I noticed (in 3D) that my ANH D-ring fits perfectly! It's a nickel plated steel ring.
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I noticed (in 3D) that my ANH D-ring fits perfectly! It's a nickel plated steel ring.
Sorry if this is a complete noob question but what's up with thickness of the neck area? These look way off to me.
The upper neck (towards the emitter) appears to be the same thickness or even a tad thicker than the lower neck area.
but in the model it's clearly quite a bit thinner.
The upper neck (towards the emitter) appears to be the same thickness or even a tad thicker than the lower neck area.
but in the model it's clearly quite a bit thinner.
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On the prop, there's gaffers tape wrapped around the neck to stop the head from spinning
DERP! See? Noob question! Thanks!
That's a LOT of tape!
That's a LOT of tape!
Sym-Cha
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So ... I took one of Roy's lever of his picture in PS ... and toggled with it myself ... since I was still not completely satisfied ... although I know it's still a render and early stages but one particular curve has been overlooked (see red arrow) :
. . . also I strongly feel there should be more of a curve over 2/3rd of the body, which gives the appearance of being round instead of straight from top till the end. Which by the way you can see happening now when I overlay 'my' lever over Roy's render of the complete saber. Thoughts or suggestions anyone?
Chaim
. . . also I strongly feel there should be more of a curve over 2/3rd of the body, which gives the appearance of being round instead of straight from top till the end. Which by the way you can see happening now when I overlay 'my' lever over Roy's render of the complete saber. Thoughts or suggestions anyone?
Chaim
cayman shen
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I'd say that's a good tweak. I wish I had the computer skills to show what I'm seeing. I see the lever as thicker on the fat part, and less curved on the fat part on the side toward the circuit card. I see the tip "upturn" as being shorter and steeper. But...since I can't render or even use MS Paint particularly well, my observations are pretty much unhelpful, since I can't show anyone what I'm trying to say 
I remember hearing years ago that the circuit board in the clamp came from either a Comodore 64 or 128 computer. I google searched pics of the motherboards and none of the edge connectors look like the one on the prop.
Sym-Cha
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I usually exaggerate to make my point come across ... but yeah cayman shen since we are looking at already distorted pictures from SWC and working from there either in 3D or PS ... it's still quite difficult to capture what our eyes seem to see on the screen and translate that to a real 3D object in true space
Chaim
Chaim
Actually I think it's just unraveling.
The measurements of the neck on my model come from an original stunt saber.
From my "physics lab junk" source I also got some commodore extension boards and DIY breadboards. The commodore stuff did have similarly shaped gold contacts, but that was the only similarity.
if it helps, we're looking for 22 (or 44, 22 on each side) pin plugs. There are shorter sections, like those Otis boards with no chips, that have the same size or ratio, but they're generally referenced by the full sized plug I think.
oh god i hope so!!
It's probably just the way I heard it but this video made it seem like Brandon is the owner of the V2.
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scarf man
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I did some further tweaks, fattened up the edge pins, straiten out some wonky lines exct....
The broken line on the top of the card needs some work but I'm not exactly sure what I'm seeing yet.
The broken line on the top of the card needs some work but I'm not exactly sure what I'm seeing yet.
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