DC15 Blaster

Whats a Shadow trooper without a BFOG??

After scanning various Clone forums (fora??) on t'internet I found great line drawing plans of the "Deece". I cut various sections from the plans and printed them to scale. This link will take you to the plans (scaled for printing om A4 paper).

I marked out some 12mm MDF, and jig-sawed out the parts.

The stock uses 3 templates, receiver is 4 parts (2 inner and 2 outer), the front a rear "sights" are single thickness, and the triangular top switchy type bit is two parts also (great nomenclature eh?)

Having cut out the 13 parts, I glued together the relevant pieces with wood glue, and started to sand the parts into shape. A long laborious process.............................

Thankfully MDF shapes pretty easily, but makes a hell of a lot of fine dust (BE WARNED; wear a mask of some description, I didn't for the first hour.............and now my lungs ache like I've just smoked 60 Capstan non-filter).

Bit more work on the Butt , rounded the edges and tapered it a bit more.

Started on the 4 receiver parts, now it's starting to come together.

Got caught in the act of being mucky :)

Finally found a use the those double ended allen keys you get from Ikea.......................with the help of a trusty dremel cutting disc, they make perfect switch levers.

For the barrel I used 320mm PP pipe, with an outer sleeve of 400mm. The cooling fins are plastruct 9mm "L" section.

Using plasticard, epoxy putty and Mori-Mori, I've started to build up a bit of detail. Filled a few gaps with wood filler along the way too.

Bring it on Bee-atch!

Hmmm................greeble time (everything from Kotobukiya MSG's and Wave option parts through to spare bolts from my office chair???)

More detail added; made a couple of "flintlock type catches" from plasticard and epoxy putty and added 2 thicker sections to the barrel. The "scope" has been made from odds 'n'sods - not hugely happy with that bit, might redo it!

All parts have their first coat of primer, gonna need a fair few coats as some off the wooden surfaces are quite rough.