newmagrathea
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I think the thing that has been bothering me is that the switch in either position would be at a slight angle, but I'm not seeing that. It looks perpendicular.
I think the thing that has been bothering me is that the switch in either position would be at a slight angle, but I'm not seeing that. It looks perpendicular.
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I think the thing that has been bothering me is that the switch in either position would be at a slight angle, but I'm not seeing that. It looks perpendicular.
JoeG you got me thinking. Yes, they dismantled entire jet aircraft (including the engines), BUT they bought them as scrap metal for pennies on the dollar... or (whatever the Engilsh use for pennies) on the £.I don't think they used a guitar switch either, but as far as them dismantling one to use a switch? They dismantled an entire jet engine to use for set dressing and props. A guitar would be nothing. Not to mention where ever this switch did come from, its most likely something they just had lying around.
I'm more convinced now that it's a toggle switch. From a distance (the photo with most of Alec in it) it looks like it could be one of these types of switches ...
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But, up close... the shape is wrong.
@JoeG you got me thinking. Yes, they dismantled entire jet aircraft (including the engines), BUT they bought them as scrap metal for pennies on the dollar... or (whatever the Engilsh use for pennies) on the £.
So they coulda used something like this...
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These are old HAM radio switches out of old aircraft radios.
Or they coulda just gone down to their local Radio Shack & got a new - working - switch for cheap... cheaper than a Les Paul anyway (even from a Pawn Shop).
Switches like the Les Paul have have a threaded base and a hard plastic colored tip that threads onto it. So the construction would fit pretty well with some of what's been discussed, I think it's actually a pretty good fit overall aside from the fact that it's three position instead of two. But that wouldn't disqualify it either.Genius idea!!
I only figured guitar switch because my friend has a bunch of guitars, they all have these silicone caps on them, and we have heard and seen record player parts used on other Props
Radio switch is a great idea! Could even be a simple switch from a air plane dash, that would also explain the silicone cap on it. Red being some kind of color code
Switches like the Les Paul have have a threaded base and a hard plastic colored tip that threads onto it. So the construction would fit pretty well with some of what's been discussed, I think it's actually a pretty good fit overall aside from the fact that it's three position instead of two. But that wouldn't disqualify it either.
Back on the subject of paint...the v3 shared stunt was painted gray/bronze/black as previously discussed but thought that the v2 shared stunt was painted all black except the emitter and pommel (which were left bare)?
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I got my toggle switch yesterday.
This one.
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It was ordered more as a test. But, I can ALMOST screw it into the existing hole on my v2! I wasn't able to try for very long, as I had to get on the road for today. So when I get home, I'll give it more of a try, to see if it actually threads in.
The v3 paint job you are referring to, do you mean that is paint job that’s on it today?
Because while Luke is dueling Vader (in rotj) you can see it’s in petty bad shape, and the booster still has black paint on it
Sometime most likely when it was chosen to go into space, lucasfilm redressed it, covered it in tape, and repainted it, so it looked better in the public’s eye with all its attention traveling on the space shuttle
To me, they did a horrible job repainting it to look like the v1 hero... I would have left it in its beat’n state...