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Ord Mantell's ESB build
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DL44 Blaster
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Excellent thanks! I’ve been re-visiting my ESB Fett and bringing it up to date and I’ve always want to get a walnut stock for my bronze Hand Schaub Webley. This will be perfect!EE3 WEBLEY - Blaster Factory
DL44 Blaster
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I’ve just read and combed over all 22 pages of your thread Ord Mantell and I have to say that I am amazed at your ESB build! There’s a LOT of good info and new reference for old timers like me. I finished my ESB back in 2006 but have been re-visiting things that just didn’t have the references that exist today and began making improvements to just about everything without major replacement of armor,helmet,jet pack,etc. It’s been fun reading and learning what’s new and going back to an old friend that has sat idle on a mannequin for nearly 10 years. Kudos on raising the bar yet again 
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Ord Mantell
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Thank you DL! I feel like I you deserve some kind of reward for going through all 22 pages! And this might be the last page, or maybe one or two more. Getting close to the end of the journey finally. You know, originally this thread was titled 'ESB build after a decade on hold' so you're not alone in having a manny sitting idle for ten years.I’ve just read and combed over all 22 pages of your thread Ord Mantell and I have to say that I am amazed at your ESB build! There’s a LOT of good info and new reference for old timers like me. I finished my ESB back in 2006 but have been re-visiting things that just didn’t have the references that exist today and began making improvements to just about everything without major replacement of armor,helmet,jet pack,etc. It’s been fun reading and learning what’s new and going back to an old friend that has sat idle on a mannequin for nearly 10 years. Kudos on raising the bar yet again
Eagle
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Ord Mantell Was the Warmachine wood stock easy to install on the sidewinder kit? Did you have any compatibility issues?
Ord Mantell
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This is a terrific question. The quick answer is no. the nuanced answer is, the D bracket of the Sidewinder kit is not a 100% snug fit on the wood stock. And the holes for the screws in the bracket are smaller than the screws which are used to attach the FieldMarshall stock. It's necessary to drill out those holes a tiny bit bigger. But the Sidewinder bracket is made of aluminum which is pretty easy to drill that out. Alignment of the holes didn't present a problem either.
Eagle
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Good to know! I know warmachine makes an excellent ee3, but I never saw it as practical for my needs because I need something light for trooping. Its also pretty expensive. So I was thinking of heavily modding a sidewinder kit, to the point where I'm just using the main body from sidewinder. Glad to see someone else had a same idea!
Ord Mantell
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Finally got an original Letraset sheet in fantastic shape so I can do the helmet runes closer to how they looked on the original during filming in 1978.
RafalFett has a terrific post on this sheet here: Letraset Dry Transfer Font - Folio Bold Condensed.
you can also make runes for the PP1 and PP2 jetpacks:
RafalFett has a terrific post on this sheet here: Letraset Dry Transfer Font - Folio Bold Condensed.
you can also make runes for the PP1 and PP2 jetpacks:
Ord Mantell
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I think I posted this on instagram last summer but forgot to put into this thread. This small little detail... there is a smudge at the bottom of the jetpack stabilizer:
Ord Mantell
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New part for the left gauntlet by MinuteFett. A fully articulated replica Glenross dental expander. This is far superior to the metal cast I had prior. Big thumbs up. New gauntlets are still in progress.
Ord Mantell
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Sorry to hear that. I know how you feel. He ruined the hobby for a lot of people.
Ord Mantell
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ConvergenceProp has been working for a long while on this awesome ESB flamethrower and partnered with MinuteFett to finally bring it to the community. This is a CG render (bottom) of the new flamethrower to compare it to a screen cap of the original (top).
This little puppy (and it's much smaller and compact than people are used to!) sets a whole new standard for this piece no other previous version can touch. ConvergenceProps is doing a write-up detailing lots of very interesting details including a found part that's at the heart of it. And MinuteFett will be making these available very soon. Really looking forward to getting this on the new gauntlets.
This little puppy (and it's much smaller and compact than people are used to!) sets a whole new standard for this piece no other previous version can touch. ConvergenceProps is doing a write-up detailing lots of very interesting details including a found part that's at the heart of it. And MinuteFett will be making these available very soon. Really looking forward to getting this on the new gauntlets.
