The "Look, Sir! Droids!" prop

[LaserBrain99]

Maybe a better question for the Sandtroopers, but I think it would be fun to have that prop.

 

It's round, hollow, slightly conical, maybe made from brass. Looks like it could be part of a tapered roller bearing.

[bjsavage7[TK]]

Since it's supossed to be something that possibly fell off of R2, maybe the R2 Builders have locked it down.

[iconoclasta_88[501st]]

I think sometime ago it was showed on a SW Sci-Fi expo... I remember seeing it in a picture besides some other minor props in a glass box.

If I remember correctly, it was just a plastic circular hinge like thing.

 

Maybe someone remembers better.

 

Saludos 

[pandatrooper[TK]]

From the Gary Kurtz Kurtz Joiner archive. Upper right image.

 

http://www.kurtzjoinerarchive.com/starwarsarchive.html

Edited October 7, 2014 by pandatrooper

[Clonecollector[TK]]

From the Gary Kurtz Kurtz Joiner archive. Upper right image.

 

http://www.kurtzjoinerarchive.com/starwarsarchive.html

One might be able to scratchbuild one out of a shower curtain rod bracket!

[iconoclasta_88[501st]]

Yes. That is the picture I remembered.

Seems like droids were made of white plastic at that time.

 

Saludos.

[LaserBrain99]

Nice work, guys! 

 

Looks like 2mm ABS will do the trick. Cut a donut shape. Heat it, then draw it over a cylinder to form it to shape.  

 

I hope I'll have a big enough piece of scrap left over from my armor build. 

[T-Jay[TK]]

Aargh! I recently found an old metal part from the UK, which looked somewhat correct, but didn't find this thread again to post pictures of it.
 
Now I found the thread and checked the link to the Gary Kurtz Joiner Archive (it wasn't posted at my last visit) just to discover, mine doesn't look correct .
 
Anyway, in case your build doesn't work for some reason, here is what I found for you Dan:

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Edited January 25, 2022 by gmrhodes13
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