Better shot of the power pack
Do we know if it’s actually supposed to be a blaster, or maybe a droid control wand or droid repair tool? Just curious.
I'm loving this thread too! Fantastic to see "new" things after all these years. Since we don't really see these props being used they really could be anything. I tend to think they fall more into the "tool" description since the Jawas are performing maintenance and giving the Droids a brush-up before being put up for sale rather than their being blasters but who knows?
Screencap from a Lucasfilm slide scan.Awesome, thanks for sharing what is the source of this image, did you find online or do a Screen Cap?
There's not much else in the way of info or reference numbers for the exact connectors at this time but it looks like there could be three different sizes for the whole connector part. As usual there can be approx six variations of a MOD part (before the pattern is changed) so if someone with the graflex clamp can estimate the size of the connector's widest plug end that may help to work out if the full connector is the small or medium or large size.
They were a type of locking sealed multipole electrical connectors that originated from a WWII British Air Ministry spec for connecting up electrical and electronic modules in aircraft, and originally manufactured by Plessey (I work a telecoms company that was once part of Plessey in the distant past, and we used them on some of our in-house test equipment). They were used for electrical interconnects across the UK military, and also in many systems for civil aircraft worldwide too.Haha-- even with a product page I still couldn't tell you what these are exactly. A type of electrical cable?
They were a type of locking sealed multipole electrical connectors that originated from a WWII British Air Ministry spec for connecting up electrical and electronic modules in aircraft, and originally manufactured by Plessey (I work a telecoms company that was once part of Plessey in the distant past, and we used them on some of our in-house test equipment). They were used for electrical interconnects across the UK military, and also in many systems for civil aircraft worldwide too.
They came in 3 sizes (S,M,L) with increasing maximum contact numbers in each, and also in two main generations - the Mk4, which was more like the original Air Ministry design, and the later Mk7 which had better sealing and was more robust. They came in 'Fixed' ( chassis mounted) and 'Free' (cable mounted) versions,. The one on the Jawa Graflite appear to be a Mk7 Small Free plug with a Straight outlet backshell and cable clamp, like this:
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(the backshell and cable clamp are usually sold as separate accessories to the Free connectors).
I wouldn't mind betting they had the corresponding Small Fixed plug is wedged into the slot on the Graflex clamp for the Free socket to attach onto, possibly with the sides ground to flats so it would fit (the chassis cutout for a Fixed connector is about 21mm - the Small is on the left below):
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The Simplex Time Recorder Co Watchmans Clock Time Detector WC 50 looks very close but no cigar yet...