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    Thanks for suggesting an idea, Sean. That would be very cool but I don't think I'm the man for that project - For accuracy I'd have to buy a genuine MKV1 to mould & I'd need a forge for casting in bronze. It'd cost me a fortune! lol I bet someone on the RPF could be talked into doing a run of them though.... Cheers, Andy
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    Now that I've sold nearly 50 metal sets I can reveal that I actually found an original rack a year and a half ago. I'll be putting it up for auction on Ebay at the weekend!!! Just kidding... ...I'll never ever sell it!!! Thanks Lucas (& Aaron for seconding). I'm glad you enjoyed the read & yes, I'm quite pleased with it as a project Next on my project list are commissions for a Logan's Run "Deep Sleep" blaster, Back To The Future Plutonium canisters & aluminium E11 stands. Any other requests? Is there a prop (preferably Star Wars but open to other ideas) that hasn't been done very accurately yet & would be in demand? Cheers, Andy
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    That's an awesome blog! I looked at it a LOT before I started building mine I still don't think we have anything "concrete" about the origin of the E11/MSE/Y-Wing/Speeder Power Cylinders. Andy19422 & Marv did a lot of research, as did I, and the closest we got was that they're probably from WW2 British RADAR equipment but exactly which model we still don't know & haven't found any real life examples. As a result of this thread I painstakingly recreated metal replicas which I believe are as close to screen-accurate as it's possible to get unless someone finds an original or gets George to let us cast from his MSE or Speeder. I made a pdf containing all the research: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s53lnuh9rq5xe7a/E11%20Power%20Cylinders%20Analysis.pdf & one of screen-accurate E11 replicas: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a9dfofb9kpi6zp1/E11%20Replicas.pdf I'm now selling the metal replicas (with vintage capacitors until I run out) & "budget" resin casts (see links in my signature) Cheers, Andy
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    Hi guys. Photos of a custom request for shiny Power Cylinders in the Metal Power Cylinders sales thread Photos of resin Power Cylinders in the Resin Power Cylinders sales thread Cheers, Andy
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    Too long dude! Welcome back!!!
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    Great tutorial Aaron! And the tip about working on a contrasting colour fabric has made working on my F16 fighter jet so much easier!
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    Stare at these things for long enough & inaccuracies as small as 0.1mm begin to look huge! (I'm not even kidding! lol) That photo is in my "Analysis & Research" pdf along with many others if you want to see even more... Cheers, Andy
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    Great job Aaron! You mention you're looking for an alternative way to make the capacitor ends. For my scratch-built "UBER" capacitors I use FIMO. I make a tiny ball, squash it slightly, make the hole in the centre with a wire, bake it, glue it to the capacitor and then file it to exactly the right shape (or shapes, since the original rubber capacitor ends were crimped into shape & therefore varied in shape). Note, the original capacitors appear to have had grey and brown ends, rather than black. That may have been a variation for the military-grade spec as all the vintage ones I've found so far have black ends. Cheers, Andy Original capacitors (photo by Michael Washko): My scratch-built capacitors with FIMO ends:
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    No, not of the complete corrected booklet of plans that Lucas was working on because they never got corrected & finalised. Hopefully there will be one day. Cheers, Andy
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    The grey muzzle diagram called "Front View" in the "Finished Assemblly" box of the pdf is accurate & life-size.
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    Hi Lorenzo, These plans never got finished because sadly Lucas (Zeroroom) vanished off the face of the earth. I know Sskunky would like to finish them up, as would I, but it's a matter of getting round to it. To answer your specific question though.... here's a pdf of the muzzle that I made green corrections on for Lucas: ------------ Cheers, Andy
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    Awesome Tim! Way to go the extra mile! There's a bunch of you guys really taking Doopy mods to a whole new level at the moment! (You, Gazmosis, T-Jay, Dacrates are a few that spring to mind... please let us know if there are any others in the gang :smiley-sw013: :smiley-sw013: :smiley-sw013: ) Cheers, Andy
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    Photo update with the first unpainted Shape E in the sales thread
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    Photo updates (including the first painted Shape D - "Tunisian") on the sales thread
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    I'm really enjoying this build thread & couldn't help noticing this being asked a few times. According to my research, the original screws & nuts were 10BAs. It's an old British size which is quite rare these days. The nuts are 3mm across the flats, 3.3mm across the points. The original nuts varied slightly in depth (depending on which Cylinder rack you look at) but the 10BA nuts I use are 1.5mm deep. The bolt diameter is 1.6mm Click any of the links in my signature for some fairly comprehensive Power Cylinders resources. Keep up the great work Cheers, Andy
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    Go for it Mark The more years pass by, the less likely it is we'll find them. If the technicians that soldered the original parts were 20/30 years old at the time they'll be in their 80s/90s now!
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    Hi guys, More photos of freshly-made Cylinders on the Sales Page, including the first sold C Shape and photos of an unpainted D Shape http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/24179-screen-accurate-e11-power-cylinders/page-14
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    Hi Mark, The guy selling these capacitors didn't know anything to help our quest. Like other people who are searching I've asked so many sellers & experts that I'm astonished none of them have yet had the answer. Still looking though. Heads up to anyone who is thinking of bidding on these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121277310570&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:3160 It's an exciting photo at first glance but none of them are the right size. CP32Ns (which are on the card) are too fat. Cheers, Andy
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    Wow! I'm totally blown away by this photo, Scott! I love it! The mannequin's pose & the lighting make Pauls's amazing sculpt & build really come alive. It makes me want to order a TM Hero & bendy mannequin right now! This would make a fantastic poster image! Cheers, Andy
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    Exciting update! After many months of searching I've finally found and bought some of the correct-sized vintage capacitors that actually have "METALMITE" printed on them! They're not perfect because they're not K-numbered but it's very nice to be able to test-fit some genuine "METALMITES" into one of my baseplates. I'm not soldering them in - they're too rare & expensive. I might put them in a little perspex case. I'll tell whoever gets this particular baseplate that it once had genuine "METALMITE" capacitors sitting in it! Cheers, Andy
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    Thanks Jon, glad you enjoyed the thread and maybe your ideas will help get closer to finding a real set. I'll be honest, I have very little working knowledge about wartime radios and RADAR electronics & I keep hoping someone more knowledgable than me will have a Power Cylinders breakthough! To follow up on a couple of your points... I'm certain they were "METALMITE" as opposed to "METALPACK" because you can see the ITE" (albeit rather blurrily) in this photo: Your idea about KHz works well on Sskunky's photo. Unfortunately it doesn't work so well with the text printed on vintage TCC capacitors whose dimensions fit the Power Cylinders. In the photo below you can see that none of these vintage TCC capacitors have a "KH" or "K". Instead they have what I believe are parts and batch numbers: "6914" and "011-5551". The spacing and content of the text on these capacitors matches very closely that of the original Landspeeder capacitors so I suspect they didn't have the "KH" & "z" either. (TCC made the "METALMITE" series, for anyone who hasn't read the whole thread). I've found two other other versions of these TCC capacitors with the same dimensions and electrical specifications but with different batch numbers so I still very much hope to find a "METALMITE" version with a batch number starting with K (which I'm led to understand is a military designation). I've only ever found one "METALMITE" capacitor with these dimensions. It was in a batch of these TCC capacitors but it was already sold before I found it (Top left in the photo below) You can't see the part or batch number in the photo and the seller couldn't tell me but it does reassure me that they do exist - it's just a matter of time (and luck...) before finding one and maybe it'll begin with a "K"... Just to check, Jon, did you also spot the "History & Analysis" pdf summary of the Power Cylinders research? There's a link in my signature. Cheers, Andy
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    Hi guys, I've posted quite a few photos of peoples' finished Cylinder orders in the last few pages of the sales thread. Cheers, Andy
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    Thanks Eric, I just received my newsletter notification I was hoping to know how many people have clicked "Follow" on my research thread, rather than how many visits it's had (since some people have visited many times.) Would the FISD webmaster know? If so, who is it now? Cheers, Andy
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    Thanks Eric, I appreciate the appreciation I didn't know you were following the thread - glad you're enjoying it. Is there any way of finding out the total number of people are following the Research thread? Cheers, Andy PS - I often don't receive Newsletter notifications. I'm subscribed but got nothing through this month again & I've checked Spam so it's not that. Do any other people have similar problems?
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