keep a eye in the junkyard roman is doing a graflexs parts run and he just said he will be posting a parts thread soon
Luke ROTJ V2 lightsaber
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keep a eye in the junkyard roman is doing a graflexs parts run and he just said he will be posting a parts thread soon
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
I agree. However if you want a little extra insurance and don't want to invest in more materials, you can simply wrap around some electrical tape. Just enough to almost go the whole circumference. Basically you are providing a surface which offers more resistance to bare metal. You can use medical tape or even masking tape too. Just make sure the width is thin enough or you don't have any tape in the area the tabs used to be so you don't see it poking through the holes.
I did this with my RussRep and had no issues.
Never ever use black electrical tape (The regular stuff) on anything you care about. It shrinks, gets super sticky and makes a huge mess often. Not alway depending on the type, temp, etc, but usually. Just FYI
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
True but this is going on the hilt in a place you cannot see so it's not an issue. Additionally, if you did remove the tape and it left a sticky residue, it would be great for insuring the clamp also stayed in place. Win, win. However if for some reason you did want to remove the tape and have a clean surface, a little squirt of Goo Gone would quickly clean that up.
Country Paul
Sr Member
Bit of a cross post from my build thread, was wondering if anyone else had built a ANH era Obi Stunt V2?
I've been trying to figure out the clamp position relative to the red button on the V2/Obi Stunt picture(the red button is currently just a kebab skewer coloured in with red pen :lol)
Try as I might I cannot get quite the right angle for the picture
I'm going slightly idealised as I want to add the obi transistors as seen in some pictures, to do this I need to drill in to the clamp spacer for them to screw in to, which means the clamp will be fixed in place.
I'm assuming the red button is in the cone hole in the booster & the wire comes out of the hole for the "mystery chunk" in the pommel.
The problem with using the Russrep is that the pommel & booster are one part So the holes & D-Ring positions are fixed (& not the same as the picture :facepalm) so my wire will need to come from under the red button,
I'm guessing the pommel may be slightly rotated in the picture from where we usually see it in the ROTJ pictures but I'm not sure
if anyone has built one what did you use for your red button, I can't find anything that looks right?
I've been trying to figure out the clamp position relative to the red button on the V2/Obi Stunt picture(the red button is currently just a kebab skewer coloured in with red pen :lol)
Try as I might I cannot get quite the right angle for the picture
I'm going slightly idealised as I want to add the obi transistors as seen in some pictures, to do this I need to drill in to the clamp spacer for them to screw in to, which means the clamp will be fixed in place.
I'm assuming the red button is in the cone hole in the booster & the wire comes out of the hole for the "mystery chunk" in the pommel.
The problem with using the Russrep is that the pommel & booster are one part So the holes & D-Ring positions are fixed (& not the same as the picture :facepalm) so my wire will need to come from under the red button,
I'm guessing the pommel may be slightly rotated in the picture from where we usually see it in the ROTJ pictures but I'm not sure
if anyone has built one what did you use for your red button, I can't find anything that looks right?
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I saw on your tutorial the weathering you did to the booster before painting. That was a step I'd completely ignored, so thanks.
I was wondering if you did any weathering to the pommel? It looks pretty beat up too in the screenshots & the Celebration pics.
Turtorial I'm on the hunt for it now!,
There's a link in the 1st post of his FS thread.
I was going to wait until I need to hang some photos, and then just use the pommel as a hammer.
Son of Skywalker
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I assumed that ding was due to when Luke tosses his saber away at the end.
Hey guys, Just FYI all stencil orders have shpped out except one I didn't get an address for (and that member has been contacted via PM).
I also have extras so if you want one, now would be a good time as I can send them out the same day. Info is posted in the project runs thread.
Thanks!
I also have extras so if you want one, now would be a good time as I can send them out the same day. Info is posted in the project runs thread.
Thanks!
Luke the Belter
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Yeah go ahead and order from trooper_trent. You wouldn't want to try to weather it as accurate as possible without stencil again. I did as good as I was able to do and I like it. I wanted to do something like this one time in my life by myself. But I'm not sure it is worth all the pain in my hands and fingers from holding the tools
The next V2 if there is one in the future I'll order stencils.
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