Just a thought about the shin tool rubber strips...

[Darth Voorhees]

ya know i was building a set of shintools today for one of my commission builds and somethinmg hit me. The rubber strips we take out of the squeege..they look like the "weird" t-track found on some ESB/ROTJ E-11 Stormtrooper blasters...i wonder if thats what it was? I need to find pics to see if its a dead match, but it sure looks ALOT like it. Just thinkin out loud.

 

[locitus]

Nah, they used trim used to make kitchen drawers slide smoothly on top of them. Imagine how many squeegees they'd have to cut up for this scene...

 

[Darth Voorhees]

haha i know, but i have seen blasters with wierd t-track that looked similar to the rubber from the squeege (i added a pic on top now)

They were only ESB and ROTJ ones ive seen with them, not ANH. That pic is from ANH (as im sure you know lol)

 

[locitus]

Well, the ESB E-11's had the same, with the exception for a propstore of london that has been confirmed that it was dressed up afterwards by them, and the ROTJ I think is pretty much confirmed to be metal U-track. But if you think exclusively on the ROTJ E-11's then maybe, maybe there could be room for one somewhere. I see what you mean is what I'm trying to say.

 

[Darth Voorhees]

yea...i may be off of course, it just looked so much like it to me. I think i was thinking of that propstore ESB one. eh..just a thought lol

 

[locitus]

Not a bad idea though.

 

[Darth Voorhees]

Not a bad idea though.

heh yea..if i ever build a ROTJ blaster, i may just use them. Im sure ill have a few more commissions with shintools so im just gonna hold onto those rubber strips....ya never know lol