Do you know of anyone that has received his current version? I ordered last week....
Death Star plans data card - zenix's build thread
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hardworkingguy2000
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so is it confirmed that the it is aluminum color not white ?
"aluminum PCB" ?
"aluminum PCB" ?
Wow, the lines aren't just concentric circles...he two circles in the middle are, but the others...the gold almost starts as a swirl on the bottom of the card. And what are those other markings?
I see four concentric circles like before, plus one ~270º arc going around inside the outter most circle with lots of little notches going around, and one more circle going all the way around, just slightly larger than the outter most circle.
The other markings are copper traces underneath the white solder mask.
PCB Version:
First pic of the fancy board! See how reflective and shiny the white solder mask is?
In the lighting of the scene, I have no doubt this would look the same; shiny, white grey, and almost metallic. Especially seeing the new details where you can literally see the copper traces from a circuit board, there is no doubt in my mind that this is the method they used to manufacture this prop.
The manufacturer sent me this photo, with a sticker with all my personal information on it covering the board so I blurred that out, but still, it's good enough to see the piece. I'll post a better one when I get them in hand.
They did not put the soldermask on the back yet, and I asked them to. Below is the back side right now. They'll add the white soldermask there too.
This board is 72mm wide and 1.6mm thick
I'll be redoing this version to account for the new details, which will have the circuit board parts underneath the soldermask and the updated circle details/notches.
Stunt Version:
I made a new vinyl cut version of the circles. The notches are so small, it's hard to get them to look right using this method.
At quick glance like in the above .Gif, they don't look so bad, but up close the vinyl didn't have the same feeling as the real prop. Even though it's wrong, I personally like the stunt version without the notches in the vinyl.
What do you think?
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First pic of the fancy board! See how reflective and shiny the white solder mask is?
In the lighting of the scene, I have no doubt this would look the same; shiny, white grey, and almost metallic. Especially seeing the new details where you can literally see the copper traces from a circuit board, there is no doubt in my mind that this is the method they used to manufacture this prop.
The manufacturer sent me this photo, with a sticker with all my personal information on it covering the board so I blurred that out, but still, it's good enough to see the piece. I'll post a better one when I get them in hand.
They did not put the soldermask on the back yet, and I asked them to. Below is the back side right now. They'll add the white soldermask there too.
This board is 72mm wide and 1.6mm thick
I'll be redoing this version to account for the new details, which will have the circuit board parts underneath the soldermask and the updated circle details/notches.
Stunt Version:
I made a new vinyl cut version of the circles. The notches are so small, it's hard to get them to look right using this method.
At quick glance like in the above .Gif, they don't look so bad, but up close the vinyl didn't have the same feeling as the real prop. Even though it's wrong, I personally like the stunt version without the notches in the vinyl.
What do you think?
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The14thDr
Sr Member
Oh right, that makes more sense that there being another prop. Thanks for the info!
Just to compare notes, how big are your datacards? I make the prop to be around 120x74mm, so that's what I went with for my build.
Kind regards, The14thDr
onegoodscare78
New Member
I want one !!!
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https://vimeo.com/199773384
Thinner PCB version just came in. This is the rev 1 version without the new details.
I just placed the order for the new version with the circuitry details and the arc with notches, and adjusted dimensions, and tweaked the curvature/jaggedy edges seen in this one. This new one will be made from the aluminum core board, not the fiberglass one seen here in the video. It'll be a couple weeks to get these in.
Rev1 fancy PCB version:
Thinner PCB version just came in. This is the rev 1 version without the new details.
I just placed the order for the new version with the circuitry details and the arc with notches, and adjusted dimensions, and tweaked the curvature/jaggedy edges seen in this one. This new one will be made from the aluminum core board, not the fiberglass one seen here in the video. It'll be a couple weeks to get these in.
Rev1 fancy PCB version:
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canister
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I agree its looking fantastic, hope to pick one up next month.
