M38 scope for E11 Stormtrooper Blaster

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This is the scope from ProCoPrint3D's E11 blaster, scaled up a shade for a 40 mm pipe build, then cleaned and sliced into pieces for easy supportless printing. It's for those of us who have dodgy 3D-printers. Instructions I've not finished test printing this, so there may be bugs, even though NetFabb Basic says it's all right. I started constructing my own scope from blueprints some time before ProCoPrint3D released his extremely detailed blaster in parts. I liked his scope better than mine, as I couldn't quite get the curved edges to look the way I wanted. Since my 3D printer doesn't like printing overhang, and supports get messy, I just sliced up ProCoPrint3D's scope and decided to share it in here. I may just do that with more of the parts, as I'm building an E11 blaster based on a piece of 40 mm plastic pipe, and it's a lot quicker and easier to use parts that are already out there. There are three alternative cone shaped parts in the download section. Obviously, you only need one, but since I'd already designed most of my own scope, I uploaded one of the parts I felt happy with. I've added the little wedge with the number on it on the side in my own design. The one called "Scope 4.stl" is from ProCoPrint3D's scope. The one called "Scope 4 alternative 2.stl" is my design squashed roughly to the shape of ProCoPrint3D's. The one called "Scope 4 alternative 2.stl" is my original design based on blueprints I found online. I thought my scope looked slightly too long with that one, but as I haven't got any real M38 scope to compare it to, I don't really know which one is closest to the real thing. The parts should be roughly interchangeable, at least it looks that way in Sketchup. As I mentioned earlier, I haven't tested all the bits yet. The parts are numbered from front to back. Use the "Scope Assembly.stl" for reference if in doubt.