Some of these pictures are terrible...blame my phone and me for not picking up a decent camera for builds.
Anyway onto the fun stuff!....The style...I decided I would use the original Jawa Ion blaster as a guide rather than a set of rules. this Rifle isnt exactly the model that they used in a new hope anyway but it is of the same family. With that in mind i decided i would use my favourite mediums of brass and copper (I blame dad for this).
I wanted it to be a full sized ion rifle...as if this is what the jawa might have modded to fit their tiny hands and arms.Barrel shortened and and a few holes drilled and tapped.
I went to town in the scrap metal bins looking for little bits and pieces to combine into what i needed.
A new slide bolt cover and the tube that will will connect my battery pack in the stock to the led and sound card further up the rifle.
im not sure what this is meant to be but I like to think its the ion rifles power cell. I have actually recycled it from one of my past steam punk computer case builds..this was a functional water cooler for the cpu..but the pump died and i went back to air for the cooling. the little spring fits in under bolt cover and will have a diffused plastic rod down the middle with a blue led to give the effect of some sort of energy bullet in there.
Next up i put together a few bits for the barrel.It will have a 5w Blue led fitting the end there..maybe with some sort of glass over the front for the lends..not sure on that yet.
Anyway here it is with all the bits on loosely. Nothing finished here and all the parts have only been roughly fitted yet..havent even started to tidy up anything so no judging yet
The plan is to have the sound card out of my previous general grievous blaster I had just modded and painted. Now it will power a much better prop altho I am going to upgrade it to a li-po laptop battery for even greater run time.
I can totally understand.