I haven't done one of these in a while. I'm a little excited!! :)) ::)
So as much as I love my original DL-44, I decided I'm ready to upgrade to something a little more realistic. Therefore, I'm currently working on a Denix based DL-44 blaster. (WOO-HOO!)
Now I'm no scottjua, but many of the design cues and ideas I have been implementing have been coming from his builds, so thank you for the inspiration Scott! Still I figured I would keep a build log for members to follow should they desire to try their hand at something like this. I want to install sounds and retain the functionality of the hammer
Of course we will start with the Denix.
Nothing much done to it as of late except I cut off the tip off the barrel to allow the flash hider to slide on. I ordered the real wooden grip version but I think they sent me the synthetic one by accident....oh well. :P Here are all the greeblies.
I decided to go with the Luke variant. It's suppose to be my personal blaster but I figured it would also go well with my Graflex saber since it's ESB style. The flash hider, scope, and bracket are from Evolution Props and the motor greeblies are resin casts from a seller I found on Etsy.
I slid on the flash hider to see how it looks!
A little too lengthy for my tastes. I'm going to have to sand the barrel a bit so I can slide the hider further on. In terms of internals, this will play host to the Blaster Core v3 that was in my original DL-44. Since space is a VERY limiting factor, I needed I nice small battery pack. That's where a pair of 10440s came into play. Since they are not a very common pack, I had to wind up making one myself. This was actually a first for me but I was very pleased with my results!
The internals require a bit more machining for wire clearance but so far so good. I even have a solution for mounting the switch, which some of you have seen already. ;)
I <3 3D printers!!
That should be it to start. I'll do my best to keep taking pictures and keeping you guys up to speed. Stay tuned and thanks!!