finish as possible. For the ROTJ version, the front barrel will be cut in the wax casting phase leaving approximately 1.75" for the front barrel to connect to. The first examples of that are being made currently - hope to have pictures within the next 4-6 weeks. The stock will be made from a pine or other wood since the intent is to paint over it - no need to use expensive walnut.
I plan on offering the aluminum barrel in three different "packages":
Aluminum barrel by itself - includes all of the pieces mentioned above ready to add to your resin or other blaster base - $180 plus shipping.
Aluminum barrel and ROTJ version bronze cast Webley with wood stock - $750 plus shipping (around $30 within the US, $80 - 100 international).
Fully completed ROTJ EE-3 with all parts (Sidewinder's ROTJ parts with metal scope rings and metal scope tube), hard/durable t-track, wood stock (Woodman) and assembled and painted by me - $1100 plus shipping.
The quality of these is what I believe is the closest thing to an original at about half to one third of the price of an original Webley. Not looking to make a lot off of this, just recoup my project costs.
Without further adieu, here are pictures of the machined aluminum barrel.
Currently I am 1-2 months out on the machined aluminum barrel by itself and around 2-3 months out on the fully completed EE-3 or barrel/bronze Webley. You can secure your place in line by sending a deposit via paypal to davebookie@msn.com. Full payment on the barrel alone and then we can figure out shipping costs once they arrive, $200 for the other versions and then you can make payments or the full balance due prior to shipping. PM me or post here if you are interested.
Of course, I am still offering the ESB version as well as detailed in my other sale thread:
https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=256163&highlight=bookie+blasters
Pain staking research went into creating this machined aluminum barrel to attempt to replicate the dimensions and feel of the screen used piece. Compared current resin version of this with the MR ROTJ EE-3 to attempt to get the best size and fit.
The barrel is machined in 5 separate pieces - long main barrel, the short ribbed piece that connects to the Webley, the front tip, and the 2 side "wings". The main part of the barrel is threaded for the connection of the 3 primary pieces and the "wings" will be epoxied into channels for maximum strength and durability. The pictures below are of the initial production sample, so there are few minor nicks/dings that were not worked out - still a beautiful piece, but the final production piece will be flawless.
The base for the full blaster that I will be offering is the same Webley flare gun castings that I make for my ESB version - low serial number of 3087 - all matching parts on the original flare gun. The castings are accomplished via the cire perdue or lost-wax casting process. The gun in cast in 3 parts - barrel, handle/trigger/d-bracket assembly, and barrel release - so that the gun has the functionality of opening with the spring loaded barrel release. Each raw bronze cast is then prepared and sand blasted to get as close to the original Webley finish as possible. For the ROTJ version, the front barrel will be cut in the wax casting phase leaving approximately 1.75" for the front barrel to connect to. The first examples of that are being made currently - hope to have pictures within the next 4-6 weeks. The stock will be made from a pine or other wood since the intent is to paint over it - no need to use expensive walnut.
I plan on offering the aluminum barrel in three different "packages":
Aluminum barrel by itself - includes all of the pieces mentioned above ready to add to your resin or other blaster base - $180 plus shipping.
Aluminum barrel and ROTJ version bronze cast Webley with wood stock - $750 plus shipping (around $30 within the US, $80 - 100 international).
Fully completed ROTJ EE-3 with all parts (Sidewinder's ROTJ parts with metal scope rings and metal scope tube), hard/durable t-track, wood stock (Woodman) and assembled and painted by me - $1100 plus shipping.
The quality of these is what I believe is the closest thing to an original at about half to one third of the price of an original Webley. Not looking to make a lot off of this, just recoup my project costs.
Without further adieu, here are pictures of the machined aluminum barrel.
Currently I am 1-2 months out on the machined aluminum barrel by itself and around 2-3 months out on the fully completed EE-3 or barrel/bronze Webley. You can secure your place in line by sending a deposit via paypal to davebookie@msn.com. Full payment on the barrel alone and then we can figure out shipping costs once they arrive, $200 for the other versions and then you can make payments or the full balance due prior to shipping. PM me or post here if you are interested.
Of course, I am still offering the ESB version as well as detailed in my other sale thread:
https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=256163&highlight=bookie+blasters
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