while other things are in-process, I had a bit of time to look more closely at [USER=4963]RafalFett[/USER] 's earlier insight in this thread about the white portion of the ESB jetpack back wall. I think he's right. I think there was a rush job on the ESB pack to paint it green at the last minute and some mistakes were made. So I decided to replicate them according to my interpretation. The photo evidence being what it is, it's certainly open to differing opinions. I'm not saying this is what it is. Just what I think it is.
The white area seems to only be on the far left side:
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It's not on the right or middle -- only on the left. It keeps showing up when you look for it:
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Is it maybe an illusion from light reflection? That seems unlikely. Light reflections can't possibly explain the perfectly sharp border on the edges of the wall.
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I'm not saying these following photos are the same jetpack, only they exhibit the same white back wall with the same type of border on the edges from the front side paint job, demonstrating that such a thing actually existed on other jetpacks:
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Thanks to [USER=11756]boba87fett[/USER] pointing out that Selfridges picture to me.
At the same time, I also wanted to add the white on the jetpack as seen here:
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Again, I think the paint job was rushed so this makes sense to me. This looks like the base white, the same as the back wall. There is a recess on the back of the tank area that's hard to get to without pointing the airbrush at a high angle to get down in there. It's probably easy to miss if you're on a tight deadline. You can see it showing up on other jetpacks, too, like here on the PP2, where you can see how the grime layer got blocked in the same way on the back of the tank:
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And to show it's not light or some illusion, the same white spot shows up in the carbonite chamber scene:
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the same missed white spot might also continue around to the very back side of the tank all the way up to the bottom of the cone, though it's harder to see it in other photos, so I'm not sure if it remains for the rest of the shoot beyond this scene, or if that is indeed what it is:
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Anyway, this is my >current< interpretation of what I think is going on:
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I'm on the fence about maybe misting it a little further so the white is still a little less than this. I also have a feeling the metal hooks were in place when the back got the green, so those should probably also be over-sprayed green as well. An easy addition.
