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[ravetrooper]

I own a modified Longstrike and a mostly stock Stryfe [only mod was lock-removal] and the stryfe out-preforms the Longstrike by far. Its kind of a bummer to me because I love the Longstrike's asthetics, but wish I could get the semi-auto firing speed and elite ranges of the Stryfe.
So I came up with an idea and figured I would post this piece of "concept art" and see what you all think:



The idea is to take an empty Longstrike shell, take the internals from a Stryfe and modify the inside of the longstrike shell to accept them [the Stryfe's "dart-pusher" would also have to be extended somehow].

I did some extensive google searching and was not able to find an account of anyone doing an integration like this, so I thought I would post the question here as to wether anyone on NH has done something like unto this and if it would be a good idea. I'm going to probably make the attempt anyway, but I would appreciate any advice or ideas to incorporate and I will produce a write-up when it is done.

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[*]DO NOT Post a concept thread. If you have a great idea, try it out yourself first and let us know how it goes. Unless you have something concrete to show us, keep it to yourself. (active build logs, work-in-progress threads etc all fall under this category)

We encourage members to try out an idea before posting on the forums. Photoshopped concept art and simple/vague diagrams aren't enough content to warrant a new thread. If you get stuck and have specific questions about your project, we would be happy to re-open the thread, and of course we're looking forward to seeing a writeup when the project is complete.

Edited by Langley, 10 January 2015 - 11:37 AM.

[DICE134]

I do recall a while ago of Jerm putting the fly wheels and push mechanism of a barricade into a longstrike shell, and used the clip accepting part of the longstrike. I have also seen people put Stryfe's into Centurions. I know those aren't the blaster combonations you have in mind, but the concept is the same.

[Bro Juice]

Yeah, the only good part about the longstrike is the shell, everything else is pretty shit. This looks like a pretty cool concept and I look forward to the writeup.

[Lunas]

might be easier with a rapid strike

[ravetrooper]

I do recall a while ago of Jerm putting the fly wheels and push mechanism of a barricade into a longstrike shell, and used the clip accepting part of the longstrike. I have also seen people put Stryfe's into Centurions. I know those aren't the blaster combonations you have in mind, but the concept is the same.

Thanks for telling me about Jerms mod! I was able to find a write-up for it (in case anyone else is interested) here: http://www.nerfmodsr...strike-mod.html his pictures are missing, but there's a short video showing the blaster in action. I was also able to find an internals review by Drac after he bought the blaster from Jerm and it was very imformative as to what I want/don't want to do. I just wanted to give you some credit because I wouldn't have found any of that otherwise

might be easier with a rapid strike

It would probably be awesome! A Rapidstrike is about twice as expensive as a Stryfe though, and seeing as this mod is more experimental in nature, I'll be lucky if it works at all with a $20 Stryfe. If it does work I might consider selling it and starting over with Rapidstrike internals.

Edited by ravetrooper, 09 January 2015 - 11:25 PM.

[ShadowKing]

This will look awesome when done. I'm exited to see your end product. Good Luck.

[Tobias]

Looks like quite an ambitious project. Your concept art looks great, I can't wait to see the finished project!

[CS- Tiff]

I agree with lunas. It might be easier and better with a rapidstrike.