[meteorite-list] Since Scale Cubes are a topic today

[David & Kitt Deyarmin]

I'm going to have to disagree with you.

Another hobby I have is making replicas of props from various science 
fiction movies

I have used photos to reverse engineer parts and have done so with amazing 
accuracy

A perfect example is an MG-81 Flash Hider/ Booster that was use on Han 
Solo's "Blaster" from Star Wars.

This part went unidentified for 26 years but I and a small group of 
hobbyists created and manufactured replica of this part from the various 
available photos.

About 3 years ago, it was finally identified and a mint specimen was found 
and borrowed, they have a value of about $3000 so we were lucky the guy let 
use it.

To even my own surprise my Flash Hider was surprisingly accurate to the real 
thing.

Here is a picture, the real prop is on top and my replica is on the bottom

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/BobaDebt/Flashhiders.jpg

Bear in mind that this is just one image of a single prop, they used a 
variety of props and each had variances in the parts. For instance in the 
above picture the holes are look smaller but there are other pictures that 
they look bigger.

However, when I compared my replica to a real MG-81 Flash Hider most of my 
measurements were off by less then .005" of an inch which is pretty good.



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Hi, All

Measurement from a photo with a scalecube in it is impossible except in the 
case of a very elaborate photo setup designed to make such measurements 
possible and even then, the precision is low. aying

Sterling K. Webb


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