Max Replica
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Does anyone know what the dimensions of this little rectangular window should be or its exactly location (distance from top/sides etc.)? I'm working on my scanner and might be ready to cut this hole...
ESB "Hoth scanner" prop - active project!
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woodywaverider
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I don’t know the dimensions, but it looks just like somthing that would be used on an old style filing cabinet to hold a label
I come up with a height of about 23mm and a width of 64,8/ 65mm
Max Replica
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That's about what I estimated too. Were you including the silver frame pieces around the edges or just the window?
These are the outer dimensions I came up with
Awesome!!!
I need some help locating accurate hex-bolts *hint hint*...which are you using???
I tried M6 bolts, but the head is too small/ M8 bolts are way too big.
The single bolt in my picture came from my parts boxes.
Thanks buddy, should be able to get these here now
Hmmmm… in this picture it looks like these are just NUTS, with the actual screw/ bolt coming from inside the dispensers!? How else could the round recess in the „hexbolt“ be explained?
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OddballFett
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I see a digital display
I see what you’re saying about the recess. I’ll have to ask around. My reference of the inside shows some profiles of the bolts/nuts. The outside hex has the outer surface rounded over, but not the underside that is against the plastic. Nuts typically are rounded over on both sides unlike bolt heads. I’ll get back to you.
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Max Replica
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I finally started putting my scanner together last week to take it to DragonCon. I used up all the accurate bits I had on hand and it is obviously far from complete, but I wanted to use it as part of my Hoth Han costume and people seemed to really like it.
I'll post some of my in-progress photos here.
There didn't seem to be any discussion that I could find about the carrying strapping he uses in the film (maybe because that was not present in the photos of the actual prop from some years ago) so this was a temporary one from screenshots (eventually I'll make a new one with a different material, the correct two straps on the top part, etc.)
I don't think we ever get a look at that display screen in the film, so I don't know if it ever lit up or not, or what would have been on it. For now, I just threw one of those LED digital name tags in there.
So yes, lots more to do and lots of accurate parts still to add, but this MAY be the first of these scanners brought out "into the wild" for others to see and it was nice to see other fans' reactions.
P.S. the thermostat pieces are temporary 3D prints until I get a couple of real or cast ones.
I'll post some of my in-progress photos here.
There didn't seem to be any discussion that I could find about the carrying strapping he uses in the film (maybe because that was not present in the photos of the actual prop from some years ago) so this was a temporary one from screenshots (eventually I'll make a new one with a different material, the correct two straps on the top part, etc.)
I don't think we ever get a look at that display screen in the film, so I don't know if it ever lit up or not, or what would have been on it. For now, I just threw one of those LED digital name tags in there.
So yes, lots more to do and lots of accurate parts still to add, but this MAY be the first of these scanners brought out "into the wild" for others to see and it was nice to see other fans' reactions.
P.S. the thermostat pieces are temporary 3D prints until I get a couple of real or cast ones.
Max Replica
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Maybe? Except the push buttons for the rank bars are smooth and in some of the photos of those colored squares on the scanner I'm seeing grooves/ridges. Are there some small buttons like this that are textured in that way?
That´s what I need to figure out.
I am sure there are quite a few variation of lense covers with "textured" insides...think of the RS pushbutton found on various blasters, that has the diamond pattern. It´s just another idea I want to consider...
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