Probe Droid Hyperspace Pod LR223
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mbmcfarland
Sr Member
That's sick, Jason!
imaginager
Sr Member
You're approaching the $800 mark already! 
Fortunately, ILM used almost all of these kits on so many other models.
Fortunately, ILM used almost all of these kits on so many other models.
would these be 1/72 scale
DivineHeresy
Sr Member
The 312B is 1/12th - or do you mean the pod? I have no idea, lol.
As far as cutting, I cut one to where I thought it look good, and then cut the other 4 to match that one - by hand, no templates! No foolies!
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Yeah, the Probe Droid is the newer fuzzier model:
HAN: It could be a speeder, one of ours.
SENIOR CONTROLLER: No. Wait -- there's something very weak coming
through.
Threepio steps up to the control panel and listens intently
to the strange signal.
CONTROL PANEL SPEAKER: "mewwww mewwww mewwww"
THREEPIO: Sir, I am fluent in six million forms of communication. This
signal is not used by the Alliance. It could be an Imperial code.
The transmission ends in static.
As far as cutting, I cut one to where I thought it look good, and then cut the other 4 to match that one - by hand, no templates! No foolies!
____________
Yeah, the Probe Droid is the newer fuzzier model:
HAN: It could be a speeder, one of ours.
SENIOR CONTROLLER: No. Wait -- there's something very weak coming
through.
Threepio steps up to the control panel and listens intently
to the strange signal.
CONTROL PANEL SPEAKER: "mewwww mewwww mewwww"
THREEPIO: Sir, I am fluent in six million forms of communication. This
signal is not used by the Alliance. It could be an Imperial code.
The transmission ends in static.
well what i mean is what scale would the probe droid be for that pod size?
thanks
mark
Killer build.
imaginager
Sr Member
Mark,
These were filming models - I guess that kinda goes without saying, LOL - anyway, there is no way to establish a scale for the Probe Droid that emerges from the crater left on Hoth when the pod digs in like Wile E. Coyote. I think a lot of people tend to think that "studio scale" refers to a definitive ratio, like say 1/24, that can be used to derive a size that represents a filming model at any other scale, like 1/72. Doesn't work that way. Studio scale is usually just whatever size the production had time and money to build and that worked for the shot on film.
Most of the so-called "canon" reference on the sizes of hardware in the SW universe is just fiction that has been developed and published for entertainment, or to make money for the franchise. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just a matter of which fiction do you believe, or do you make your own.
A quick Google search suggests the Probot Hyperspace Pod is 3.4 meters (http://www.iaw.on.ca/~btaylor1/ProbotHPod.html). The PD is 1.6 meters (http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/imperialprobedroid/index.html).
The replica "studio scale" PDHP LR223 is about 175.0mm long. So, if you trust the Galactic Empire Data Bank, LOL, I think that makes the pod about 1/19 scale. So, your Probe Droid would need to be in the neighborhood of 84.0mm. If you wanted 1/72, the Pod would be under 50.0mm, which is less than 2".
Allan
Hell Jason that last photo is still clearer than most of the pics of this darn potosg you guys have been working from... looks great...thats one lil expensive piece of plastic.
Steve
Steve
Looks fab J.....really great to see it again "raw"...and i do like your take on the thruster cone...shame we cant see more on this, a rear ender pic and id have this down...grrrr, anyhoo, were all darn close, too close to call IMO.
Steve really knows his stuff, ive said for quite a while, for such an "insigificant" prop in filming time, this a spendy beast to put together from original donors.....the 8rad pod isnt a cheapie either, unless your shelf is stacked with the right kits lol.
lee
Steve really knows his stuff, ive said for quite a while, for such an "insigificant" prop in filming time, this a spendy beast to put together from original donors.....the 8rad pod isnt a cheapie either, unless your shelf is stacked with the right kits lol.
lee
hi what model did the bottom ring come from? and also the part on the t part
