A Tale of Nine Balance Pipes - Journey COMPLETE!!

[SethS]

Gorgeous, dude. Obi's saber is a perfect object. Every part is just irresistible. I can't look away!

Which is crazy considering that it amounted to a dude rooting through a scrap pile and looking for things with a similar diameter to stick together!

 

[veektohr]

Which is crazy considering that it amounted to a dude rooting through a scrap pile and looking for things with a similar diameter to stick together![/QUOTE

I would love to know which piece came first. I would imagine either the grenade or the emitter.

Edit: realistically I guess the clamp would have come first...

 

[SethS]

The thing I want to know is what was inside the clamp to hold it all together. But yeah-- for some continuity to the other two sabers, starting with the clamp makes the most sense.

 

[russellsch]

Absolutely gorgeous BP Panaflex. & great photos too! Thank you very much.

 

[thd9791]

absolutely stunning, that junk all over it just makes it feel more real.

 

[Edraven99]

Which is crazy considering that it amounted to a dude rooting through a scrap pile and looking for things with a similar diameter to stick together![/QUOTE

I would love to know which piece came first. I would imagine either the grenade or the emitter.

Edit: realistically I guess the clamp would have come first...

The thing I want to know is what was inside the clamp to hold it all together. But yeah-- for some continuity to the other two sabers, starting with the clamp makes the most sense.

Yup... it always amazes me that someone saw all of these parts from wildly different places, and somehow assembled them all together to make the Obi...

 

[Panaflex]

Thanks for the compliments guys!

I found these markings on the outer collar of the BP using a magnifying app. I heard there were part numbers on all the previous ones found.
I guess that's what these are. I'd be curious to hear from others if they have the same numbers on the 1st engine's BP's and all the new 9.

In any event, I hope this adds to the knowledge base of the BP.

 

[Halliwax]

so freak; n cool!

 

[Dann]

The thing I want to know is what was inside the clamp to hold it all together. But yeah-- for some continuity to the other two sabers, starting with the clamp makes the most sense.

Well, some folks actually believe there wasn't anything inside the clamp area, that it was simply hollow. It can be constructed with nothing in there, which would account for the thick wires protruding from the clamp and attaching to the booster and grenade.

As a community, we've always put a spacer of some sort in there, to increase rigidity and make the whole thing more solid, but, there's a chance the real prop had nothing inside the Graflex clamp at all!

 

[Marv]

I simply run an M6 threaded rod from tap handle to BP cone holds up pretty well.

 

[Fusion]

Super cool Chris ... I'd still love to own a female BP one day ... as for now I"m happy with my male converted variant

Chaim

I would like to submit my name for the upgrade list, as well. You gotta have a dream...

Joe

 

[veektohr]

Hmmm I wonder if this one has the right parts :wacko. Could be a cool piece to accompany a display.



http://www.profimodeller.com/detail/1-32/p32191-engine-bay-engine-gm/

 

[Edraven99]

Hmmm I wonder if this one has the right parts :wacko. Could be a cool piece to accompany a display.

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http://www.profimodeller.com/detail/1-32/p32191-engine-bay-engine-gm/

That's actually pretty cool.... hmm....

 

[veektohr]

I bought one. Came out to like $55 USD.

 

[teecrooz]

I'll have to get one. It looks nicer than the Nene model I picked up as a stand in.

 

[Edraven99]

I'll have to get one. It looks nicer than the Nene model I picked up as a stand in.

Oh sure... copy me again why don't you

 

[ANHSABERS]

Very interesting indeed.
Anyone selling an original emitter PLEASE?
Thank you

 

[teecrooz]

Please stop spamming every thread as a wtb thread. You already have one in the classified section.