replica M39 scope from EvolutionProps.com

[charlesnarles]

http://www.evolutiontoys.com.ar/index.php?id=item&item=408

 

I want to get one just to see how it is. Looks just okay to me but it is all aluminum. Can't afford a real one at $200+ on no-refund auction sites. Anyone have experience or thoughts?

[Lichtbringer]

Not impressive.

[Dday[501st]]

It's ok in general, but it's got some real accuracy problems in the detailing. I'd take a resin over this any day.

[Marv]

Never heard of an M39 scope. Detailing on the feet looks wrong to me.

[Arnie_DK[TK]]

It's ok in general, but it's got some real accuracy problems in the detailing. I'd take a resin over this any day.

Same here.

Even the Scope from my crappy, Jedirobe blaster is more accurate than that thing

[Arnie_DK[TK]]

Btw, try and look at some of the other stuff this site is trying to sell... 

[Bulldog44[TK]]

Scott,

If you go to the RPF forum, search for DL-44 project by Boba Debt. He and another member there are in the works to produce aluminum castings of a real M19 with machined parts , and lenses. No set price yet but so far it is coming along nicely and think they won't cost more than the real ones.....I hope!

[charlesnarles]

Yeah lol "m39" logically should exist but it's not that thing.

Figured it was worth asking about for $50. I had never heard of this site before... it's cause nobody endorses it😋

I'll take a look at that rpf scope project, that's what I was trying to find when I stumbled on this cheap one. I gotta make an account there! Thanks all

[Lichtbringer]

For a plastic or toy E-11, i would use a nice coldcast resinscope, and for a real Sterlingbuild of course only a real scope.

 

Real M38 are way more cheaper than real M19.

[Lichtbringer]

Scott,

If you go to the RPF forum, search for DL-44 project by Boba Debt. He and another member there are in the works to produce aluminum castings of a real M19 with machined parts , and lenses. No set price yet but so far it is coming along nicely and think they won't cost more than the real ones.....I hope!

 

One should think they would not start with the wrong material from the beginning. If going with metal casting, the accurate way would be brass casting.

[Machinimax]

I actually just ordered one of these. Perhaps when it arrives I'll take some pics and do a review.

[charlesnarles]

I actually just ordered one of these. Perhaps when it arrives I'll take some pics and do a review.

Please do! I'd love to see

[charlesnarles]

One should think they would not start with the wrong material from the beginning. If going with metal casting, the accurate way would be brass casting.

I bet it's easier or cheaper to cast aluminum than brass. Pointless project if it turned out more expensive than a real one

Edited May 24, 2015 by charlesnarles

[charlesnarles]

For a plastic or toy E-11, i would use a nice coldcast resinscope, and for a real Sterlingbuild of course only a real scope.

That's what I was thinking too; I'm using a steel base gun so I want to do a fully functional all-metal replica version using the replica counters sold here by... somebody. I'll get a real Sterling and authentic parts after I'm rich

[Lichtbringer]

I bet it's easier or cheaper to cast aluminum than brass. Pointless project if it turned out more expensive than a real one

 

Not really, the process of making is more or less the same, and at that small needed quantities the price of metal is also not that much different. For such small runs the most important thing (also pricewise) is to find someone who is willing to do it for a reasonable pricing.

 

Alu casting is more common, so i would assume it´s easier for them to find such a shop. (With some practice/skills and selfmade equipment you can even cast aluminium in your backyard.)

[Lichtbringer]

That's what I was thinking too; I'm using a steel base gun so I want to do a fully functional all-metal replica version using the replica counters sold here by... somebody. I'll get a real Sterling and authentic parts after I'm rich

 

Look out for a M38, or a (cheaper and less sccurate) M38A2 that you can shape accurate with some Bondo (or use it with internal lightning for the play factor).

 

Regarding "rich" - one thing i learned the hard way at collecting real stuff props, is: Prices for the real stuff are only going up.   Buy whatever you can afford whenever you find it.

[Bulldog44[TK]]

Sorry I am assuming aluminum. I just left a reply on the RPF to check the actual material used for the recanted scope.my bad for assuming.

[charlesnarles]

The one I linked to was made of aluminum too, so it didn't seem crazy to me

[Bulldog44[TK]]

Just asked Boba Debt on the RPF and he said it will be cast in brass! And the machined pistons parts too.i think this will be the next best thing to buying a real one for sure!

[charlesnarles]

Excellent news

[Lichtbringer]

Just asked Boba Debt on the RPF and he said it will be cast in brass! And the machined pistons parts too.i think this will be the next best thing to buying a real one for sure!

 

Good decision on the scope.

 

Not sure yet what to think from brass made pistons - i guess it´s a question of personal preferences. On screen one kind of them (ESB) was plastic model-kit parts, the other kind (ROTJ) was made from Delrin on a lathe.