TIE Helmet Hose?

[SgtFang]

<div class='quotetop'>(GINO @ Aug 31 2006, 02:46 PM) [snapback]1310676[/snapback]</div>

Like I said, I have superb reference of film used hoses if someone here can host the photo(s).
It would be great if all of us working together could nail this down.
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Gino, go ahead and send them to me at allartistries@aol.com. I've just got a photobucket acct. but it's better than nothing. also, if possible, could you resize them to smaller than 1 meg. ea.?

Thanks.

-Sarge

 

[GINO]

I just sent a photo collage to clutch to post.
It's a large photo and I wanted to have it posted at full size.

 

[Clutch]

 

[GINO]

At one point, I thought I had found a match but it never materialized. It was hose to some kind of gas mask or flight helmet. Been a long time.

 

[vaderdarth]

How does this one compare??? There are literally tons of types of this hose. Not sure if this website gives the diameter etc......but it looks pretty close to me.

http://www.narang.com/anaesthesia_equipmen...ugated-tube.php

 

[Clutch]

 

[GINO]

For help in narrowing down the search, the hose definitely has a coil center. It looks to have either a vinyl or rubber coating.

 

[kurtyboy]

I think its actually PVC. I know it looks like thin rubber and is flexible but from the stacks of hose samples I received over the last few years I can tell you that 'lightweight PVC' matches this very closely.

Clutch, your hose looks like rubber that is too thick (that didn't sound right.).

<div class='quotetop'>(GINO @ Sep 1 2006, 03:29 AM) [snapback]1310931[/snapback]</div>

For help in narrowing down the search, the hose definitely has a coil center. It looks to have either a vinyl or rubber coating.
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[Clutch]

LOL. BTW, that's Gino's hose.

 

[Star Wars Helmets]

Gino,

Could you also post pics of the entire helmets with hoses please (either that or send them to me and I'll post them)

Cheers

Jez

 

[PMTrooper]

trident has a nice website about tie-pilots
the funny thing is his entire sentence
and i remember i had the same problem

i like his version 2 hoses
but the coils looks a lil bit thinner at the original pics

http://www.imperiallounge.com/tiepilot.htm

 

[kurtyboy]

This type of hose is available from a lot of hose suppliers and it looks pretty good.

http://www.parishose.com/products/flexible...acuflex_blk.htm

 

[GINO]

I don't think that is the same though.
Clutch, what happened to the pic?

 

[SithLord]

I have my own image host so if you want to email any pics to me, I can post them here at any resolution...I could also enhance/enlarge the areas of interest to see how there were possibly made....I'm curious too about this as my TIE helmets have no hoses

EDIT: ok I see clutch's photos....couldn't see them before ....strange....

 

[RKW]

Thanks for the recent public sharing of cool pics Gino :thumbsup

Sure looks like something has been heat shrunk over a wire coil to give that webbing effect. So we can forget about looking at anything rubber or any flight helmet hoses.

 

[Clutch]

I'm currently going around and around with my ISP. My site is up and down at various times during the day. They say nothing is wrong and I say BS. I'm working on getting it resolved.

 

[Star Wars Helmets]

<div class='quotetop'>(RKW @ Sep 1 2006, 07:21 PM) [snapback]1311305[/snapback]</div>

Thanks for the recent public sharing of cool pics Gino :thumbsup

Sure looks like something has been heat shrunk over a wire coil to give that webbing effect. So we can forget about looking at anything rubber or any flight helmet hoses.
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Am I missing something - have the images of the full helmets been shown as I'm only seeing the hoses?

Cheers

Jez

 

[AnsonJames]

I think I've found tubing that's close.

http://www.flexiblehose.co.uk/vinylflex.htm

There are a few other types but this definately looks the closest to me.

There's transparent tubing that looks almost dead on but it's not available in black.

http://www.flexiblehose.co.uk/PUVinylflex.htm

The original stuff isn't rubber but a very flexible vinyl material.

 

[PMTrooper]

i saw some hoses from another pilot in our squad
he´s using hoses you ned when you weld aluminium parts together (don´t know if you know what i mean *lol*)

these hoses lockin very near to the originals but his size are a lil smmaller in diameter

hope to get some pics soon



didn´t found some pics
but i have this one

http://www.krakowitzer.at/upload/product/ADFLO_gr.jpg
lookin forward to get some detail fotos

 

[SgtFang]

If at all possible, I'd like to find something I can buy by the spool, and just cut off lengths of to toss in the kits when their ready.

Cross your fingers- If I can spare the gas money, I'm going to run around Indy sometime this week and hit all the big hardware chains and see what's available.

Do we have a consensus on the outer diameter yet?

-Sarge