DL-44 Blaster Props ANH to ROTJ a Guide
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Mike beat me to it. I wanted to reply 79.
Thanks Cantina_Dude just wanted to make sure there was no boss in the center that could have left the glue residue. Is this a vintage part or later modern reissue?
Lol that would have been soooo helpful, but hilarious.
I'd speculate that if I wasted a second of my life to cut it nicely for a stupid test, the propmakers probably did that as well for a hero prop.
Besides, it will be somewhere there on the pictures :
But that's really not the point, for me the shape and size of the v8 part are fundamentally wrong to match the picture as I've written in my previous post.
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v312 thanks for all your test pics and for walking us through your thought process, I’m hesitant to personally call it either way, as if me calling it matters, but you get what I’m saying I’m sure.
The source pics are just too blurry, and my eyes have aged two decades since I joined.
To everyone,
Consensus among the group is a good feeling, but ultimately the prop has to sit on your shelf.
The source pics are just too blurry, and my eyes have aged two decades since I joined.
To everyone,
Consensus among the group is a good feeling, but ultimately the prop has to sit on your shelf.
I appreciate that John. We’re all brothers and a few sisters here.
Have a little faith in me next time
. I wouldn't write that long post if it had something on the back that could leave the residue in the middle. Of course, they could have stacked something in between, so it is just a secondary hint.Trust but verify. I’m always cognizant of a larger audience than those typing, and try to skate between formality and familiarity.Have a little faith in me next time
I meant no offense, it’s just that we’re not well acquainted and I have a touch of ptsd from the early years of the RPF where there was much subterfuge. I apologize for the unfriendly behavior, and for making my problem your problem.
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You’re always a gentleman
It means a great deal. I for one, really enjoy peeking in on the creative process of anyone who is willing to share pics and observations. Thank you Tom.
To anyone thinking “this scarf guy talks a lot, but never shows us his projects” you’re absolutely right, I don’t show a lot anymore. I don’t do much more than tinker with OT sabers now a days, and that I only do sporadically and rather poorly. I still have an eye for beauty, and will point and gawk.
Halliwax it takes one to know one my brother.
Ah, yes. It’s a relic of an earlier state of the guide from before I linked to v312 ’s masterful post on the Bespin blasters. I’ll move it up to that grouping and make a note of your editing credit. Thanks.
Can you take some pictures with the shortest one on the left?
I mean if you have not permanently glued some of the others to your build yet, of course.
I'm curious if it will be a better match to the screen shot from the movie. It's hard to tell how many V8 kits they had available for the production and it is one per kit - one was used for that communicator they have on their heads in ESB, so it is possible they did some casts of it to use for other stuff. As I've tried to show in my previous posts I don't see how the full sized part can match what we see on the references, but a cut-down version of it might just do it. And of course it will explain the glue residue as you've pointed out.
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Here's another shot to show size and how much it sticks out.
Reference for the mount side of this blaster is scarce. I doubt will find anything truly definitive but I'll keep an eye out.
IMO the nipple is clear in the other two shots if you check the full res in Photoshop. There's definitely something in the center and the same proportion as the V8 piece.
Reference for the mount side of this blaster is scarce. I doubt will find anything truly definitive but I'll keep an eye out.
IMO the nipple is clear in the other two shots if you check the full res in Photoshop. There's definitely something in the center and the same proportion as the V8 piece.
Its a damn good candidate
Ive tried to find any windage knob caps in the diameter of 27mm, and 99% of them are 21-23mm.
It’s so hard to make any real judgment on that Hoth mystery as the photos just aren’t clear enough and with what v312 put forward it makes it even more difficult to follow what PoSW said specifically.
Here’s a part though that I believe can be confirmed. With regards to the GK film prop specifically the weavers themselves come in 3 sizes. Small, medium and large. Most know the film used weavers where not the small ones but between the medium and large.. I haven’t heard anyone confirm which is actually the correct variant.
I personally believe it is the “tall” weavers and the reason is the tall weavers are the only ones with this part circled. You can also see the reflection of said part in the film itself. Thoughts?
Here’s a part though that I believe can be confirmed. With regards to the GK film prop specifically the weavers themselves come in 3 sizes. Small, medium and large. Most know the film used weavers where not the small ones but between the medium and large.. I haven’t heard anyone confirm which is actually the correct variant.
I personally believe it is the “tall” weavers and the reason is the tall weavers are the only ones with this part circled. You can also see the reflection of said part in the film itself. Thoughts?
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