My MHS Luke ROTJ project

Thats a great looking hilt Firebird. I'm working on a MHS Obi-Wan and I can only hope it looks half as good as your Luke.

[Firebird21]

Thanks Fisto.

Now that the Holidays are over I should be able to finnish this thing up.

[Meridian]

Do you have the futaba part numbers for the recharge ports

Not off the top of my head, but here's a good place to look for them...


http://www.maxxprod.com/mpi/mpi-3.html

Thanks

[DACOTA]

You just got the Sanyo 2500mAh 4AA NiMH battery pack,right FB?

[Firebird21]

Yup.

[Firebird21]

Progress! Yay!


Thanks very much to Tim for custom making a pommel/adapter for me to better attach the MR Luke Pommel to the Hilt and to get that slight reduction in the hilt before the pommel.

Here's some pics. (They arn't that great because I'm too lazy to get the other camera.)





It also holds the speaker assembly in place and I will be using a set screw to hold the Pommel onto the adapter.

I also now have sound for it.

All that's left now is to borrow someone's soldering iron (mine crapped out on me) so I can finish wiring it, then finish polishing it. And maybe bring it back for the clear powder coating.

All the wiring will be done using the “J” plugs I used for the recharge port. That way I can interchange all the electronics without having to cut wires.

[vortextwist]

I hope Tim stocks some of those

[Lord Maul]

yeah, those things are sweet. i was wondering when you would finally get some work done on that baby

[elrond.406]

Progress! Yay!


Thanks very much to Tim for custom making a pommel/adapter for me to better attach the MR Luke Pommel to the Hilt and to get that slight reduction in the hilt before the pommel.

Here's some pics. (They arn't that great because I'm too lazy to get the other camera.)

[img]http://www.yankeetoys.org/lee/Luke15.jpg
[img]http://www.yankeetoys.org/lee/Luke16.jpg
[img]http://www.yankeetoys.org/lee/Luke14.jpg

It also holds the speaker assembly in place and I will be using a set screw to hold the Pommel onto the adapter.

I also now have sound for it.

All that's left now is to borrow someone's soldering iron (mine crapped out on me) so I can finish wiring it, then finish polishing it. And maybe bring it back for the clear powder coating.

All the wiring will be done using the “J” plugs I used for the recharge port. That way I can interchange all the electronics without having to cut wires.

I'll bet those things would really sell on the store!

[Firebird21]

Thanks guys. Glad you like the setup.

Well it's all wired up! I may still cut some of the wires down, but only if they get in the way. Keeping them long gives me room to work, and there's plenty of room in there for them.

Here's an exploded view.



Mostly Futaba's "J" plugs, however; I did use Tim's Quick connect for the LED and a "BEC" plug for the speaker. I was looking for something other than the J-plug for the speaker and that was on the rack next to them. So I used it.

You need a "Key" to use it. It plugs into the recharge port. Unfortunately I don't have a Key made for it yet. For the moment I'm just using 2 DIY J-plug inserts. Not very aesthetically pleasing and you could actually cut yourself on it. But at least I can use it.

The key just completes the ground cuircit for the sound board. There are 3 wires in the J-plugs. In the recharge port only 2 are used, so I put the ground wire from the S/B in the 3rd slot. Now there's no charging with the S/B hooked up, and I now have a master switch to save the batteries without further disturbing the look.

Edit: Here's a pic of the make-shift key...




Not that you can see it very well in the pic but it is polished.