After your paint is dry you can start installing some of your
parts. I had drilled an extra hole in the top shell to hold the ball
latch in place so I went ahead and installed it here. You can also see
from the pic that the hex bolts are in place and the ears have been
bend down and then the top portion is painted.
One of the main differences on this EL style hilt is
that the emitter plug has to have the ¾" hole in it for the
blade to slip into. To make this look like the ROTJ style saber when
the blade is not in it, I made this plug with the emitter rod
attached.