There are at least two models with identical bases:
SAITEK X7-34
SAITEK MX230
They both work equally well, I have recently paid less than £1 for one of each. The only difference I can see is that the former has a different stick button arrangement and the stippled pieces either side on top are silver (plastic) plated. This obviosly does not matter as you are going to spray it anyway.
Cheers gadget meister i can't believe they actually made the mines from a joystick how cheap, not to think of there own design. Easier to make for us thanks again.
Cheers gadget meister i can't believe they actually made the mines from a joystick how cheap, not to think of there own design. Easier to make for us thanks again.
A lot of motion picture prop makers use existing items and slightly convert them for use in films.
A good example of this is all the converted items that appeared in the original Star Wars films.
Everyday household items became Stormtrooper equipment, standard weapons had "greeblies" added to them to give them a sci-fi look. All the ships were a mish-mosh of thousands of model kit parts glued down for surface detail and even an old flash for a press camera became the iconic Lightsaber !!!
I originally came up with the design of the Lightsaber used by Yoda which was published in the Visual Dictionary Book by DK and ended up being used in the film. The short version of the story was that I saw a small flash unit in a box of photo equipment I had purchased and thought "Hey!! That would make a cool lightsaber for Yoda"
Parts were turned upside down, rubber strips added and screws put in finally topped off by gluing down 2 parts from a Lamborghini model
I sent the photos to my friend (who was writing the visual dictionary) and he asked if I would allow it to be published in the book. Of course, I said yes. Because it was established that this was now the look of the Lightsaber, Lucasfilm used my design in the films.
So you see, nothing wrong with using what we call "Found" objects to create a prop. If you read the other posting about the DAF Piton gun you'll see how 2 things were combined to form that prop.
It's still quite a bit of work to find all the parts to duplicate the prop faithfully and sometimes make it work in real life to match what we see on the screen. It's easy for a film company to use computers to add lights and sounds to what we see on the screen...we, who try to duplicate these props, need to find ways to actually have them DO what you see.
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SAITEK X7-34
SAITEK MX230
They both work equally well, I have recently paid less than £1 for one of each. The only difference I can see is that the former has a different stick button arrangement and the stippled pieces either side on top are silver (plastic) plated. This obviosly does not matter as you are going to spray it anyway.
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A lot of motion picture prop makers use existing items and slightly convert them for use in films.
A good example of this is all the converted items that appeared in the original Star Wars films.
Everyday household items became Stormtrooper equipment, standard weapons had "greeblies" added to them to give them a sci-fi look. All the ships were a mish-mosh of thousands of model kit parts glued down for surface detail and even an old flash for a press camera became the iconic Lightsaber !!!
I originally came up with the design of the Lightsaber used by Yoda which was published in the Visual Dictionary Book by DK and ended up being used in the film. The short version of the story was that I saw a small flash unit in a box of photo equipment I had purchased and thought "Hey!! That would make a cool lightsaber for Yoda"
Parts were turned upside down, rubber strips added and screws put in finally topped off by gluing down 2 parts from a Lamborghini model
I sent the photos to my friend (who was writing the visual dictionary) and he asked if I would allow it to be published in the book. Of course, I said yes. Because it was established that this was now the look of the Lightsaber, Lucasfilm used my design in the films.
So you see, nothing wrong with using what we call "Found" objects to create a prop. If you read the other posting about the DAF Piton gun you'll see how 2 things were combined to form that prop.
It's still quite a bit of work to find all the parts to duplicate the prop faithfully and sometimes make it work in real life to match what we see on the screen. It's easy for a film company to use computers to add lights and sounds to what we see on the screen...we, who try to duplicate these props, need to find ways to actually have them DO what you see.
Ed
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