Kurtz Dossier

Mr Webber · Apr 14, 2012

Awesome.

DBCooper · Apr 14, 2012

Whitehammer - awesome. These look great. I love ID's.

Could we get a completely blank version. That way we can make up our own and as many as we like.

Great job with this and a nice share. Well done.

Best,
DBCooper

whitehammer · Apr 14, 2012

You are both very kind

I'm sorry but I've had a look for the ID & I think I junked it when I finished the six, didn't think I'd need it again.

whitehammer · Apr 15, 2012

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Mr Webber · Apr 18, 2012

Great job, the Colby section is very much part of the Dossier.

I will put it out there and say that the Dossier is my all time favorite prop, even as a youngling back in the day, didnt know about props and replicas as such, just thought it was very cool. Needless to say that since i started collecting and putting together some replicas, the Dossier has always been in my prop dreams. After finding Adams thread and the overwhelming research and detail put into it, i contacted Adam and stromo and after a hell of alot of work from stromo came up with all of the hero and known unseen on screen pictures from the hero Dossier.

Cant praise Stu enough for the great achievment he pulled off with this, some of those pictures are made up of to 15 different parts taken from other sources to replicate the original, i put it up there with all the grounbreaking work ever posted here or the like elsewhere, its HUGE. Theres still a ton of other document style detail in the rest of the Dossier, massive job which is part of its myth i guess.

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:cheers

To Stu for doing it and Adam for inspiring it.

Mr Webber · May 12, 2012

I know its not a potions label but I thought there might have been a bit more interest in this.

greylocke · Jan 25, 2013

Mr Webber said:
Great job, the Colby section is very much part of the Dossier.

I will put it out there and say that the Dossier is my all time favorite prop, even as a youngling back in the day, didnt know about props and replicas as such, just thought it was very cool. Needless to say that since i started collecting and putting together some replicas, the Dossier has always been in my prop dreams. After finding Adams thread and the overwhelming research and detail put into it, i contacted Adam and stromo and after a hell of alot of work from stromo came up with all of the hero and known unseen on screen pictures from the hero Dossier.

Cant praise Stu enough for the great achievment he pulled off with this, some of those pictures are made up of to 15 different parts taken from other sources to replicate the original, i put it up there with all the grounbreaking work ever posted here or the like elsewhere, its HUGE. Theres still a ton of other document style detail in the rest of the Dossier, massive job which is part of its myth i guess.

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:cheers

To Stu for doing it and Adam for inspiring it.

Ahh I wondered where this thread went. Those look killer Sir Webber. Thank you for posting them.

Mr Webber · Jan 27, 2013

Thanks greylocke, been itchin for some updates as well.

greylocke · Jan 27, 2013

Well I think it's like the weather, cyclical. There will be a burst of activity then it dies down then another burst of activity.

I know I've got several non-prop related projects going on and I just started another one that I think will be kicking my butt in more ways than one by the time it's over.

TFickser · Mar 16, 2013

Great to see close ups of all the stuff in the Colonel's file, from my all-time favorite movie! I'm going to have to try to put one of these together, myself!

Carter · Jan 3, 2014

I realize that I'm late to this; I thought that I was the only one interested in recreating this prop (I actually started pursuing this in the late '80s), but didn't have the ability or the technology to do what some of you've done here. Very impressive and (especially with the photos) outstanding.

I do have a question, however. Are you attempting to make a “screen accurate” dossier or a “realistic” version? In other words, are you keeping the various errors that appear in the film version, or are you trying to create a dossier as a real one would have appeared? I get the impression that people are leaning towards the latter, but I'm just curious.

- Carter

stromo · Jan 6, 2014

Hi Carter, I can't speak for the others, but certainly as far as any documents I've been involved in (which are an awful lot), I've tried to keep them as screen accurate as possible, even if that means copying an error.

Carter · Jan 7, 2014

Stromo,

Okay, thanks. I mulled over the idea of replicating the errors in the dossier as I prepare my own, but I find the mistakes (more than just misspellings, but the presence (or lack) of key documents) too annoying not to correct. Spellings are being corrected, some missing forms are being added, and incorrect forms (like the DD Form 214) are not being included at all.

I did, however, opt to keep the film's original text of the newspaper articles. The "Stars and Stripes" article's first paragraph is movie related; the rest is stock nonsense. The "Green Beret Colonel Under Fire" article is actually a 1976 NYT article on US negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.

- Carter

thequackdealer · Feb 16, 2014

Does anyone know where I can get this "photo holder" that asavage had?

Been looking a long time, and can't find one remotely accurate to this.

thequackdealer · Feb 16, 2014

Well when I read more closely it seems that those were custom made. I wonder where I could get that done? Oh well, I'll focus on the other stuff for now.

DMPOMP · May 19, 2015

Is anyone still active with this? Thank you!

JohnSmallArt · Jun 27, 2017

Hi Adam, Big Fan. Im new around here..any chance I could get a link you your old PDFs from this project I would love to start making the Kurtz Dossier?!

Thanks in advance