Sometimes spring cleaning doth reveal hidden treasures!

[kalkamel]

Whilst cleaning my store room over the weekend, I found this gem tucked away behind boxes in a corner: a roll of Saberfreak's legendary vintage t-tracks!

A bit of a backstory: back in 2006, Saberfreak came across a stash of vintage t-tracks while searching for a replacement track for a broken one on his cupboard. He posted his findings on the RPF and the rest is history. I got about 10 rolls from him back then and over the years, sold off most of them and even gave a roll to Roger Christian back in 2014 when he came to Malaysia. I thought I'd totally ran out of them... but then I found this last roll!

As mentioned earlier, these tracks are legendary as they're the closest looking found vintage to the screen used ones due to the vertical centre profile. Even more accurate than the vintage ones I found in 2017 and 2019. Because of that, they're highly sought after by saber enthusiasts looking to do an all vintage build.

This roll is about 11 feet long and should be enough for 5 sets of 7 tracks. I'm still thinking if I need them for any of my personal builds, if not I might just put them up for grabs. Stay tuned.

 

[thd9791]

Man, I forgot how close saberfreak track was to the ones used on set!!! are they black plastic?

 

[kalkamel]

Man, I forgot how close saberfreak track was to the ones used on set!!! are they black plastic?

Dark brown, like most of the vintage t-tracks found in Malaysia. You can read about his find here: T-TRACK GRIP PROJECT

 

[bobasfett]

Great find and very funny because last summer I found my stash of Saberfreak track. I had bought it towards the end of my first prop campaign and never used it before my hiatus. Originally he was just bending the straight track into rolls (like you have there) and mailing them that way. I was able to get him to ship me a bunch cut down to about meter lengths, but still straight. Honestly its not a big deal to straighten it with a good heat gun since it has some memory and 'wants' to be straight. Just go slow. Good stuff!

 

[Treadwell]

what is this "cleaning" you speak of?

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

My problem is that I clean often enough I've found all my stashed items. It's great when it happens though!