Sean's ESB 'canon' E11 Build

[seantrooper]

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

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

Template attached, started drilling holes.

finished barrel

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

Under a fluorescent light (indoors)



In direct sunlight to show the the texture of the paint.



In direct sunlight to show the colour difference.


I have t-tracks from marv on FISD, they are awesome quality

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



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.



Painted bolt



Painted main body and endcap. Just the hammered black for now, will spray the gloss black on later.

[The Sniper]

Great start there Sean.

[hopfot]

Awesome

What's on the sandwich?

[Phantom]

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

[seantrooper]

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



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



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



Trigger (functional) next to a doopydoos



fits over it perfectly!



rear sight





front sight





how the trigger fits

[Deltorn]

Coming together nicely.

[seantrooper]

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

[Deltorn]

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

[major payne]

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

[TheWolf]

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....

[3phase]

so it is really doing my head in why I can't drill a hole :P
[/quote]

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.

[seantrooper]

Just had some success drilling

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

[seantrooper]

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





How it looks now




This is not goin to be the final finish... I still need to do a satin black coat over the rest of the blaster.






Let me know what you think

[hopfot]

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.

[seantrooper]

alrighty folks, my blaster is done 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

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