Edit: Revisiting an old thread to see if anyone has any new information on the greeblies dressing this particular blaster. More pictures below.
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Recognize Any Kit Bash Parts from this Lando Blaster?
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lonepigeon
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Adding pics into this thread...
Thanks Brak's!
It seems this prop was made in-house by ILM for ROTJ.
I suspect the parts used come from kits that ILM was known to use during this time period.
The side detailing does look like tank tread, but does not appear to be the same 1/48 Panther tread used on the Thermal Detonator prop.
What other tank or treaded vehicle model might this have come from?
Thanks Brak's!
It seems this prop was made in-house by ILM for ROTJ.
I suspect the parts used come from kits that ILM was known to use during this time period.
The side detailing does look like tank tread, but does not appear to be the same 1/48 Panther tread used on the Thermal Detonator prop.
What other tank or treaded vehicle model might this have come from?
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OdiWan72
Master Member
Ahhhh, I see!
I just had a vague pic in my mind and thought of THIS part:
http://www.engel-art.com/images/reveal/inventory/small/zipper.jpg
Thanks treadwell
Markus
I just had a vague pic in my mind and thought of THIS part:
http://www.engel-art.com/images/reveal/inventory/small/zipper.jpg
Thanks treadwell
Markus
OdiWan72
Master Member
Could be....any other ideasladies and gents?
Like I wrote in the parallel thread over at the RPF main forum...my eyes are already hurting from looking at tank model kits for hours :unsure
It was mentioned that the "teeths" are some special kind of tank treat.
WHICH model could have this?
Markus
Markus
Like I wrote in the parallel thread over at the RPF main forum...my eyes are already hurting from looking at tank model kits for hours :unsure
It was mentioned that the "teeths" are some special kind of tank treat.
WHICH model could have this?
Markus
Markus
This is obviously not the correct tread, but you can see the difference between either side of a 1/35 rubber tank tread (in this case the Walker Bulldog) here:
http://www.studioscale.com/images/Kit Photos/Tamiya/tamiya M41 walker bulldog/parts3.jpg
See how this tread also has spikey things (albeit smaller than the Lando ones) on the "inside" of the tread. They all have something like this.
http://www.studioscale.com/images/Kit Photos/Tamiya/tamiya M41 walker bulldog/parts3.jpg
See how this tread also has spikey things (albeit smaller than the Lando ones) on the "inside" of the tread. They all have something like this.
It's probably wrong, but the back part of the scope looks almost exactly like one of these travel corkscrews, with a greeblie stuck through the hole and a little piece stuck on the end.
A google image search will reveal dozens of variations, but the size is roughly correct.
Perhaps, someone might have a go Photoshopping this corkscrew image and the end of the Pentel pen over the above shot of the Lando blaster.
A google image search will reveal dozens of variations, but the size is roughly correct.
Perhaps, someone might have a go Photoshopping this corkscrew image and the end of the Pentel pen over the above shot of the Lando blaster.
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OdiWan72
Master Member
Hey Chaka...good idea, even if the model you posted tapers from the large end to the smaller dia "handle", while the part on Lando´s blasters shows a "step".
Reg. the tank tread:
Thanks guys, I´ll check some more model kits
Any idea what scale I should keep my eyes open for????
Markus
Reg. the tank tread:
Thanks guys, I´ll check some more model kits
Any idea what scale I should keep my eyes open for????
Markus
Any luck tracking down those models? Think Oddball at the BBC might know anything about Tank models?
OdiWan72
Master Member
Not on my end Evan.
I don´t have access to these models and only included them in my "watch-list" because of the few pics of built tank-models I found online. The listed models seemed to have the special tread.
Besides of that I don´t think we´ll have much luck tracking down the parts because the Lando blaster isn´t of much interest for most of the prop-builders IMO. Less interest = less attention to this thread = less chance to identify the parts :cry
IT´S SCRATCHBUILDING TIME BABIEEEEEEEEE :lol
Markus
I don´t have access to these models and only included them in my "watch-list" because of the few pics of built tank-models I found online. The listed models seemed to have the special tread.
Besides of that I don´t think we´ll have much luck tracking down the parts because the Lando blaster isn´t of much interest for most of the prop-builders IMO. Less interest = less attention to this thread = less chance to identify the parts :cry
IT´S SCRATCHBUILDING TIME BABIEEEEEEEEE :lol
Markus
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Bumping an old thread. We have lots of new members, maybe its time we revisited this particular blaster.
OdiWan72
Master Member
NECRO BUMP :lol
With all the new members and the additional knowledge this community gained over the last years, I´d like to start anyother try to identify the model kit parts
Anyone, who can identify the tank model the tread and possibly other parts generate from?
Thanks in advance, Markus
With all the new members and the additional knowledge this community gained over the last years, I´d like to start anyother try to identify the model kit parts
Anyone, who can identify the tank model the tread and possibly other parts generate from?
Thanks in advance, Markus
