The Searcher
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The Ninja - Star Wars Vintage Parts Hunting & Props - UPDATE - Vintage Junex Sabrina 23 & Qualcast 23 Carpet Sweepers
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Vintage AS Handwheels & Taps
I recently hunted these vintage AS Handwheels & Taps from the UK, which arrived today, they came up nice with a quick clean, the handwheels only have some very minor marks & chipping to the chrome platting, I am thinking of displaying this set as part of my vintage Obi Display, I will need to get a Display Block made up to mount them...
I recently hunted these vintage AS Handwheels & Taps from the UK, which arrived today, they came up nice with a quick clean, the handwheels only have some very minor marks & chipping to the chrome platting, I am thinking of displaying this set as part of my vintage Obi Display, I will need to get a Display Block made up to mount them...
JetSetWilly
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Whilst it wasn’t his favourite role he did not hate SW. There is a reasonable amount of signed SW stuff out there
4x Hales Restoration Commission
Latest update from Dustin newmagrathea
Wind Vane Ring Repair
I was lucky that one of the Hales I picked up had the accurate Wind Vane Ring, unfortunately it was cracked, but I wanted to use this Wind Vane on my vintage Obi build if possible, Dustin recently posted his restoration video & did an amazing job repairing the cracked Wind Vane Ring & re-fitting the Fins I think it looks awesome
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Latest update from Dustin newmagrathea
Wind Vane Ring Repair
I was lucky that one of the Hales I picked up had the accurate Wind Vane Ring, unfortunately it was cracked, but I wanted to use this Wind Vane on my vintage Obi build if possible, Dustin recently posted his restoration video & did an amazing job repairing the cracked Wind Vane Ring & re-fitting the Fins I think it looks awesome
4 Hales and a Booster
Dang this is so cool to read, didn't know you had so much experience with relics. Pardon my short messages, I sprained my neck badly so I'm on my phone I forget we've seen brazing on that ANY prototype saber. Is it possible that they brazed the grenade to a spacer inside the balance pipe and...
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Whw
where can I git one!Vintage Browning MKII Booster & Barrel Jacket
I am another step closer to obtaining all the parts for my Real Parts Obi Saber, I finally have a vintage Browning MKII Booster, I need to thank Markus OdiWan72 for all his time & effort in putting this together for me, you are a champion buddy
I am stoked to not only get a Booster but to also get the Booster Nut & Pin and the Barrel Jacket which I plan to display along with a Flash Suppressor I picked up last year
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newmagrathea
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russellsch
Master Member
That would be the ultimate unboxing for me. One day! One..... day!
I love the S*Eating grin on Dustin’s face at the beginning.
Let me know if you (newmagrathea) have any questions about removing the weld connecting the booster to the barrel jacket.
Let me know if you (newmagrathea) have any questions about removing the weld connecting the booster to the barrel jacket.
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LEGO Blasters & Lightsabers
I think like many here on the RPF I enjoyed LEGO as a kid and now find myself in my second childhood designing & building LEGO
I thought it would be cool to share photos of my custom LEGO Blasters & Lightsabers some I purchased from Demon Hunter Bricks and modded and others I designed myself using LDD.
Blasters:
TFA - Han Blaster
TFA - Rey Blaster & Speeder
Lightsabers:
TPM - Maul Lightsaber
The saber is too long 64cm / 25" for my photo area so this was the best I could do.
AOTC - Yoda Lightsaber
TCW - Pre Vizsla Dark Saber
ROTS - Anakin Lightsaber
ANH - Luke Lightsaber
ANH - Luke Yavin Medal
ANH - Obi-Wan Lightsaber
ANH - Vader Lightsaber
ESB - Luke Lightsaber
ESB - Vader Lightsaber
Roy roygilsing your ESB MPP Wires work with LEGO
ROTJ - Luke Lightsaber
ROTJ - Luke Lightsaber V2
Danny Halliwax hows the accuracy of this V2
ROTJ Vader Lightsaber
TFA - Rey Lightsaber
TFA - Ky-Lo Ren Lightsaber
TLJ - Rey Lightsaber
TROS - Rey Lightsaber
The bricks finally arrived and I was able to build my LEGO TROS - Rey Lightsaber I now just need to wait for the TROS LEGO Kits to be released so I can pickup a Rey Minifig.
TFU - Starkiller Lightsaber
I think like many here on the RPF I enjoyed LEGO as a kid and now find myself in my second childhood designing & building LEGO
I thought it would be cool to share photos of my custom LEGO Blasters & Lightsabers some I purchased from Demon Hunter Bricks and modded and others I designed myself using LDD.
Blasters:
TFA - Han Blaster
TFA - Rey Blaster & Speeder
Lightsabers:
TPM - Maul Lightsaber
The saber is too long 64cm / 25" for my photo area so this was the best I could do.
AOTC - Yoda Lightsaber
TCW - Pre Vizsla Dark Saber
ROTS - Anakin Lightsaber
ANH - Luke Lightsaber
ANH - Luke Yavin Medal
ANH - Obi-Wan Lightsaber
ANH - Vader Lightsaber
ESB - Luke Lightsaber
ESB - Vader Lightsaber
Roy roygilsing your ESB MPP Wires work with LEGO
ROTJ - Luke Lightsaber
ROTJ - Luke Lightsaber V2
Danny Halliwax hows the accuracy of this V2
ROTJ Vader Lightsaber
TFA - Rey Lightsaber
TFA - Ky-Lo Ren Lightsaber
TLJ - Rey Lightsaber
TROS - Rey Lightsaber
The bricks finally arrived and I was able to build my LEGO TROS - Rey Lightsaber I now just need to wait for the TROS LEGO Kits to be released so I can pickup a Rey Minifig.
TFU - Starkiller Lightsaber
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Whilst it wasn’t his favourite role he did not hate SW. There is a reasonable amount of signed SW stuff out there
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I’ve read articles of people who got his autograph and he told them never to watch Star Wars again
This was before his role in ESB and ROTJ
newmagrathea
Sr Member
Ha! Yeah I was pretty stoked about it.
I'm planning to use a cutting wheel on my Dremel. I'll make the cut straight down next to the fins of the booster, I'm hoping the pin/rivit will come free, and the booster will unscrew from there.
Looking familiar
Removing the welded booster from the jacket w/o a mill can be quite messy…
JetSetWilly
Well-Known Member
I think Sir Alec’s views have been misunderstood over the years based on a couple of quotes. He enjoyed it but simply grew tired of the SW attention and preferred to be remembered for his previous roles.
He didn’t “hate” it, just wasn’t a science fiction fan and the story of him telling a child to never watch it again was somewhat tongue-in-cheek
He signed plenty of SW items ttm over the years.
russellsch
Master Member
The first time I met Anthony Daniels (over 20 years ago), he asked how many times I had seen Star Wars. When I told him probably hundreds of times, he said "Oh my, that's too many times! Please never watch them again. There's more movies out there to see." Even though I was pretty young when he told me that, I knew he was joking. That, & he told me directly, so I could see that he was joking around.
Hearing stories of others who've heard from others who've heard from others, on & on & on,... I don't know, maybe they hit Alec Guinness on an off day, or an off moment. The first time I met David Prowess, he was very stand-off-ish. But all the other times I met him, he was wonderful & great to talk with.
If I can make any suggestion at all, I would make your vertical cut into the weldment “nub” about 1-2mm away from the booster vanes and then file the rest of the way toward the vanes. My experience has been that I then needed to make a horizontal cut through the weldment nub toward the vertical cut, and finally drilling down through the hole the weldment nub is above/is filling in the barrel jacket.
