Cruzer Jango gauntlet run!

Drat, a day late. I'm assuming (more like hoping) that you will be doing another run of these in the future.
I'll take more orders after this run if the molds are still usable. More than likely the shell molds will still be in excellent condition, along with right gauntlet whipcord and hose attachment molds. However, more than likely I'll have to make a new mold for the flamethrower.

Those instructions sound like a lil skill is required.
Actually most of it is just drilling the accurate hole sizes needed. I forgot to mention I'll also be doing #16 because it includes an uncommon tool I don't want everyone to have to run out and purchase. Everything else however, can be done with a decent set of drill bits and a Dremel.

The left toggle switch, the right slide switch, and the left push button all look great! Where did you get them?
My choices exactly. I obtained the push buttons and sub-mini toggle switches from this ebay seller: http://myworld.ebay.com/dmmwem , and the slider switch here (item M): http://www.mouser.com/catalog/632/1469.PDF

Cruzer, how much for a set of those switches and toggles? I'm in need. :)
For your patience in me getting your holsters out to you, I'll throw them in the box with everything else.(y)
 
Thanks for the info Lorenzo! I've got a very rare pair of FP CC Jango gauntlets and I'm looking to supply them with the most accurate greeblies I can find. Let me know when you get that new LED housing sample as well. Oh, and I may need to hit you up for a featherlite missile...
 
I have a question about step 12.
Um, hollow out flamethrower?
I'll be doing that. See post #94 in this thread for a pic of a hollowed out flamethrower: http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=22920

Foxbatkllr, lucky guy. I should have extra missiles. Two of the three LED housings they sent me were too small, and the third was the wrong part. I'm going to have to place another order for the accurate part and maybe a second possibility. However it's looking like Halo_1's LED just may be the best readily available.
 
130 feet of .25" ID x .43" OD Jango hose!:eek:

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For your patience in me getting your holsters out to you, I'll throw them in the box with everything else.(y)


I appreciate that Cruzer, but I really didn't mind the wait all that much. I know that the end product will be well worth it... it's just my un-curbed, giddy school-days enthusiasm that made it hard for me to not PM you every single day to pester you for an update. ;)
 
I appreciate that Cruzer, but I really didn't mind the wait all that much. I know that the end product will be well worth it... it's just my un-curbed, giddy school-days enthusiasm that made it hard for me to not PM you every single day to pester you for an update. ;)
It's the least I can do as I appreciate your patience. I'll throw in an LED too if you can use it. The rain kept me from being able to finish them last weekend (needed to break out the spindle sander...throws dead cow skin everywhere), so they'll be finished by this weekend.(y)

Which particular toggle switch is that? None of the pictures in his auctions appear to look exactly like that.
I ordered the SM103s. They have the center position, which I like.
 
I can most certainly put an LED to good use. (y)

I owe you big time Cruzer, thanks again. ;) (y)

Now I can relax and continue on with my jet pack build. Speaking of which... I'd better get a few pictures before I get too far into it so I can start my "in progress" thread.
 
Ok guys, small update:

The toggle switches and push buttons Foxbatkllr and I felt were our best options, are on the way.
The round washer screws to attach all the parts, are in.
The Home Depot hinge has been bought for the pin closure sides.
13 parts kits(flamethrower, whipcord, hose attachment, etc.) are made.
The hose is in and I'll be dying it this weekend.
25 12"x12"x8" USPS Priority mail boxes are on the way.
I'm going to try and pull 4-6 complete sets of gauntlet shells this weekend.
...and we are still waiting on the other 2 LED samples to arrive and then we'll be ordering those along with the slider switches.

Dark-Side is estimating the aluminum hardware and hinge to arrive by, I think, the 25th at the latest.

Darth Hobbes can confirm that on at least one night I stayed up till 2 a.m. just to pull cured pieces out of the molds...as I was also playing Call of Duty 4 on Live while waiting for the resin to cure!;)

Anything else?:wacko:wacko
 
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Cruzer, you've got one more to mark off as "paid". :D I can't wait to get these! However, I have promised myself I'll be patient...
 
Continuous update:

Box o' parts.
Sea of shells.
Toggle switches and push buttons are in.
They sent me the wrong LED again and so I called, and they are hopefully sending the right one this time due to a request for their wharehouse to check their bin stock.
1/3 of the hose is dyed.
The USPS Priority mail shipping boxes have arrived.
(y)
Cruzer

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I got my push-buttons, slide switch, and toggle switches as well as an LED sample from Mouser. The Slide Switch from Mouser is dead on perfect! The toggle switches and pushbuttons are the most accurate things I've seen yet, maybe perfect. The LED is nice and looks just like the LED's found on the prequel sabers but I don't think it's quite right for Jango. The Halo_1 LED seems to be the best still.
 
The only thing I didn't like about the slide switch was the dark metal housing, when the original is silver.

You're lucky to have gotten the correct LED. Out of the five samples I ordered, four were correct. But it's that allusive fifth one that according to the catalog's diagram, I think has a good chance of being a pretty close match to the original. I reordered it Monday, so hopefully it'll be in today or tomorrow.

(y)
 
Is the original silver? I don't have my pics on hand right now...anyways that's an easy fix. I think its perfect otherwise.

As for the Halo_1 LED it's really tall while the one I got from Mouser is more low profile. It's hard to tell which is more correct. The C2 pictures look more like the Mouser one, but the Paris exhibit pics look more like the Halo_1 LED to me. It's possible they used a couple of different types maybe? I don't know. I'm going to install both on my FP Gauntlets and take some pictures to see which looks better.
 
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