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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corellianexports" data-source="post: 5242995" data-attributes="member: 497">Most of the weathering is actually on the side rods, but there's a little on the disks, BNC extenders and the pistol itself.I used all the reference photos I have but the most useful one is probably the Jawa pic and the screen cap with Solo.I start with 200 gritt sandpaper, hitting the edges:[ATTACH]1505344[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1505345[/ATTACH]I use a large X-acto knife to add scratches to the side rods and pistol.  At one point I went back and forth between the 220 grit and the X-acto knife:[ATTACH]1505346[/ATTACH]Some of the weathering on the pistol is a tough call because some of the bright edges are actually just light reflections from the camera off what's actually a semi-gloss, black surface, so I stick to areas that would normally be worn down, like the trigger and hammer areas.There aren't any good, close-ups of the left side, so I basically weather it similarly to the right side:[ATTACH]1505347[/ATTACH]One photo shows some weathering on the tip of the barrel extension:[ATTACH]1505352[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1505353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1505354[/ATTACH] Some top and bottom photos: [ATTACH]1505356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1505355[/ATTACH]...and finally after 8 months, I get fill my empty display case.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[ATTACH]1505357[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1505358[/ATTACH]..which goes right next to my Han Solo "Greedo Killer":[ATTACH=full]1505359[/ATTACH]As usual, it was a group of rpf guys that researched this prop and it's various parts, so as always, thanks goes out to you guys for your input.  Special thanks goes out to Frank Bono for his help with the trigger guard and to Chris Trevas for his research on the stylus parts which really helped catapult this prop replica into existence. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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