DarthChridan Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Ola guys... big question about the tunisian balster...especially of the cocking lever--->> A big question to the bapty round... Like I said, I build the tunisian blaster like seen in the movie....well, I noticed that the cocking lever isn't mounted at the main body. Look at this pic--->> http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l581/PlayfulWolfCub/E11%20photos/Tuninisan%20E11/TunisianE11top_zpsdaa16912.jpg http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l581/PlayfulWolfCub/E11%20photos/Tuninisan%20E11/HanTunisian2_zps712de092.jpg Is the cocking lever broken off...before the pics were made?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayfulWolfCub Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Hi Dan, That E11 does have a cocking handle of sorts - it looks to me like a short slotted screw. Here's a shot zoomed in. If you look at this photo of what I believe is also a genuine Tunisian E11 you can see a hole has been drilled for a mock "cocking lever" to fit into. Here are 2 others. The T-track, rail & scope aren't the originals but I believe the "cocking levers" are. The top one looks like a random bit of hardware pushed in the hole & the bottom one looks like a sort section of rod or tube with a screw screwed in, like the Harrison Ford promo photo E11 but a bit longer. Hope that helps with your question. Cheers, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Tigui Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I believe it had a cooking lever. Unfortunately we only have one side of the vintage pic to see. When I builded mine another thing I saw was if the cooking lever was irregular or aluminum with a + screw at the top. Here are two links that I used as research along with other tons of reference pics I saw. Question is which ones correspond to the real prop look? that I believe is what you are trying to replicate here. Also Felix did a great comparison board about the topic. In these attached links one thing catches my attention and its the quote: "Most of the original parts were stripped down…" http://www.propstore.com/cms/star-wars-original-stormtrooper-blaster/ http://www.originalprop.com/blog/movie-guns/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthChridan Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks guys...that helps a lot... The material for the cocking lever I have here...but as I saw the reference pics, I was a bit confused I'll take as reference the top one of this pic--->> http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l581/PlayfulWolfCub/bapty-stormtrooper-blaster-restoration-comparison2_zpscf7372dc.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felice Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Great references Andy! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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