Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - Printable Version

Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - Printable Version

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Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - seantrooper - Saturday 8-Oct-2011

Ok, so I've decided to build myself an E-11 to go along with my snowie Smile

I have the doopydoos pipe kit and I have used the templates that zeroroom made.

Template attached, started drilling holes.
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finished barrel
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The black marker you see around the exhaust vent is where I have had to rebuild the pipe with epoxy putty, as I had cut the hole too big.

While I was waiting for my bits and pieces from doopydoos to arrive I experimented with paint.

I like the hammered finish as it gives a good texture, however the colour was too metallic for my liking. So, I sprayed some gloss black over the top of the hammered black and it turned out exactly how I wanted.

Here are some comparison photos I have taken Smile

Under a fluorescent light (indoors)
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In direct sunlight to show the the texture of the paint.
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In direct sunlight to show the colour difference.
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I have t-tracks from marv on FISD, they are awesome quality Smile

I also am waiting on a bronze M19 from TK4702 on FISD

Tonight I have painted the main section of the reciever, with grip and mag attached. Stay tuned as I have something a little different and special planned for the rest of the pieces (folding stock, trigger, etc...)

Kit layed out

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The bolt had to be sanded down A LOT before it would fit inside my pipe. I used a piece of thin plastic to extend the bolt to a more accurate size.

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Painted bolt

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Painted main body and endcap. Just the hammered black for now, will spray the gloss black on later.
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RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - The Sniper - Sunday 9-Oct-2011

Great start there Sean. Doppeldaumen1

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - hopfot - Sunday 9-Oct-2011

Awesome Wink

What's on the sandwich?

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - Phantom - Sunday 9-Oct-2011

Nice work Sean....can't wait to see the finished blaster. Like the paint too

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - seantrooper - Wednesday 2-Nov-2011

ok, so here's my progress so far.

I was lucky enough to get hold of some of the plastic bits ZeroRoom made up, and here they are! I am still waiting on some muzzle bits and folding stock bits, but what I have so far is AWESOME!

for some reason when I was exporting my photos, the colour got washed out a little, the rear sight is REALLY pink :P

how the blaster looks right now

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some of the plastic pieces I haven't used yet/don't need to use.

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here's teh selector switch next to a doopy doos one.

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Trigger (functional) next to a doopydoos

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fits over it perfectly!

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rear sight

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front sight

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how the trigger fits

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RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - Deltorn - Thursday 3-Nov-2011

Coming together nicely.

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - seantrooper - Thursday 3-Nov-2011

I also have the scope rail finished, but am having tremendous trouble drilling the holes to mount it/the scope. I am using a handheld drill (one that you plug into the wall, not a bench drill :P ) but the drill bit just keeps spinning and not drilling a hole :/ Any solutions? Does anybody know if I need a particular type of drill bit? The rail is made out of 1.6mm thick aluminium and it was easy to cut with a hacksaw, so it is really doing my head in why I can't drill a hole :P

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - Deltorn - Thursday 3-Nov-2011

Use a titanium coated bit with a dry lubricant and it will cut it no problems.

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - major payne - Thursday 3-Nov-2011

Aluminium should be easy to cut through, try not to push so hard and tighten the heck out of the chuck. :P

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - TheWolf - Thursday 3-Nov-2011

(Thursday 3-Nov-2011, 08:43 AM)major payne Wrote: Aluminium should be easy to cut through, try not to push so hard and tighten the heck out of the chuck. :P

Yeah, Aluminum has to be slow cut, not high spoeed stuff, and don't press too hard or you get nowhere, and create a lot of heat....

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - 3phase - Thursday 3-Nov-2011

so it is really doing my head in why I can't drill a hole :P
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Sounds like your drill bit is blunt. If it is and you kept trying and the drill bit got real hot (went blue in colour) then the drill bit will be stuffed. Drill bits can be sharpened with a grinder etc but you need to know what youâ€™re doing.

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - seantrooper - Thursday 3-Nov-2011

Just had some success drilling Smile

I ended up using my dremel with one of the bits included with the kit.

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - seantrooper - Thursday 8-Dec-2011

Update time!

I'm still waiting on some plastic bits from ZeroRoom (stock, muzzle)

but here is where I am at now

First off is my bronze m-19 scope casting from TK4702, man this thing is detailed! It aslo has a bit of weight to it so it feels very genuine
How I received the scope
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How it looks now
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This is not goin to be the final finish... I still need to do a satin black coat over the rest of the blaster.

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Let me know what you think Smile

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - hopfot - Thursday 8-Dec-2011

Looking great mate. Man for someone who has been waiting to become a member for I think it's been 2 years, You've made some awesome stuff.

RE: Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build - seantrooper - Thursday 5-Jan-2012

alrighty folks, my blaster is done Smile

I ended up using the doopydoos stock as I failed really badly at bending the stock arms that I got off Lucas. Subtle weatherig was done using a dark iron coloured paint, drybrushed on. The blaster has a nice texture to it thanks to the hammered paint, I just couldn't get it to show up properly in my photos. The sticky up thingy on the front sight was just carved out of a wooden clothes peg and superglued on Wink

Here is how it is, Please let me know if there is anything I need to change Smile