Wim & Neel Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Communicator / Wakie Talkies Build

[the.rebel.agent]

Pretty sure you are in the right track about the tip Greeblie. Maybe they combined two of them

 

[the.rebel.agent]

What IF they used this one, and shortened the center? Don't have any measurement, but first load, looks like screen used one. SG7900 62.2" Dual Band Mobile Antenna VHF UHF Car Antenna For Mobile Radio tps

 

[the.rebel.agent]

SG-m507 brings the smaller one alone, which I think will a better option to save some money IF the part is around the measurement what we are looking for. They are selling them locally, so I will try to take a look personally next week.

 

[gmrhodes13]

What IF they used this one, and shortened the center?

That's what I had thought

 

[the.rebel.agent]

That's what I see, more or less, about the slider button

 

[gmrhodes13]

That's what I see, more or less, about the slider button

Nice work, small areas on top are a little weird, I'm wondering if this came out of a plastic model kit, some random support for actual kit pieces.

 

[the.rebel.agent]

Nice work, small areas on top are a little weird, I'm wondering if this came out of a plastic model kit, some random support for actual kit pieces.

Yeah, I saw them...so far, it is FDM printable. Have to add those small details...

 

[the.rebel.agent]

really hard to see, but that's what I see on top. Still FDM printable I think. Resin printers won't have any problem

 

[the.rebel.agent]

Yeah! Still FDM printable

 

[gmrhodes13]

really hard to see, but that's what I see on top. Still FDM printable I think. Resin printers won't have any problem

Magnifique, bravo

 

[nickytea]

What IF they used this one, and shortened the center? Don't have any measurement, but first load, looks like screen used one. SG7900 62.2" Dual Band Mobile Antenna VHF UHF Car Antenna For Mobile Radio tps

In the interest of giving ourselves more options outside of fully assembled antenna springs, I thought it would be useful to figure out what the cone piece itself is called.

I've seen them referred to as "whip adaptor" and "ferrule", which should give us a decent place to start to find one with the right proportions and setscrew location.

Also, an off-the-wall idea based on a google lens search: what about a couple of pen tips?

 

[nickytea]

Took my first swing at cutting down a SG-m507, and it certainly looks close enough for me.

(The telescoping antenna I'm using sticks out from the body a little too much because I wanted to attach it to the original circuit board, but I'm rethinking that plan of I can't find one that's exactly 4" collapsed rather than 4.25")

 

[Halliwax]

Wicked!

 

[Edged]

Looking great as always! I hope you’re planning on doing a few conversion kits. Your Manifesto spoiled me to the point I gave up on my last 3 projects lol. I almost wish the Starcode 10s didn’t exist so that you were making the whole prop.