TheAccumulator
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Here's some preliminary work identifying the styles of these components. I'm ordering the lot, then we'll see how they look together.
Bradley
The Accumulator
Yes! I can’t decide if it’s iridescent or just the aluminum foil tape which seems to be on every prop shop bench. They’ve shined up the edge of the board that the oscillator is on, too.Someone mentioned this earlier, but after looking at HD screencaps, it's obvious they have square iridescent stickers on top of 4 or 5 of the ICs...
Do you remember what model the answering machine was?
Bought one- It looks great in my case. Once assembled, I'll take some photos.Just wanted to throw this out there. If anyone's looking to build one of these and can't print my version or isn't concerned with 100% accuracy, I found this drive adapter which gives the basic visual gist of the black box, despite not being exactly the same:
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Thank you! I just pulled up my (ancient) post (www.blog.tavres.com/sneakers-black-box-project) and will have to re-do those screen shotsBought one- It looks great in my case. Once assembled, I'll take some photos.
Bought one- It looks great in my case. Once assembled, I'll take some photos.
From screencaps of the prop, almost certain that the prop makers used strips of thick styrene (like this 14" (35cm) WHITE POLYSTYRENE DIMENSIONAL STRIPS ) and sanded (or heat molded) the corners into shape.Thank you! I just pulled up my (ancient) post (www.blog.tavres.com/sneakers-black-box-project) and will have to re-do those screen shots
The BIGGEST part I need help with, is the big 'spacer' between the lid and the body. I have thought for years that it needs to be 3D printed, but I don't have the skills, or printer to do it And they certainly didn't have a 3D printer when the movie was made
Damn you Emma! Love you!
That is the right one…they just added a mock speaker on the face.Still been looking for the tape recorder that Redford used in the movie. This is the closest I've come but it's still not the correct one... anybody know which one they used in the movie?
I wish someone would make a kit !!!Just unboxed my latest eBay find. I have a service. Not sure what I need an answering machine for. I guess I'll just put it on my desk...between the pencil jar and the lamp.
Hoping to resurrect some interest in this thread. Would love some fresh eyes and renewed discussion/speculation about the internal components of Janek's box.
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Excellent job…I acquired two of those so as to not molest the pristine working one I had. These still spring up on eBay as well as the answering machines. Hopefully someone will come up with a kit for the inside of the box.View attachment 1718736
Reviving this thread a bit, but finally managed to add a speaker grill to the cassette player! Since it's so hard to find one in that size, I ended up designing the speaker rim and 3d printing it and added a grill that I have repainted.
Excellent job…I acquired two of those so as to not molest the pristine working one I had. These still spring up on eBay as well as the answering machines. Hopefully someone will come up with a kit for the inside of the box.