The hex-style knurl is somewhat visible here, in one of the pre-pro photos:
..hard to tell though for sure, now that I look at it.
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-Carson
So taking all this is mind.
Knowing that there is multiple style knurling within these family of scopes this is the math I’ve conducted. I digress here for a second but as far as my eye can tell (and please correct me) I haven’t seen any Hensoldt scopes with a Hex (6 sided) knurling? Not that it doesn’t exist obviously I just haven’t seen it is all.
Personally I think the Hero looks similar to this wheel here
except the top has 3 visible knurlings not 2..
Let’s first look at the actual prop itself. When ever I try to replica these beautiful props I never start with real found parts. I always start with the film prop itself and work backwards. Real parts is great obviously but you can lose the Forrest for the trees. As
deadbolt correctly stated there is so many variances so it can be very misleading and distracting. So back to the actual prop itself..
It’s pretty clear that nothing is 100% here but starting with the fact that the knurling could look like any of these real scopes pictured below (minus as hexagon shape,
only because I can’t find a real Hensoldt with it is all).
This next leads me to the pawn stars blaster as
Vanitas mentioned as well. It might provide some answers as the scope is
believed to be the same one used in ANH. “Believed” is obviously a key word here..
Here is a great shot of the knurling from the Pawn Stars scope. Here’s the possible red flag though. It has a visible serial number on the scope wheel base which
isn’t visible on the film prop itself?? I did some overlays using this wheel and the film prop that follows. The knurling does seem to match up as well
and maybe the possibility of the serial number does exist?
Lastly using
kpax replica comparison pictures I think his scope (it’s a real Hensoldt correct? - if it isn’t then disregard this) is the closest to the ANH hero. Except his only has 2 knurlings on the top part where it looks like the hero prop has 3 but his knurling does look circular?
All this points me personally in the direction that it’s “
around” 8 circular looking knurling marks on the diagonal. 5 on the bottom and 3 on the top? Again going back to using only the actual film prop itself and the best available pictures as a guild..
So all this leads basically to a question. Is it possible that it’s made up from these two similar wheels? One from the top which as 3 knurled and one from the bottom which has 5? Although the knurling size doesn’t look to be that different (top/bottom) on the film prop itself as it does below which is a concern?
