Have the black knobs on the "Luke training helmet" been ID'd?

[Treadwell]

Singlepoint scope knob covers?

 

[Darth Lars]

To me, they have always looked like the light covers used for rank pips on Rebel rank badges, but I dunno.

 

[Treadwell]

On FB our own lonepigeon IDed them as the same round switch covers as used on TIE chest boxes, but in black. He thinks they were inherintenly black, not painted, which would make them semi-transluscent, I guess.

 

[lonepigeon]

They don't seem translucent. A couple of them are still intact on the helmet in the archives.
Maybe similar to the white ones on the TIE chest box that also look opaque. Sometimes there are both light up and solid versions of push buttons.
RS didn't sell round ones, at least at the time, so they must have gotten them from another supplier.

 

[RBJ]

EAO made the ones used on the TIes .Heres the info on the black ones..can be sourced at Aliied electronics or RS

EAO

EAO 01-931.0​

Mfr. Part #: 01-931.0
Allied Stock #: 70290475

Description​

Accessory, Lens, Flat, Plastic, Round, 15.8mm, Non-Illuminative, Opaque, Black

 

[Treadwell]

Well in this case they are just the cap on a button that is not illuminated.

 

[Treadwell]

Guided product search of EAO – Your Expert Partner for Human Machine Interfaces

 

[Treadwell]

Thanks for the help, folks!

 

[thd9791]

Wow! What a thread lol

 

[Treadwell]

I'm finally working on the helmet. I came back to this thread to get the part # again, because I can't find the caps I received 13 months ago...

 

[Halliwax]

On FB our own lonepigeon IDed them as the same round switch covers as used on TIE chest boxes, but in black. He thinks they were inherintenly black, not painted, which would make them semi-transluscent, I guess.

I wish I knew this when I was building mine. I ended up 3d printing some