Turtle Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I have a DoopyDoos MK2 conversion in transite, but until then it was time to play with what I got. Everyone has seen these stock so I will skip ahead. First I hollowed out the rail, cut the scope up, gutted the interior, glued it back together and tested some paint. Then I started to modify the trigger guard. Then I cut the handle extension off the back. Then the back end fell off. So I had to glue that back on. Then the front fell off. So I had to glue that back on too. After that I put some filler on all the screw holes, filled the handle mesh and started to reshape the handle. I'm going to let the filler sit for a little while then get back on this. By no means is this going to be perfect, but should be a little closer to a E-11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacta Baby Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Nice bro! Can't wait to see more progress on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smally Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Nice work so far. Show that Hasbro who's boss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Cool start man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Tigui Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Nice conversion coming up looking forward in seeing the reborn blaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Thanks guys. I am not 100% sure what I am doing, but sure am having fun with it. I have been working a little on this the last couple of days, filling, sanding and filing. Its starting to come back together. Started adding the new holes, they still need filing and smoothing out, but getting closer. I also filed down the barrel, I decided it would just be easier to remake all of the T track. I also have been working on the front site a little. Then I started patching the holes I made. Then I hollowed out the barrel. I know the real gun has a barrel that goes down the center. I'm not sure if the E-11 does, right now I just assume it is still in there. So anyway one will most likely be going in this one... I will most likely use a dowel rod, but drill it out to drop a little weight. Thanks for looking and commenting guys it is much appreciate. Especially if I am off track anywhere with this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 A little bit more progress. The Doopydoos kit came in and I started putting that on, but because of the modified barrel length I have to make some alterations. So the first thing I did was use the existing T track to make one long piece and since I cut a bunch off the Hasbro model I needed a bunch of it. So I used the modified length one to make a mold and made 5 new ones out of resin. I know some of these will have to be cut down, but thats easier then making them from scratch. More sanding and making pieces to fill the gaps. I also realized after looking at the photos that I forgot to stagger the lower holes, Oh well, I will figure that out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Well I forgot to shoot photos of the rest of the journey, but long story short, sand, fill, sand, glue, repeat. I know there is more I can do to make this more accurate and smoother, but I lost some steam after other parts started showing up. So I decided to wrap it up today with the intention of possibly revisiting this someday in the future. Or sooner, looking at the photos the patch on the butt stock (name?) is not looking so hot. I sprayed it metallic aluminum, then satin black over the top followed by a dull coat and some scraping with a knife and Tamiya weathering kits. I wasn't going to use a dull coat, but the Satin black ended up being a high gloss and it really need mellowing out. Thanks for looking and any comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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