Rusty Gunn
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Thanks very much. I always assumed the holoprojector was a punkah louvre. Very interesting!
RESEARCH: X-WING CONTROL STICK
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starving4rtist
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Not sure how much interest there is, but I started to throw together a model to have this 3D printed:
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newmagrathea
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Wow, that's great. I would be interested in getting one printed as a stand in until I can get a real one.
starving4rtist
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I added a couple last details to the model. The files are available here if anyone's interested in printing it for themselves: X-Wing Control Stick
I'm not sure that the dimensions are all 100% accurate, so let me know if anything seems off.
I'm not sure that the dimensions are all 100% accurate, so let me know if anything seems off.
Wavey
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Please excuse my delay in getting back to you newmagrathea, it's been a busy few weeks which is rare for me lol!
I did have a huge (and on-going) search for you but no luck yet. I think I just got lucky with the grip/switch part. The greeblie is more than likely a 'use once only' type of part, as you can imagine, so the relatively few made are either still in aircraft or in spares stores sat on a pallet.... in a dusty hanger.... under crates marked 'danger! do not open! melty face, melty face!' (Hopefully there's not a member here called 'Meltyface', cos that would be a tad awkward, lol).
Great work on the 3D model starving4rtist, it looks like you've got all the details down. Just one thing, the pin in the trigger in the film prop is poked through the other way around - so the flat head is on the opposite side to the real part in my pics. But if you are printing the whole grip with a seperate trigger and pin then forget about this last sentance and here's your 15 seconds back [ 1 x 15 seconds ]
Great stuff!
You could make the grip handle / tube hollow, that would resolve the column fixing problem.
I did have a huge (and on-going) search for you but no luck yet. I think I just got lucky with the grip/switch part. The greeblie is more than likely a 'use once only' type of part, as you can imagine, so the relatively few made are either still in aircraft or in spares stores sat on a pallet.... in a dusty hanger.... under crates marked 'danger! do not open! melty face, melty face!' (Hopefully there's not a member here called 'Meltyface', cos that would be a tad awkward, lol).
Great work on the 3D model starving4rtist, it looks like you've got all the details down. Just one thing, the pin in the trigger in the film prop is poked through the other way around - so the flat head is on the opposite side to the real part in my pics. But if you are printing the whole grip with a seperate trigger and pin then forget about this last sentance and here's your 15 seconds back [ 1 x 15 seconds ]
Great stuff!You could make the grip handle / tube hollow, that would resolve the column fixing problem.
newmagrathea
Sr Member
Wow, looks dead on to me. I've got a friend who is into 3d printing, I'll see if he can print this for me.
newmagrathea
Sr Member
Please excuse my delay in getting back to you newmagrathea, it's been a busy few weeks which is rare for me lol!
I did have a huge (and on-going) search for you but no luck yet. I think I just got lucky with the grip/switch part. The greeblie is more than likely a 'use once only' type of part, as you can imagine, so the relatively few made are either still in aircraft or in spares stores sat on a pallet.... in a dusty hanger.... under crates marked 'danger! do not open! melty face, melty face!' (Hopefully there's not a member here called 'Meltyface', cos that would be a tad awkward, lol).
Great work on the 3D model starving4rtist, it looks like you've got all the details down. Just one thing, the pin in the trigger in the film prop is poked through the other way around - so the flat head is on the opposite side to the real part in my pics. But if you are printing the whole grip with a seperate trigger and pin then forget about this last sentance and here's your 15 seconds back [ 1 x 15 seconds ]
You could make the grip handle / tube hollow, that would resolve the column fixing problem.
No worries, I've been pretty busy myself. I expected this would be a tough one to locate.
starving4rtist
Active Member
Good catch! I can swap that around if I make any updates to the model. In the meantime it's printed as a separate piece so it should be easy to fix during assembly.
Awesome - let me know how it goes. Most things are pretty easy to tweak if we need some last adjustments.
Wavey
Sr Member
Thanks for looking and posting xbadcardx, the more eyes on it, the more better. The part in the pic there is the 'drogue chute cannon' (called something like that). I'm not sure if that is where the greeblie part would be located - but it deff could be as I still haven't seen the real part in its proper place in a pit. The Jet Provost should have a similar looking part, but a much thinner box top section - and I still can't see the part in a Provost pit or on the seat itself. I may have to send MB an email lol!
Awaiting on a new candidate in the mail for these greeblies!
newmagrathea
Sr Member
Nice, hope it is a better match.
Okay - these are not an exact match. I think they are a great stand-in as they are aluminum fittings that are very close... a few mm off on the lower flange, but that's about it.
These are aircraft hydraulic fittings, code: AN819-4D and I believe there are steel and anodized Al ones out there. The ones in Star Wars are obviously shiny, so bare aluminum it is for me.
Diameter of the thin section is exactly the same as my Motorola op amps
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These are aircraft hydraulic fittings, code: AN819-4D and I believe there are steel and anodized Al ones out there. The ones in Star Wars are obviously shiny, so bare aluminum it is for me.
Diameter of the thin section is exactly the same as my Motorola op amps
newmagrathea
Sr Member
I like those, not sure they are the correct part. But I think they could be made to look correct by shaving down the bottom a bit. What size did you go with? 1/2 inch OD
Just found this thread and still reading through it , but I've already decided I want to build this one (well, at least the keyboard).
I have a couple of questions:
Looks like Ti-3500 (or Radio Shack EC-2000, Ti-3510) are the accurate models to get instead of Ti-3000 that is mentioned on the front page?
I also see that people are using rectangular light meter lenses, but to me it looks like they are rounded at the bottom?
I have a couple of questions:
Looks like Ti-3500 (or Radio Shack EC-2000, Ti-3510) are the accurate models to get instead of Ti-3000 that is mentioned on the front page?
I also see that people are using rectangular light meter lenses, but to me it looks like they are rounded at the bottom?
Yes to the light sensor. It's hard to tell but the whole top looks curved to me, I have yet to find a light sensor like this though
Yes, looks curved to me as well. It also looks thicker (relative to the buttons around it) than those taken from the light meters, although it could be because it's out of focus:
This one kind of looks curved too, but thickness seems to match the ones taken from a light meter:
I've just started looking for one, but so far it seems curved ones are not a common thing.
There's some chance it's was bent by the prop makers, maybe for use for some other prop initially, or that it is not from a light meter but from a light reflector. Like from a bicycle or bike or a car bumper - something like this:
For the calculator model - I was comparing the different models and the keyboard layout is the same, but button colors are different. Thanks to the sloppy paint job the original colors show on some places:
and it is a match to the Ti-3500 and the two other more rare models:
Not that it matters much as it is painter over, but since they can be found for about the same price on ebay I went ahead and ordered a 3500
and it is a match to the Ti-3500 and the two other more rare models:
Not that it matters much as it is painter over, but since they can be found for about the same price on ebay I went ahead and ordered a 3500
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