Templar726[TK] Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I was thinking it would look cool when trooping HWT to occasionally stop and survey the surrounding terrain with a set of clean Electrobinoculars. Do any of you guys know where to get a cheap set pre-built? We are HWT's so the more stuff we carry the better we look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone[TK] Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 What about building ityourself? Doopydoos are offering an add-on kit and, as far as I know, acomplete replica ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutter[TK] Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 sadly, it's out of stock http://www.doopydoos.com/sandtrooper--stormtrooper-electrobinocular-replica-2505-p.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone[TK] Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 But they still have the conversion kit: http://www.doopydoos.com/stormtrooper-sub-assault-electrobinocular-conversion-kit-1435-p.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar726[TK] Posted June 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Thanks guys. I sent them an inquiry as to when they will re-stock the kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revyl Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Several years ago I've started scratch-building them. I haven't really gotten far yet, but I can show you what I use as a base. It's an Ikea 365+ storage container. It's got the right shape, and with the correct greeblies it should look the part. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khazara[501st] Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I have been looking into this myself, recently, as well. Here's a tutorial on making a pair from a similar Rubbermaid pitcher: http://costumebot.com/electrobinoculars-tutorial Not screen accurate of course but a decent approximation. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar726[TK] Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Nice. I think I may give it a try. Fun side project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khazara[501st] Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 My orders are in! I won a Radica sub assault game on ebay this week and also ordered the Doopydoos conversion pieces. Should be a fun project, my first involving primarily painting. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sve5mh[TK] Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 ordered my doopydoos kit and won a radical sub assault game on ebay too! can't wait to get started!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthar[TK] Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 I scratch built a pair to accompany my sandtrooper and I found it really easy. Here's a link to the build album on photobucket, or you can check out my sandtrooper build thread linked in my sig below. I painted them white then weathered them with silver and umber for that metallic and dirty look, but I'm sure you can weather with only silver to make it match the HWT. Here are some shots: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutter[TK] Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Taylor, that looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtbringer Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Mine wasn´t a cheap alternative, but as a cast from a real Simrad with adding casts of real or precise replicated parts it´s definately a need to have for accuracy nuts. Closest to a real multi-thousand dollar real Simrad as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 I didn't even want one of these before. I do now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandmann66 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Lichtbringer you're Binocular looks fantastic ! Is there a vendor who sell the cast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtbringer Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Thanks, but other than building mine (with some special updates) i only machined the masters for casting of the greeblies. The main-work was done by my friend Markus, not only he did all the casting, he was also the one who paid the thousands for the real Simrad. Not sure if he still has some/one, just ask him. His username on the RPF is Odiwan72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magni[TK] Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 I scratch built mine. And with just one small hole in the top being non-canon managed to fit my digital camera inside. So I can survey the troop and take photos as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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