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If I got it right, the Anovos OT TK was not ready at the time of shooting the movie.

Thanks for the pics, Haui. The belt looks like made from plastic - and has been cut on the sides. Kidney plate reminds me of the TFA trooper And it looks like a black strapping between back and chest plates... Different but plate. First picture shows an opened upper leg rear side

Ideas over ideas. Ian will have a hard time to decide on all this...

Very cool Brian, thought about something like this too when seeing Ian's photos. The nice thing on this blaster is, there are no rules to follow, no screen shots to refer to. Everything can be done like the builder prefers to have it...

When posting about the laser pointer, I also thought about a tactical flash light but did not mention it, as such a thing would not make much sense on a sniper rifle. This would be more suitable for a blaster, just like they did on the F-11D in "The Force Awakens". However, I know nothing about your gun laws, but reducing the hardware only to the laser pointer, might offer ways to hide it...

Ian, just an idea but what about adding a small battery powered laser pointer? Placement options: A: on top of the scope rail (in front of the big scope) B: on the underside of the receiver tube (in front of the foldable bipod) C: inside the receiver tube (fully hidden) Depending on the placement and the type of laser pointer, you could run wires to the trigger group and activate it with one of your light switches in the trigger or the magazine well...

Update #13 - Carving nightmare with the folding stock Sorry again for the long wait. My plans to add some details took much longer than expected... This reference picture is one of the best to study the details of the folding stock. It really helps to get a better understanding of all the internal parts. For a while I thought about making mine functional like a real one. That is not impossible and might (theoretically) work with a hybrid of resin and aluminum parts, or with some pieces from a second resin folding stock (making 1 out of 2). In the end I decided to skip this extra effort and leave it folded, because we never saw it extended in the movies. However, I still wanted to make it as accurate as possible, what caused A LOT of time consuming carving work, what delayed the update during the last weeks. But it was important for me to have it looking like being made of several parts... Update #14 still covers the folding stock and comes next weekend...

Ah, Dracula's neighbor is back for a visit. Thank you Sergiu. On the other hand, being so detailed is very time consuming – but who cares after it is done?! Thanks Ian Sounds like you have everything there for a great build. And I think your idea for the battery placement is much better than mine. With that, you can really combine a movable bolt AND electronics…

Hey Pete, neckseal, holster and belt should be in the box with the armor...

Hey Richard, good to see you are continuing with your blaster build. Hope we get to see some more pictures soon...

Looks very good. Wish I had such painting skills...

Ian, I wondered why the original screws looked THAT small compared to your power cylinders until I saw the photo below. But don't worry, these oversized cylinders are a perfect match to this oversized blaster As always, good build progress. Can't wait to see that thing with T-tracks added. That will drastically change the appearance of this awesome blaster.

Crazy awesome discussion here. Had fun reading it. To bring this back to the space ships at light speed and to combine it with science fiction movies: What if the two ships reach their destination and the first one goes below light speed just a nanosecond before the following ship does? If a fleet of star ships enters hyperspace in movies we see the ships on the front start first - that makes sense. When the fleet arrives and leaves hyperspace, the first ships arrive first. Wouldn't it be more realistic, if the last ones brake first? (a point of safety first) Yes, I know, this is all just theory and of course all ships in that fleet use a clocking signal to synchronize their hyperspace travel and avoid any collision.

Big apologies to everyone here for keeping you waiting. In the background I have been working on the folding stock, that I had somewhat underestimated. However the good news is: next update is not that far away… Hi Kevin, the same over here. As I am trying to reconstruct the Sterling in most details, there was no way around Aaron’s muzzle kit with rounded edge. And I love how it changed the front view… Thanks Ian. You are correct, in my last photo it looks like the sight guard was pressed together, but luckily this seemed to be just a fish-eye effect of the camera or something. The side view below shows how it really looks. Happy Easter everybody

Same over here. For my current build I thought about making this functional, but I doubt it will ever be magnifying because on the blaster we look into the wrong end... Will keep an eye on this until I get to that stage...

A pleasure to read - as always Great work everybody.

Good example for "Troopers Helping Troopers" 2.5 years ago I waited 7 weeks for my kit to arrive (UK to Germany) and got a bit nervous meanwhile. This offer is a great opportunity to save some time...

Are the power cylinders from resin or metal? If metal, how did you attach these? Glue? Magnets?

Hey Bill, good to see you finally started a build thread. You made some nice progress in the background, all looking fine so far. Why repainting the grip? The glossy surface is correct and will anyway reduce a bit as time goes by. Oh and thanks for all the kudos.

The digital sideview of the scope you have linked, looks like the rear foot is not close enough to the big lens. Maybe that is just an issue on the shapeway picture and not on your printed scope (hard to see in that first photo). If the rear foot is located like on the real scope (your last picture) then everything is fine.

Thanks for your words, Sean. You did everything right by starting a build thread, because THIS is what really helps. Most people on the FISD are friendly and ready to help. The comments and critics you are going to receive here, might push you for even higher details... Good luck with this build.

And really, postpone?? Come on....

A good start and excellently detailed thread. Curious to see how you will run this build with all your additions...

Ian, these T-tracks really make that blaster looking even better - like Brian said. The receiver tube has now "grown" in diameter and looks good, considering the other dimensions. Very cool job! Any plans for wires around the T-tracks like it was done on the DLT-19 ?

Update #12 - Work on front end Some readers might have noticed the new receiver tube during the last updates. Derrek (Dday) had corrected the position of the front sight block in his latest tubes. He wanted it to be accurate in this thread and therefore generously replaced the tube with a new one. Next two pictures (from other finished builds) show the difference. With that new pipe, the muzzle from Derrek can be installed in 3 different ways: After Aaron (usaeatt2) had highlighted the issue with the rolled edge on the Sterling muzzle, he started making resin casts of his modified masterpiece. I am now very happy to introduce one more of his highly detailed resin copies in this build: Thank you for reading. Feel free to leave any comments and critics. Next update might take a bit longer...