Yes! The center greeblie does not look like T Track in these images. Looks much rounder and paint chips on top showing whitish under?Another set from our Anonymous hero, to help get things back on track..with approval of course..
See anything?..maybe a Round/Tube center greeblie between the antennas?..as per the Greedo Blaster, instead of the T-Track we all thought was there for so many years
-Carson
I'm going to vote no, this is not the hero lower frame.
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The greeblies were glued on the castings after they were cast. That's why some have fallen off and the pulley is at a different angle.One thing I can better see now; the front disc on the lefthand side of the blaster is different between both castings. On the cast with the flash hider the square indent on the very edge of the disc is at about the 11 o'clock position, but on the cast without the flash hider that same little square cutout is at about the 7 o'clock location. So if this disc was rotated between casts, then perhaps it is NOT a brazed disc on the actual receiver's lower? This difference makes it seem like more of a greeblie...
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The greeblies were glued on the castings after they were cast. That's why some have fallen off and the pulley is at a different angle.
The HERO c96 2813 was molded with left side disk mount spacers, likely the Sweeney gun... and no FH.
Base gun as seen in Sweeney without the thumbnuts molded and cast.
... and still no "good" explanation for the mystery disc!
Had to be a knob greeblie, not unlike the knob in TFA.
SOMEONE MUST KNOW ! ; )
Seems right and good points. ^^It absolutely WAS a greeblie; the evidence for that can be determined by the shape of the grill alone.
The entire reason the grill was cut in such a way is to fit around existing pieces; on the righthand side the grill was shaped around the front stud of the scope mount, and on the lefthand side it is shaped to curve around the mystery disc - because there USED TO BE SOMETHING SOLID THERE.
If there was not a physical disc of some sort there at one point, then the grill would not have been carved on the lefthand side to curve upwards as it does. It would just continue to run straight upwards instead.
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Stole one of your old pics Scott; my apologies haha
Totally. I'm on board, I was just confirming that this specific lower wasn't used for anything, since the two molds and the hero all matchKeep in mind that you are comparing it to a different lower than the Hero prop; only the upper from Randall and Hopkirk was later used for the Hero prop.
When you compare the better images of the cast stunt pistols a lot of details actually align with the hero lowers; the chips in the grips are a dead giveaway that the lower may, in fact, be the same as the Hero's.
EDIT: Pat beat me to it; I was just about to point out some of the various details of the lower that matched too
Totally. I'm on board, I was just confirming that this specific lower wasn't used for anything, since the two molds and the hero all match
Wild idea - does the "sawed-off" disc match the size of the mystery disc? I am pretty sure now it is a separate piece..
Hmm - I was checking because a brazed spacer wouldn't be able to move or change orientation, like hereNo. The sawed off piece is the sawed off left side brazed on spacer.
Ya it definitely looks way to thick (circular and hallow as well) to be than a T track.. and even if it was it looks to be the way you cut ur hero t track down on the bottom kpax so the antenna greeblie rests right on the bull barrel.
Just for fun, I put my Mitchell parts on my blaster.... and still no "good" explanation for the mystery disc!
Had to be a knob greeblie, not unlike the knob in TFA.
SOMEONE MUST KNOW ! ; )
Just for fun, I put my Mitchell parts on my blaster.
The pulley was too small, as we already knew, but the stylus brush base seated itself within my painted circle perfectly...
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