JRHunter13
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I'm going to give these a try for my mine. vintage T-tracks View attachment 754545
I'd kill to get my hands on some of that..... I've messaged quite a few people with no luck.
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I'm going to give these a try for my mine. vintage T-tracks View attachment 754545
I'm going to give these a try for my mine. vintage T-tracks View attachment 754545
I always respect what you have to add to my threads. Some really fantastic insight. Thanks as always. What do you prefer on your flashes?
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Prefer? As many here i would prefer to find some of the original stuff, but i don´t see that happen. :lol
As mentioned before ther are 3 main types available: Todds, Ginos, and Roys. Additional there are 2 others: Saberfreaks old stuff chiming in from time to time, and also Marvs, but i don´t know if he still offers them.
None of them is the real deal, but each of them works, with varying advantages in different directions.
Todds - replica, not bad and a very good price, at least for the US guys.
Ginos - replica, good but way overpriced, esspecially as he can´t proove it´s as accurate as he says. He says he "measured" them, i don´t think that means he was allowed to disassemble the real prop to make a mold for later accurate measurements, some measurements with a caliper is not enough for such a shape with all its anles and rounded corners.
Roys - replica, good (but off course also not the real deal). He´s a graphic artistby trade, and i trust his skills with todays equipment to copy the shape seen on pics of the real more than oldschool measurement within a limited timeframe.
Saberfreaks - old stuff, but prooven to not having the correct bottom (no channel)
Marvs - real t-track, no replica. But not completely correct in shape and dimensions. Still nice to look at, and no replica, sort of grandchild of the real ones. And a good price for Europe, US based shipping gets crazy more and more.
That´s it, more or less - each builder has to pic his own from the given infos.
Under the line: atm. - until some prooven better or real can be found - it´s Roys for me. And sorry for that long writing.
I'd kill to get my hands on some of that..... I've messaged quite a few people with no luck.
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I don't use this form nearly enough. Can you PM me?
Yea they may not be the exact ones used in the movies, but they are old/vintage. I'm trying to go as much vintage as possible. I have roys grips on order also so I'll have to compare the two and make my choice. This post have been supper helpful!
Certainly. I sent you 2 messages on the rpf already. Is there another place I can contact you if that doesn't work?
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I bought some vintage graflex D-rings and parts off of eBay. The D-ring I'm looking at in particular is off of the bag of a graflex graphic 35 camera case.
Unfortunately, it was comedically undersized!!!
I tried that bag myself back in May 2017, too bad you missed my post about it not working. I think the one @Sym-Cha found was off of a GRAFLEX hard case.
I tried that bag myself back in May 2017, too bad you missed my post about it not working. I think the one @Sym-Cha found was off of a GRAFLEX hard case.
Hey @JRHunter13 ! Even if those don't turn out to be 100% accurate, it's still nice to have a vintage GRAFLEX part on your replica! You could always remove it if you find a better vintage piece and attach that new one down the road.
Hey @JRHunter13 ! I'm confused. Which D-ring came off of the helmet?
Ah-ha, so this is the clip that came off of the helmet?....
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That's not bad either!
Hey @JRHunter13 ! Even if those don't turn out to be 100% accurate, it's still nice to have a vintage GRAFLEX part on your replica! You could always remove it if you find a better vintage piece and attach that new one down the road.
Yeah! I think it's pretty great! It's thicker than the wannawanga clip but not by a ton and needs to be reprofiled to match the curvature of the bottom of the graflex.