New Luke ROTJ hero lightsaber model-Check out pics

[thd9791]

You can't seem to find a better a version... dude.. I made a book!

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I meant one where the saber is tilted full towards the camera! I don't see that photo going around a lot! It's not there either!

 

[Halliwax]

I’m willing to bet this control box is very very fragile

 

[thd9791]

Here we go

 

[The 48th Ronin]

I’m willing to bet this control box is very very fragile

Indeed. Have you ever noticed how wonky the box appears in this photo - looks like it's been bent pretty good...

 

[The 48th Ronin]

This one too...

 

[thd9791]

I remember seeing a mess around the black buttons too, in the 90s Archives shots. Never noticed how crooked they are!

 

[SethS]

So can someone make a drawing or something showing how that all goes together for the sliding card?

Trying to picture in my head, I guess there's styrene L rails painted grey, then brass L rails (possibly same exact size) set directly on top of the styrene L rails, and the card slides along the styrene rails?

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Dude-- that's in the book. It's what I posted! Hahahaa...

 

[Halliwax]

Indeed. Have you ever noticed how wonky the box appears in this photo - looks like it's been bent pretty good...

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I’ve never seen that one before!!

 

[thd9791]

Dude-- that's in the book. It's what I posted! Hahahaa...

Just to clarify, thats the same scene, and these pictures are mere seconds apart. There is a millisecond when the box is tilted MUCH further towards the camera, and it's not in anything in the book or posted up there. We're talking like a tiny difference, but its just enough to see the edges of the buttons, which don't show up in the others.

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The other one

 

[SethS]

**shakes fist**

 

[thd9791]

Is the plate there too?! Guys I see a light pixel in the far corner - is that the gap between the box and the plate with triangle LEDs? It's just under the far Brass rail corner, dead center.


I also edited the other one I posted, doesn't look like it helped.

 

[Dann]

I think the styrene is shaped like a T, with the stem of the T pointing into the center. |- -| with the card laying on the upper part and the box beneath

I do think the buttons were there, you can barely see them. Does that mean the plate with the triangular lights was an add on do y'all think?

Thanks for that explanation! I had kinda started to figure it out, and you confirmed it for me.

I'm still trying to draw it up in my head, though. Guess I should sit down at Tinkercad for a minute.

So, were the inside corners of the box squared? Is there a shot that shows us? I don't remember.

 

[thd9791]

So, were the inside corners of the box squared? Is there a shot that shows us? I don't remember.

This is the only full shot I know of. I do see rounded corners, but I also see a thin wall, maybe the bottom of the box is thick and has a routed out center?

 

[The 48th Ronin]

I’ve never seen that one before!!

Ya know, looking at the pics that I have of the Hero, it would appear that the apparent distortion may have been caused by the rails coming loose from the box at some point. On the button/triangle LED side it looks like the rail has pulled away from the box towards the front (see how it doesn't line up with the front corner of the box?) and on the opposite side it looks like the rail has pulled up towards the front.

 

[SethS]

God I've always hated those buttons.

But yeah, that thing is a mess. Glue and styrene don't last forever!

 

[Dann]

Okay, so I went ahead and modeled what I'm seeing, or what it would've looked like all nice and neat.

EDIT: Hahaha, I should've waited a few minutes. There's some stuff I'll have to change, now!!!

 

[thd9791]

NICE! I think they cut the horozontal axis short, to match the thin sidewall

 

[SethS]

Okay, so I went ahead and modeled what I'm seeing, or what it would've looked like all nice and neat.View attachment 973414

EDIT: Hahaha, I should've waited a few minutes. There's some stuff I'll have to change, now!!!

This is exactly what I see too. And the ISYHCANL version doesn't have the T rails, the L rails sit on top.

 

[Dann]

So, yeah I threw this together over the last couple hours. Went ahead and printed a couple proto T rails and cut some angle brass from C channel.

It's an old Rylo hilt I've had for years and years.

Also did the ISYHCANL setup for a sec earlier. That was pretty straightforward.

 

[roygilsing]

This is exactly what I see too. And the ISYHCANL version doesn't have the T rails, the L rails sit on top.

I don't see any T-shape either here. Maybe a very stubby L, but it's not very clear at all.