E-11S - Sniper Rifle

[I'm Batman[501st]]

When this thread was posted a little while back, http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/32527-sniper-blaster-rifle/I thought "cool, gotta build myself one of them just for fun". So I've started. Not being a canon weapon within Star Wars, I'll post it here in the General Section and see if there's any interest to what I'm doing.

 

This is the inspiration:

 

 

Step 1: Acquire about 1500mm long piece of 38mm aluminium pipe, lay templates and proceed to drill 296 holes!

 

 

And so the saga begins..... Feel free to check in, like, leave comments, whatever and I'll keep the build log going...

 

Cheers

[Bulldog44[TK]]

Holy cow! That was a whole lot of holes to drill. Looks like this is going to be a really cool weapon. Excited to follow your build Ian! Best of luck on this.

[Astyanax]

Super, super cool, I'll be watching this one. Just be ready to make changes, as there are problems with that concept sketch. It has a butt stock AND a folding stock, which, I might add, is ridiculously long.

 

A quick Google image search of "E-11s" shows multiple interpretations of what it should look like, but I think I like the old Battlefront one the most, which is almost a DLT-19 with a super scope of some kind.

 

Good luck!

 

Bill

[I'm Batman[501st]]

Holy cow! That was a whole lot of holes to drill. Looks like this is going to be a really cool weapon. Excited to follow your build Ian! Best of luck on this.

 

Haha, thanks Brian. 2 weeks after drilling the holes I'm still getting grief from my wife who keeps stepping on metal shavings in the garage...

 

Super, super cool, I'll be watching this one. Just be ready to make changes, as there are problems with that concept sketch. It has a butt stock AND a folding stock, which, I might add, is ridiculously long.

 

A quick Google image search of "E-11s" shows multiple interpretations of what it should look like, but I think I like the old Battlefront one the most, which is almost a DLT-19 with a super scope of some kind.

 

Good luck!

 

Bill

 

With you there Bill. I guess I could have just made the folding stock fixed to keep the 'look', but I've decided to ditch it in favour of other goodies. When you google sniper rifle, the above pic comes up together with the slightly modified DLT, so this build will be a bit of a combination of everything - E-11, DLT, F-11D, chinese eBay stuff......

Edited January 2, 2016 by Sith Lord

[andylah[TK]]

That is cool Ian.

[I'm Batman[501st]]

That is cool Ian.

 

Heya! Thanks for checking in from Japan bud. You should hook up with Brian (Bulldog44) up a few posts and say g'day for me

[T-Jay[TK]]

T-tracks will get expensive, he?

 

Seriously, what a cool project. Following...

[I'm Batman[501st]]

T-tracks will get expensive, he?

 

 

Haha. Yeah, US$115- from Roy. Suffice to say, I have another local option....

[Sly11[Admin]]

Cool, can't wait to see this one come along mate

 

 

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[I'm Batman[501st]]

Bulk of the resin parts I'll be using are from a free (Thanks Chris) DVH kit. I'm guessing it's a version 1 kit as it's different to my other E-11 build and has the 2 piece grip. I won't go into all the details and pictures other than to say this kit needs A LOT of clean up. It has some very good details, but some terrible ones too. Hengstler counter will be from a Doopy Doo part as the DVH was beyond use.

 

First mod - the trigger. Hah, not really, just a lot of green stuff to bring it back into shape. That's the sort of stuff I'm dealing with. Hey, it was free

 

 

Will post up more later tonight

[I'm Batman[501st]]

Disclaimer - These are pretty crap pieces so will have a lot of green stuff and putty/filler on them. Pics won't look super great until primer is on. Stay with me....

 

First mod - The Magazine release catch. Yes, totally pointless, but I like things that move and click . After seeing the mod done recently (I won't name names, as I'll probably forgot who did it first or who did it best, but you know who you are...). Found these lamp switches at Jaycar. Seemed to be about the right size for what I wanted.

 

 

Cut whopping big hole in magazine housing

 

Trim down switch so above hole can be smaller

 

Switch in and green stuff around opening

 

Button up

 

And down

 

Ejector was still drying, so retaining screw will be drilled in there shortly..

Edited January 4, 2016 by Sith Lord

[Thrawn's guard]

Looking great so far Ian.

[usaeatt2]

This is awesome!!! 

 

You knew you were probably going to get "non-canon" comments, but this rifle seems like something that could have existed.

Good for you for having the courage to create something cool!

 

I have a suggestion for the double stock "problem"...

Since this is a sniper rifle, why not keep the folding stock the original length and split it down the middle to make it into a bipod?

The pivot becomes a more complicated to allow the "legs" to fold out, but there has to be a piece you could steal from another rifle to make it work...

You would still have the classic Sterling/E-11 profile, but have a functional reason for the front mechanism.

 

For the buttstock, I would opt for something like the AR15 collapsable stock.

If you found the right size, this part could literally be inserted into the back of the Sterling receiver.

Just a thought.

 

More updates soon? 

Aaron

[I'm Batman[501st]]

Trust you to come up with a good idea Aaron! And thank you Chris. Glad you could stop by

 

Hmmm, I was thinking something along the lines of this:

 

 

with a folding tactical grip (like the one in front of the magazine above), with perhaps a bipod up front - DLT19-esque. But could I make a standard folding stock into a bipod? I'm not very clever when it comes to that. Making something that works from scratch while maintaining the strength it will need. Can I buy a bipod and put the folding stock section onto the legs? Let me think on that one some more.

 

And yes, and update to come tonight

[usaeatt2]

Yep, you've got it!

I like the tactical grip idea - that fills in the gap.

Instead of one really long folding stock, you could have two pieces that appear as one piece when folded.

Part of the original folding stock could be the bipod legs and the rear portion could be the tactical grip.

 

Wicked fun!

[I'm Batman[501st]]

Trigger: Inserting a ballpoint pen spring to act as the trigger spring has become common practise these days, but I wanted something with a bit of noise! Why not use the same switch as I did the Magazine release button. Something like this:

 

Two piece grip has made it a little easier to work with

 

Time to bust out the dremel to get that sucker in there

 

Forward/Back

 

Puttied over and loosely put back together

 

And a bit of Youtube action (turn your volume up!)

 

 

Other minor grip mods coming up in a few minutes....

Edited January 5, 2016 by Sith Lord

[I'm Batman[501st]]

My previous selector switch http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/29089-dvh-pipe-build-with-extras/page-3?  was nice but a lot of work, so I took an easier option for this build. A 2.5mm jack connection:

 

 

The obligatory dremel carving

 

Male pin epoxy'd in:

 

The pieces about to go together

 

And together

 

More good things about this kit are the 2 piece grip, as mentioned earlier, the way the trigger guard goes on - it can be installed without glue! Although it's a bit loose, so I probably will glue it.

 

Ok, so waiting for a few parts to come in, Tino's completion set, and some drawings to do on this stock/bipod idea.....

 

Thanks for checking in. Any feedback welcome.

Ian

Edited January 5, 2016 by Sith Lord

[T-Jay[TK]]

That 2 piece grip really is an advantage when it comes down to mods like this. Wish I had such a grip too.

 

Your "clicking trigger" seems to work fine and you've done a good job to get it working like that. Very nice idea.

[usaeatt2]

Don't click that trigger too much...you'll go blind!

[I'm Batman[501st]]

Don't click that trigger too much...you'll go blind!

 

Haha. Gives me something else to play with

[Griffin-X[TK]]

Looking great so far! Awesome detail.

[I'm Batman[501st]]

More progress being made, slowly.... Got lots of parts on order, patiently waiting.... Got Tino's completion set in today. Only got a few items as a lot of the detail isn't required in my build, but most helpful. And those famous jelly's! Thanks mate. Main thing I'm waiting on which a lot of other ideas are reliant on, is my rear Stock. Awaiting this to be 3D printed for me. Will post pics when I have something half-exciting to show.

 

Also got a bit sidetracked as we have a troop coming up in a couple of weeks - a Convoy for Cancer where motorcycles and trucks convoys to raise money for Cancer. And I've decided to ride in Snowtrooper kit, so I'm trying to make my motorbike helmet look like a snowtrooper! Pics to come

[Bulldog44[TK]]

Waiting eagerly! Interested to see what you do with the stock. <br>

Post those pics when you get your helmet finished. Sounds like a super troop for a great cause.

[I'm Batman[501st]]

Post those pics when you get your helmet finished. Sounds like a super troop for a great cause.

 

A couple of pics here Brian

 

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/35263-convoy-for-cancer-australia/

[Bulldog44[TK]]

Thanks for posting about the troop! Looking forward to more work on the rifle when you get a chance to update.

Edited January 31, 2016 by Bulldog44