I agree, I think it's only a matter of weeks till someone finds the right steering column. I'm 95% sold on the steering column lead, there's just so many features in common between the prop and the examples of steering components we've seen.
Regarding the rectangular holes on the sides, in my...
This is by far my favorite paint job of a mandalorian style helmet. It fits the star wars aesthetic so well. I love the colors, I love to see this old concept art interpreted/imagined.
You nailed it.
How about electric airport vehicles? There's airport tugs, luggage tractors, and many other names and variations for that sort of thing. Many of which are primarily orange or yellow.
What sort of steering column could have had orange parts? I'm thinking something Industrial. Forklift? Golf Cart?
I actually don't think it's too far fetched for 60's, 70's, 80's consumer objects to have been orange from the factory (such as car parts). Orange was a lot more popular of a color...
Thanks lukyanov, all is well after all! Plenty of unusual shipping happenings these days. I just received my beskar in the mail today. This thing is super cool.
Looks like my tracking number indicates it made it all the way to my city, and then may have been returned to sender. It went from 7/24 arrival in my city to 4 days of the generic "in transit to next facility message" and then finally it was just scanned today 8/3 as being "Processed Through...
Great work halliwax, the only issue I am having is turning the mystery chunk's shaft down in diameter with sandpaper or files and my drill. I feel like it's hardly doing anything at all to the diameter.
Definitely accounts for a lot of the damage, you can see at one point Hamill is holding the saber by the blade and tapping the pommel on the floor, which could definitely cause the little nicks and marks on the bottom.
also interestingly, it looks like they're not dueling with the Graflex clamp...
I know I'm quite late to the party, but I've been going back and forth since you first opened the run list, and I can't say no to this one.
If there's still one available:
Sign me up for one!
I love any video where Adam makes models. I want to get more into kitbashing, but haven't found a good source for greeblies. Any recommendations for cheap model kits with plenty of decent parts?