My Fifth Element President phone Part Deux.

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Did a search and didn't find a thread dedicated to the presidents phone in FE. The subject seems to be popping up here lately. I have the 2 Sony RM-X2S commanders but would like to get some more info on the LED's. Both the rectangular LED that is smaller in one pic of the prop and the round one on the side that onscreen looks to be white when off and red when lit but in the prop pics i have seen it is red when off too. I think it just looks white because of lighting glare but maybe someone has info to the contrary. It's more than likely there were multiple phones built so maybe there were discrepancies between them.
There is also the little switch on the back. It has a groove in the center and i think someone once posted pics of an Exactra calculator that used the same switch.
I want to include the handset for the radio in Zorgs ship also. Corbin uses it to talk to the pres on the way back to Egypt. It is just half a pres phone with a coiled cord. Not sure if there are other differences on it.

So screencaps, prop pics and anything else you have, s'il vous plait.
 
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Kurtyboy built, and made a thread with alot of info on his build. I myself am tring to find the remote's?
 
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True. I'll just make it my build thread. I don't want to jump on his thread and critique his build. It is a great looking phone, i am just trying to sift through LED size descrepancies and don't want to sound like i'm crapping on his build. I'm not convinced the multipass LED is the right one. The little picture of the screen used phone has a smaller LED than what Kurtyboy used. I think the ones he posted early in his build were right sized but with a thicker white surrounding.
 
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I wish I had those propstore pictures when I built and made a mess of my one :$
 
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Your crazy dude. Your phone is awesome and one reason i have restarted this researching. I just want to figure out the oddities of the LEDs. I have been experimenting with a bunch of LEDs i have here at home and will post some pics of an interesting thing i found out. Stay tuned......
 
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I could be TOTALLY wrong, but that red LED looks a lot like a 7-segment LED number display, like this (only set to zero):

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Or maybe something like this (again, set to zero):

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It's a little hard to tell from those screenshots.
 
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So i think i have found the descrepancies in the LEDs. Same Leds just sanded down a little and alot. Probably because of the limited space inside the remote.

Next up, the round LED
 
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I need to find a proper switch now. Kurtyboy posted the Exactra calc pics in his thread and it looks spot on. (Thanks Kurtyboy) so i may try to source one if i can't dig a switch up this weekend at the old mans house.
 
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This is looking great.. Nice detail.. I've put up a Wanted to Buy topic on one of these, so if you have a spare.. LOL..Can't wait to see it finished..
 
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Thanks Beechy.

I have a question for anyone who has held a real one. I have never seen a pic of both the rectangular and round LED lit up at the same time. It's either one or the other. How did the real prop work? Did the rear switch control both LEDs?
 
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Thanks for the input guys. Tee, you opened up my eyes for sure. The prop store one is way different than the screenused president phone. I have a new batch of about 100 screenshot and will post up some new stuff tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up on the switch Kurtyboy.
 
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My domesticated work went into overtime yesterday so i didn't get a chance to play with screencaps. That and the custom communicator i only have 1 week to finish. I am going to tackle all the switchs individually.
I did cut out a plate to mount the top LED. I think i am going to build 2 of these. One to copy the Prop store phone and one to copy the screenused presidents phone since they are so different. My take is that the presidents phone is made of 2 real remotes and the prop store phone is made of the resin castings. The screencaps will prove the pres's. Maybe Matt can confim if his was resin. I think his pics show the mold seam on the back.

Anyways here is my midnight drill/file job.

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Made an aquarium for my commander,

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Then filled it with a strawberry milkshake, YUMM! :lol

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I'll start at the bottom.

From what i can tell the pres phone is 2 real RM-X2S's. In 1 frame i can see the shaded areas where the original remote mounting holes are filled in but they left the holes for the screws that hold the bottom on. This make sense if they wanted the buttons to function and they would want to remove the ends to replace batts, repairs etc. Looks like the paint soaked into the filler, highlighting it. In the hi-res versions of these pics the shading is easier to see.
 
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I have the REAL screen-used prop.

Couple of things I can confirm... the large rectangular LED no longer lights up. If it did it has since stopped working. The on/off switch still lights up the round red led at the side.

Looking at the shots on here that you got from Propstore and other references are probably as good as I would provide, but if it would help, I can submit a specific shot if necessary.

Impressive stuff guys. I wish I had the tools and the time!
 
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It would be great to see some pics of the actual one! I am looking to do this build as well.
 
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