I was joking that that the side we see in the movie is brown, the side we see now is black - maybe one side is black and the other is brown haha.
It looked a bit brassy in real life (the spacer under the bracket). I'll double check this next time. It was too busy to lean down and look for long.
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@newmagrathea Have one more. There is a great pic of the DL-44 in the link below.
http://top.tsite.jp/entertainment/cinema/i/23473389/
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8759/28434118786_ffa59fd590_b.jpg
this one is a hell of a lot better than my ninja photography. Grips look painted, brown showing beneath.
What is the context of the above image?.
If this IS true, they might have attached the bracket with a countersunk screw, one point of contact like the Bespin blasters and used the Thorens plate to cover it upCheck this out. I did some digging around and found a possible candidate for the spacer. This is a pulley from a thorens turntable. It is brass, has a chamfered edge giving it that rounded look, and might be the correct thickness. I don't have dimensions though.
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If this IS true, they might have attached the bracket with a countersunk screw, one point of contact like the Bespin blasters and used the Thorens plate to cover it up
Check this out. I did some digging around and found a possible candidate for the spacer. This is a pulley from a thorens turntable. It is brass, has a chamfered edge giving it that rounded look, and might be the correct thickness. I don't have dimensions though.
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Like this?
http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/Lichtbote/Props/Blaster/MGC-ESB Hoth/esb-Hothdl-44008.jpg
The Thorens disc looks not like any other part seen on Han´s blasters, so i wouldn´t wonder if they just used it to cover something up, maybe a sunken screw.