A Wing Helmet Greeblie Question

[Cameron]

Does anyone know the source of this greeblie? It’s on the back of a few A and B wing helmets.

 

[ywingfighter]

Over the years I was able to identify many of the Greeblies with the help of members here. Unfortunately this was not included. But the last Propstore auctions had a lot of good pictures of this part. I also had one printed a few years ago.

 

[Cameron]

Over the years I was able to identify many of the Greeblies with the help of members here. Unfortunately this was not included. But the last Propstore auctions had a lot of good pictures of this part. I also had one printed a few years ago.View attachment 1517264View attachment 1517266

Thanks for the reply. It looks like a model motorcycle engine part to my eye but I’ve had no luck in my search. At this point a repro would work.

 

[Cameron]

Bumping to see if anyone has any ideas on the greeblie.

 

[Pepperbone]

This is a long shot but it’s free to ask: RS Props have been working on a B-Wing helmet run for the past year, maybe they would know?

I need some coffee…

 

[wtyler3]

A B wing? I have not heard this! I have the Y wing they released, but did not know of a B wing! Wow

 

[Pepperbone]

A B wing? I have not heard this! I have the Y wing they released, but did not know of a B wing! Wow

Oh!! Dammit! My bad!
They are doing a Y-wing helmet, NOT a B-Wing.
Sorry!

 

[ywingfighter]

Well, you are not completely wrong. I know that a B-Wing is at least already being planned but will probably take longer until he comes

 

[wtyler3]

Alright you two. I am on a roller coaster here. First super excited, then hopes dashed, only to be reignited again

 

[Darth Lars]

A B wing? I have not heard this! I have the Y wing they released, but did not know of a B wing! Wow

To add to the confusion, one or two A-wing pilots in ROTJ wore a "Y-wing helmet" ... :-þ

 

[ywingfighter]

To add to the confusion, one or two A-wing pilots in ROTJ wore a "Y-wing helmet" ... :-þ

Yep, in the Hangar scene

 

[ywingfighter]

Alright you two. I am on a roller coaster here. First super excited, then hopes dashed, only to be reignited again

You can look forward to it, but as I said it will take a long time but it is planned

 

[Pepperbone]

You can look forward to it, but as I said it will take a long time but it is planned

Good enough for me!

And sorry for the earlier confusion. That so-called brain up there developed some faulty wiring

 

[Cameron]

Ahem. So back to the regularly scheduled question. It is the A wing helmet greeblie I am in search of. As seen on the back top of at least 3 of the 4 known A wing helmets.

 

[Cameron]

 

[ywingfighter]

Some more pictures from Propstore and the B-Wing Helmet had this part to

 

[gunnerk19]

I thought it looked like it may be part of an old barber's electric clippers...

 

[Pepperbone]

I got a little obsessed by this yesterday and started looking at vintage vacuum cleaner parts. Close, but not quite.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Well, if the original helmet makers followed the long-established Rules of Greeblie Making, the found part must be:

1. Very difficult to identify

2. Very difficult to find, if identified

3. Very expensive to buy, if found

I trust that these rules were strictly adhered to when the original helmet was constructed.

 

[Darth Lars]

I think it is made from a part of a vintage "Schick Colonel" electric shaver, cut short and filled.
If the greeblie is on multiple helmet I'd think it could be a cast of a part made from the shaver part.

Edit: There are apparently several revisions. Some are different from the prop's in that the first rib is twice as wide as the others, or where the ribs don't go down the sides.
This one looks correct, and there are a few on eBay that look correct.