am i the only person in the world who has......

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i was not aware that you had an accurate emitter? i would love to hear the story about where/when you got yours?......there were only 3 that i was aware of??
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I believe that number has quadrupled recently. :)

I'm happy with my real emitter and clamp. The replicas of all the other parts will do just fine.
 
<div class='quotetop'>(obee1 @ Aug 16 2006, 05:10 PM) [snapback]1301791[/snapback]</div>
i am sure that i was the first......but is there anyone else now who has ALL of the REAL parts for the OWK ANH saber?

I know Serafino is lacking the grenade only by choice....

and a few others of you are lacking only the grenade or only the interconnect....
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and no pics?

there is a whole minute of my life ill never get back from reading this thread... :unsure

you know that if one thing is off one little miniscule bit... that your gonna get an earfull... :p


im interested to see your transistors... :love

oh, and motorolla they are not. ;)
 
Sorry obee1, don't mean to hijack, but
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oh, and motorolla they are not. ;)[/b]
Since Motorola was the semiconductor manufacture at that time period that made TO-5 or TO-39 transistors with designations that start with "MA", I'd truly like to see the data books that show different.

ATL
 
sent an Email to several transistor manufacturers that had close matching size and shape tophat style transistors, they sent pics to different "seasoned pros" and confirmed that they werent motorolla, that the markings didnt match anything that motorolla ever used as id markings...

i can send you copies of the emails if i still have them. ;)

ive scoured the net and electronics stores and junkpiles, and radios etc. just like many of you here, and i really believe that it had to be a lesser known company, there are sites on the net detecated to collecting id'ing and listing info on MANY MANY different brands, i have contacted MANY MANY of these companies and showed photos of only the transistor, and a motorolla simmilar style.

i never said it was for any kind of prop replica, only that i was interested in finding out what company the logo belonged to.

none could 100% tell me what they were. :( but SEVERAL told me what they werent... they are NOT motorolla made, im 99.9% sure. :angel

sorry if i rained on your parade, hell maybe the prop dept, put there own stamp on there, maybe it was one of the prop guys initials for all i know, but i know that if it is motarolla, then the markings were changed.

like i said, not 100% but a confident 99.9% sure.
 
oldken, let's take this transistor discussion back to Serafino's transistor thread. :)

Apologies to obee1.

obee1,

It's very impressive that you were able to collect all the original and correct parts for the saber prop. I'm very envious. :) I hope the next time correct emitters and/or a handwheel becomes available, that I find out before they all sell. :cry

ATL
 
<div class='quotetop'>(ATL Kenobi @ Aug 17 2006, 06:02 AM) [snapback]1302176[/snapback]</div>
Mine's inaccurate but pretty close.
1sideview.JPG

See My Saber
ATL Kenobi
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Hey. Your grenade looks just like the one in this pic:
http://www.therpf.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=9663
So your grenade is accurate, just not to the Chronicles version.
 
I haven't been around for quite some time and only pop in briefly now and again at the moment... can someone point in the direction of a thread where we finally nailed 'the gear' and the 'emitter'? Last I knew, we were discussing parts of an industrial conveyer belt/pulley system for the gear and gas burner heads for the emitter...
thx
Pete
 
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I haven't been around for quite some time and only pop in briefly now and again at the moment... can someone point in the direction of a thread where we finally nailed 'the gear' and the 'emitter'? Last I knew, we were discussing parts of an industrial conveyer belt/pulley system for the gear and gas burner heads for the emitter...
thx
Pete
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Pete,

Look here:
GEAR
and here:
Emitter

ATL
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ATL Kenobi @ Jan 28 2007, 02:07 PM) [snapback]1406412[/snapback]</div>
Pete,

Look here:
GEAR
and here:
Emitter

ATL
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Thanks so much. I wish I'd been around the board when this kicked off. Why? I live in Derby, home of Rolls Royce. I have many friends who work for Rolls, I could have acquired all the info you needed super quick...sorry guys.... I can't believe the end of this quest was 5 minutes down the road from me. Crazy.
 
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Pete,

Look here:
GEAR
and here:
Emitter

ATL
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Thanks so much. I wish I'd been around the board when this kicked off. Why? I live in Derby, home of Rolls Royce. I have many friends who work for Rolls, I could have acquired all the info you needed super quick...sorry guys.... I can't believe the end of this quest was 5 minutes down the road from me. Crazy.
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My Grandma is from Derby.

FB

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i am sure that i was the first......but is there anyone else now who has ALL of the REAL parts for the OWK ANH saber?
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What type of transistors do you have?? :p

Lets see some pics..

FB
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What ever happened to the pics Obee1??
 
BTW...I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but 'Derwent' is the name of the river that runs through my fair city...so that's where the engine got it's name. Many years ago as a student, I worked for a company called 'Derwent Upholstry' - as you can imagine, lots of things from this town have Derwent in their name.
 
Hey Pete..any new leads on the Derwent piece? Is it possible to check with them in person and see what you can come up with? Some of us are still trying to find one of these ;)
 
...not to mention an in at Rolls may make it possible to make a much more accurate replica. PM sent. :D




Oh, Bill, Pete has only just seen all this stuff, and it's Sunday in the UK too, so I suspect he hasn't really had time to look into this yet. ;)
 
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...not to mention an in at Rolls may make it possible to make a much more accurate replica. PM sent. :D




Oh, Bill, Pete has only just seen all this stuff, and it's Sunday in the UK too, so I suspect he hasn't really had time to look into this yet. ;)
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Your kidding...I spent all day reading the discovery threads... judging from the amount of PMs I'm getting because of where I'm located it's a bit like the day I said 't-track? all the cupboards at work are full of it.' or the day I said 'my friend is getting a new bathroom...who wants a 70s AS Starlite handwheel?'
I will start tomorrow by talking to a guy I work with who's job used to be firing frozen chickens into jet engines and filming the results, to test how they stand up to birds when they get sucked into the engines. He taught me the phrase 'Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines'.
An old friend worked in the drawing archive, but I lost touch with him a few years back... then there is the guy over the road who works in assembly and also the husband of one of my wife's best friends - he's a software developer there right now...thing is, even if none of these guys can help, they will either know someone I should talk to or have an idea where to make enquiries I'm sure. It's difficult to throw a stone in this town and not hit someone who works at 'Royces' (how the locals say it), I suspect it's like car plant workers and Detroit.
There is also a big 'Anchor Surplus' place nearby that often has jet engines in the yard, along with other military paraphinalia of yesteryear...I could pay them a visit - it's a huge warehouse and I often get boots and kitbags etc from it. Not sure whether the stuff in the yard is actually for sale tho - there's a 2 seater jet from the 50s there...
Then there's the Derby Industrial museum - when I helped stage a Dr Who prop display in one of their rooms, I had a good look at their rolls royce room, which was full of engines in cases.
Then there's the observation park at East Midlands Airport - amongst the picnic tables are various examples of now grounded Aircraft, restored but not able to fly, with many examples of local aerospace engineering amongst them (I'm sure most of them have plaques detailing when the engines were made and at which Derby site - there are several)
So yeah...lots of avenues to explore, but be patient guys...do we have a part number for it yet?
 
James, that should be a real balance pipe on that saber. Its the 'opposite side' balance pipe like ATL Kenobi's, but it is a real Derwent balance pipe from the correct engine. :)

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kurtyboy has one but I'm not finished with it yet. I'm still weathering the grenade naturally.

It has a real AS hadnwheel (the correct vintage one), real booster, real clamp, real bubble strip, real transistors, real grenade, but replica emitter. I'm surre with all the luck kurtyboy has had with engines it's only a matter of time until he has a real correct emitter.

[image]http://www.wackychimp.com/uploads/rawobi035.jpg[/image]
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Guess I'd announce my interest in joining this 'club'...currently closing up a deal that'd snag me one more piece of real part for my OBW ANH saber. Like most people here the last piece I need is the most illusive one: The balance pipe.

Will have pics up once I get the 2nd last piece ;)
 
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