DL-44 ESB Blaster Discussion - Greeblies POST 208
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thats pretty sick, its like the hoth trooper AR-7 mixed with the Broomhandle Mauser
that being said, I DID find some audio knobs that look like top hats with a very thin rim, almost like we all pictured this hoth disc would be.
My only problem is the paint around the screws, if the knob were capped over them they would also be bare, with glue and stuff.
that being said, I DID find some audio knobs that look like top hats with a very thin rim, almost like we all pictured this hoth disc would be.
My only problem is the paint around the screws, if the knob were capped over them they would also be bare, with glue and stuff.
Solo’s bespin..
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So what pics is there of the right side (with the mystery disk) of the hoth blaster other than these?
Thanks. Ya pretty much. Then sanded it down and used some primer as well.
Shingouki28
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As the prop department used Volvo parts for the Han in Carbonite panels, do you reckon there could be a chance they may have nabbed the car stereo dials for the scope mount disc covering?I don't know anything more than anyone else here, I am looking at the same photos as everyone else. This thread, and the fact that I picked up a MGC recently which I am leaning towards converting into a Hoth, got me looking at the pictures again.
I originally thought I saw some glints from the screws, but I am rethinking that. Why? Because I don't see the reasoning behind leaving a plate with screws exposed like that. It's pretty sloppy, in my opinion. I now believe that a knob from a turn table or some such thing was used, and it covered the whole plate. I think the glue circle came from the center post of a knob like this one (I am not saying they used this exact one!):
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I think they installed the disk, painted it with the screws, and installed the knob. You can see a spot of black within the glue circle. Maybe when the knob fell off it pulled up that bit of glue, exposing the back paint. The other thing though, is when I look at the photo of Luke holding that blaster in the snow, I kind of see a lower step like you would see it they used a knob similar to this one:
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I really like what Chubs did, I am going to follow his lead with one of these knobs. At least until a better photo comes along. It would be an easy fix right?
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This is a cast of the ANH hero body and an M19 scope. the S bracket was created to reach the mounting posts and the little feet of the scope. Used popularly in the swamp and in Luke's pocket on Bespin. Not on Hoth unfortunately... Hoth and Bespin hero blasters used a full regular Mauser shaped body.
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Oh, and on the Muppet show
andyroo
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Cheers, it was worth a shot!
ALways!
I wonder if they cut slots in a dial/knob and we're only seeing 2/3 of the screw head.
I can't get over the fact that there is paint on the disc in the width of the screw heads, but those set pictures don't look like a top hat! How did the paint get there
newmagrathea
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Or they could have made a couple blasters, one with a handle painted black and one with the wood/brown handle. Has anyone tried to screen match a black handle to the brown?
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