Brandon, Is there any chance you can post a pic of the 'hero' or any other ESBs without a dome? Even from back in the day? Or anyone else out there that might have this? I'm not interested in the mount, I am interested in the forehead area.
BA100583 wrote:
Ron's faceplate is largely fine weave finishing fiberglass cloth, but it may actually be a "top layer" on top of a typical fiberglass and it may only be around the outer edges of the mask (perhaps where it would contact the skin.) I don't think there is any real cloth involved.
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Brandon
Also, Brandon, when you say fine weave finishing fiberglass cloth, are you referring to this that I circled or something else?
Lambotour wrote:
Darth Obsession wrote:
Are you trying to say that the clapperboard Vader and the meditation chamber Vader are the same one?
Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. If you look around on one of the hundreds of threads that are on the Den, you should find the proof. Unless of course it was discussed privately which could also be the case, but either way they are one in the same.
Lambotour, sorry I do not actually have time to hunt the threads, if you can tell me a specific thread, I'll be glad to go check it out. But in lieu of that here's why I believe clapperboard is the PHV and not the meditation chamber Vader. I've posted the best picture I have seen of the clapperboard Vader.
First, is the damage to the left cheek. While it is difficult to see details on the CBV, it is possible to tell that something is going on there. Just like in the photo to the right, that area of the helmet is not in direct light and so the damage is hard to see. But we know it is definitely there in the picture on the right. Looking back at the CBV picture, it is possible to see areas of gray in the black that include some horizontal features. There is also something breaking the light reflection on the face of that cheek, which should run nearly top to bottom uninterrupted. There is also areas of lighter gray on the upper mandible in the exact location of where the damage to that is on the PHV.
Next, at the base of the neck, below the chin grille, but slightly to the right is a series of features approximately 1 inch wide, the most prominent of which is a horizontal gouge in the paint, approximately 3/8 of an inch long that has a slight dip in the center, like a flat chevron, that then at the far right changes direction downward to the edge. I can see this feature clearly in all three images. At the opposite end of this series of features is a small triangular shape that starts at the edge of the neck and goes inward approximately 1/8 of an inch. While it is somewhat harder to discern on the bottom picture, I can definitely see it on the upper right picture.
Next, the black terminator line on the top of the nose does not line up with the edge of the notched bridge between the eyes, it lands outboard at least 1/16 of an inch or more on both helmets.
Finally, as to the meditation chamber Vader, there is no painted over cavity at the edge of the neck in the location seen on that helmet on the CBV. There is a small dent in the edge, right at the apex of the bulge in the neck, but the cavity I pointed out is more than a quarter of an inch beyond the apex to the right of it.
So, having said that, what is it about the clapperboard Vader that makes you think it's the meditation chamber Vader?
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John