My REAL PARTS Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber Build... ALMOST THERE!!! New-New Pics!!!
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Actually no.... I meant how did you secure the other side without having an unsightly nut visible in the emitter cone? Though this helps too!
@Edraven99 Here's how I attached the cone/balance pipe with the nut. I think this is what you meant in your email, right?
http://www.romanprops.com/rlbpwv1
Actually no.... I meant how did you secure the other side without having an unsightly nut visible in the emitter cone? Though this helps too!
Looks like you may have been in the same boat I'm in with my grenade... Makes me feel better about taking off the beige paint...
I was looking mine over though and If I use some paint thinner and elbow grease, it looks like it may come out as just silver steel, no petina... So it got me wondering, what would it's original state be? Would it have been just "silver" steel?
If not, were they blued? painted?
Any ideas?
I was looking mine over though and If I use some paint thinner and elbow grease, it looks like it may come out as just silver steel, no petina... So it got me wondering, what would it's original state be? Would it have been just "silver" steel?
If not, were they blued? painted?
Any ideas?
I would recommend the paint thinner and a dremel w/wire brush for the deep cuts. You should get a nice "silver" steel.
I don't know if all of them were painted or just the "dummy" grenades. teecrooz probably has more info since he's a professional treasure hunter and has found more mk1s than most of us combined!
I don't know if all of them were painted or just the "dummy" grenades. teecrooz probably has more info since he's a professional treasure hunter and has found more mk1s than most of us combined!
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Should be just steel under there. EL, the grenade you have looks like it was covered in cosmoline to prevent rusting, and was later painted over top of that. That is what created the lumps and bubbles in the pain. If you thinner and then the wire brush, it will bring it down to just bare shiny steel just line Roman said. Mine was the same way once I was able to clean up all the dried up cosmoline.
Thanks for the bump in this thread. I love revisiting these things.
So then after, it's just good old perma blue? Have you tried anything else?
Got an itch to do this on the coming weekend... Even though I'm supposed to be prepping the house to sell. heh.
If I don't appear back here, I've been murdered by family.
I've used both perma blue and super blue in the past. Super blue comes out darker so I actually prefer perma blue for a weathered grenade (super blue for an as first built version). This way you can build up to the level of darkness you want easier.
You could do it all while you are "cleaning the bathroom".
You could do it all while you are "cleaning the bathroom".
If it's just light rust, it may be for the better that you leave it... I have to do it because it just looks crappy. There's a nice grenade under there somewhere, and I may go looking for it this weekend... while I clean the bathroom, heh.
From what I've seen of yours, it looks good to go.
From what I've seen of yours, it looks good to go.
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