ROTJ detonator charges
- Thread starter Dagobah Don
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Well I hope eventually it can be ID'd because this is one of the things I really want to make.
I was playing Battlefront and I assumed the proximity grenades were just thermal detonators because the icon indicator was round. But I planted one with the camera angle close and sure enough it looked like a can so naturally I started looking to see if a prop kit was ever made. Now I need one!
JoMamma_Smurf
Master Member
It always reminds me of an oil filter for some reason :lol
division 6
Master Member
Measurements, good close up pix.
Any company names or numbers on any of the parts?
Is the skirt actually a separate piece?
Are the base parts orange?
Any company names or numbers on any of the parts?
Is the skirt actually a separate piece?
Are the base parts orange?
Its crazy expensive. I just thought folks would like to see a good pic of one thats from production.
DazzlerFan
Sr Member
I just searched for this thread to mention there were good pics in the Prop Store catalog.
When I was a kid, i always thought it looked like a cake icing container.
When I was a kid, i always thought it looked like a cake icing container.
LOM
Well-Known Member
Such nice pics from the auction!
My guess was the lower ring was some part of a light fixture/lamp shade because of the sets of holes.. I came close in a few searches but seeing these images - the steps inside it are weird. I really want to build one of these lol. If you search for "Atomic Flying Saucer Aluminum Ceiling Light Fixture" I think you get some similar shapes, that have holes on the ring as part of the light fixtures. Some even have that slight ribbing texture.
But now.. do the holes in the base look hand drilled to anyone else? There's a lot of variation in the spacing it, doesn't seem like something that would have been a part of the original found item now that I look at it.
thd9791 The donut knob is interesting, it looks like its made out of 3 parts. A steel 'donut', an aluminum base, and a plastic gear (it almost looks like a Lego gear based on color.. it looks awfully similar to 'old grey' I'm going to go look at my parts now! Nope)
Auction link to the original images:
My guess was the lower ring was some part of a light fixture/lamp shade because of the sets of holes.. I came close in a few searches but seeing these images - the steps inside it are weird. I really want to build one of these lol. If you search for "Atomic Flying Saucer Aluminum Ceiling Light Fixture" I think you get some similar shapes, that have holes on the ring as part of the light fixtures. Some even have that slight ribbing texture.
But now.. do the holes in the base look hand drilled to anyone else? There's a lot of variation in the spacing it, doesn't seem like something that would have been a part of the original found item now that I look at it.
thd9791 The donut knob is interesting, it looks like its made out of 3 parts. A steel 'donut', an aluminum base, and a plastic gear (
Auction link to the original images:
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I'm sure I've seen this mentioned somewhere else on here now that I'm staring at the prop, but the little greeblies on top that are the same color as the body are V2 mystery chunks. They look like they might be the same material as the main body of the prop, maybe they were cast along with the body and painted? The material for the skirt is a different color, I've got no guesses on what the original object was though.
On that note, surely this was mentioned before as well, but the rectangular silver pieces with black ends look so much like slider knobs for potentiometers (think car stereo balance/fade and mixer sliders).
The "donut" knob, to me, looks like a gear (maybe a tank kit?) with half of a model airplane tire on top.
