Vader's MPP shroud (update)
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Re: Vader's MPP shroud
Got my shroud in the post! Damn, does it look good! The wrinkle paint is superb! Nice JOB - oh and thanks! I'll have to get busy on my
DV saber! Thanks again Roy!
On another note did some from the RPF bid on the M32 scope?? I had a deal going with the guy for it...anyway 399.95 is too much
geeeeeesssshhhh!
Got my shroud in the post! Damn, does it look good! The wrinkle paint is superb! Nice JOB - oh and thanks! I'll have to get busy on my
DV saber! Thanks again Roy!
On another note did some from the RPF bid on the M32 scope?? I had a deal going with the guy for it...anyway 399.95 is too much
geeeeeesssshhhh!
intwenothor
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I've just compared Roy's shrouds to my real MPP. He has absolutely nailed this. It's brilliant. Really.
I've just compared Roy's shrouds to my real MPP. He has absolutely nailed this. It's brilliant. Really.
russellsch
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Here's what I got from wannawanga.com - i.e. Roy.
As is said here frequently- please excuse the crappy iPad photos. I'm too lazy to pull out the real camera.
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Here's my growing parts list. A few more little do-dads & I can get started with my build
Here's what I got from wannawanga.com - i.e. Roy.
As is said here frequently- please excuse the crappy iPad photos. I'm too lazy to pull out the real camera.
- - - Updated - - -
Here's my growing parts list. A few more little do-dads & I can get started with my build
Re: Vader's MPP shroud
That is the clamp pin/screw. It is the end that the lever attaches to (without the lever).
That is the clamp pin/screw. It is the end that the lever attaches to (without the lever).
intwenothor
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Exactly right. My Saber was made from parts of three different MPPs to get the right look and it just so happened that one of the clamps came perfectly pre broken in the desired area. The clamp lever had snapped off leaving the rounded screw end and lever pin in place as you see it in the picture.
Exactly right. My Saber was made from parts of three different MPPs to get the right look and it just so happened that one of the clamps came perfectly pre broken in the desired area. The clamp lever had snapped off leaving the rounded screw end and lever pin in place as you see it in the picture.
Lichtbringer
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I'm still waiting.
I'm still waiting.
SeattleMaddog
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I was just fit testing my parts, and wondering where to get a bulb release then along comes Roy to save me again. BTW I love my shroud.
I was just fit testing my parts, and wondering where to get a bulb release then along comes Roy to save me again. BTW I love my shroud.
Re: Vader's MPP shroud
Hey guys,
I've made a new blueprint drawing of Vader's ESB saber.
It is very accurately based on the images of the real prop (you know, the pictures taken in Casino / Movie Museum) by doing some 3D perspective matching.
You can also check it here at WannaWanga: http://wannawanga.com/goodies/
If anybody wants to print it out in scale 1:1 it has an A2 paper size.
Enjoy!
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Hey guys,
I've made a new blueprint drawing of Vader's ESB saber.
It is very accurately based on the images of the real prop (you know, the pictures taken in Casino / Movie Museum) by doing some 3D perspective matching.
You can also check it here at WannaWanga: http://wannawanga.com/goodies/
If anybody wants to print it out in scale 1:1 it has an A2 paper size.
Enjoy!
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Reelo
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2 questions: what's that font you're using in the blueprints, and, how's the bulb release coming along?
Very nice!
2 questions: what's that font you're using in the blueprints, and, how's the bulb release coming along?
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No news on the bulb release; they're coming along fine. And the font is called 'DRAFTSMAN', which I believe is free.
No news on the bulb release; they're coming along fine. And the font is called 'DRAFTSMAN', which I believe is free.
Re: Vader's MPP shroud
Hey Roy, that looks great! But just a minor nitpick, your back end is slightly off.
The coin-edge is sightly raised and from what I could tell from the Hollywood Casino photos, the T-track didn't sit flush with the coin edge, rather, it sat just beneath it at the bottom of the "slope":
Hey Roy, that looks great! But just a minor nitpick, your back end is slightly off.
The coin-edge is sightly raised and from what I could tell from the Hollywood Casino photos, the T-track didn't sit flush with the coin edge, rather, it sat just beneath it at the bottom of the "slope":
cbrant
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So for us noobs, is one of these the perfect substitute ( or closest) to an MPP? Still trying to figure out what qualities the right Heiland needs. If I had to venture a guess I would say the one second from the right is the best candidate.
So for us noobs, is one of these the perfect substitute ( or closest) to an MPP? Still trying to figure out what qualities the right Heiland needs. If I had to venture a guess I would say the one second from the right is the best candidate.
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Good call! Yes, I agree: it's off. I didn't include the serrations (coin edge) because of the cluster of lines, but it seems that the MPP end cap is also quite different from a round Heiland endcap. I also think I need to have the black part extending from the back. I'll need to have some measurements of that.
Good call! Yes, I agree: it's off. I didn't include the serrations (coin edge) because of the cluster of lines, but it seems that the MPP end cap is also quite different from a round Heiland endcap. I also think I need to have the black part extending from the back. I'll need to have some measurements of that.
Luke the Belter
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Yeah, second from the right has the oval holes and the end cap closest to the MPP.
Although if you find a good 2 cell with oval holes you can cut it and use a 1.5 chrome sink pipe to make it longer as long as the cuts are exactly where the clamp goes to hide the cut seams.
Yeah, second from the right has the oval holes and the end cap closest to the MPP.
Although if you find a good 2 cell with oval holes you can cut it and use a 1.5 chrome sink pipe to make it longer as long as the cuts are exactly where the clamp goes to hide the cut seams.
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