ROTJ Darth Vader Graflex Stunt (MoM)(a.k.a. DV6) – by WannaWanga
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Made some more progress on this build, this weekend. The ROTJ Skywalker V3 Shared Stunt clamp has been weathered and riveted into place. As a dueling stunt hilt, this thing should show some fairly heavy wear and abuse.
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i love it.
Do you happen to have any reference showing this? It's been this hole in the plot and it would be REALLY nice if this were true
I feel like it's connected to the lower half of the DV6 too..
There’s no direct photographic evidence of this exact version, that I’m aware of.
This build is based on 100% supposition on my part, pulling in evidence largely gathered from Halliwax’s V3 Theory Thread, (that the ROTJ V3 clamp and card were salvaged from a surviving ESB stunt hilt, based upon the three former rivet holes in the clamp) as well as photos of other ESB dueling hilts demonstrating similar construction.
Surely there were other GRAFLEX stunt hilts used in ESB, other than the DV MOM base, and one may very well have looked similar to this build.
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Do you know the maker of the graflex replica you purchased?
I know for a fact the template fits vintage and Roman’s gen2 flash flawlessly
yubyub
New Member
It is the one Kal sells, KR Sabers. When you wrap the template around the top or bottom, there is a slight gap where they should meet, maybe a millimeter or so. I don't think it will have a massive impact on the accuracy of the various holes I have to drill, just wondering if anyone had a similar experience with this particular hilt.
That’s probably why, I haven’t tested it on a KR
Make sure your printer was set to 100% scale when you printed it
Also, be sure to cut on the lines and not inside the lines of the template…which will prevent the template from seeming to shrink by a few millimeters.
If anyone is building one of these sabers from a vintage graflex, I have an extra 4-cell bottom with no stamping. It would be perfect for a DVROTJ build, since you don't see the stamping anyways. I'd love to trade it for a 3-cell bottom, so an undrilled bottom with original stamping doesn't get covered up for nothing.
Sa1yan5pirit
Active Member
How's it goin so far? I still have a spare bottom piece and would like to get a spare upper flashgun from KR and convert it with the kit. Did it work out?
Also what did you guys use to cover the bottom?
Outstanding job on your build—that looks like it could have come right out of the Archives at Skywalker Ranch.Finished assembly, painting and weathering the kit
Finished assembly, painting and weathering the kit
You know….something I just realized, looking at your build…
Why does the Kobold clip appear to be “shorter/ shrunken” on the screen used prop?
Look at how much of the end cap is NOT covered by the Kobold clip on the screen-used hilt, compared to your build.
Is this the result of parallax in the photography? The Kobold clip being “shortened” by the production?
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Yeah, I think it’s parallax of the photography that were are seeing, in my post above.
danvader
Well-Known Member
Or the saber bottom tube is larger than 1.5" because it is a lot of space for parallax only...in any case, this observation calls into question
The Kobold clip placement looks the same in other photos captured of this hilt, so I agree. It may not be parallax that we are seeing here.
Phot from POSW, showing the same “shrunken Kobold clip”:
Is it possible that the bottom half of the DV6 is NOT from a GRAFLEX at all???
marker2037
Active Member
I too think it's a shorter Kobold clip and nothing to do with photography. It's either shorter when produced or was ground shorter by production.
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