My Goldfinger Homers (Large and Small)
Donald Grant
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Minigeff's fantastic spring loaded mini homer inspired me to post pictures of my homer collection. I have three large ones and three small ones. Of the large ones, my favorite is the one in the center. It's all metal, magnetized and spring loaded. The other two homers are resin, slightly larger, and spring loaded and very nice, but when you pick them up they feel light and just don't stack up to that fantastic metal one. Just awsome! The small homers are all the same and though they open, they are not spring loaded. My favorite mini homer is the one in the opening shoe heel. Very cool!
So, what sharp little eyes you've got...wait till you get to my teeth.
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Thanks!
DG
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Excellent work there!
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No G Meister, u are not too anal...I see it too..or is it we are both too a....? Perish the thought!
1. But the "bolt head" appears closer to one end - its not in the middle. You can see it better in Q's lab scenes where Q primes it. I have speculated that it might be the piece that holds the magnet ???
2. The other detail never mentioned but is there if you look hard enough appears on the large homers sliding mechanism. Most see the diagonal edge of the "slider" but look again and you see a vertical edge that leads on from the diagonal. You see this in the lab scenes and also at Stoke Poges. In the lab, you see it on the top, at Stoke Poges you see it on the bottom...so it acts as a "brake stop" to the slider as it completes the priming action.
3. The 3rd detail is that on the top surface, there is a line or cut on the RHS top surface when Q primes the homer in the lab. As Bond holds it near the Aston, slow mo seems to reveal this section appears to slide out as the homers edges do not appear straight ???
That's all folks
Sid
The 'bolt head' you guys are refering to is (as far as I understand it) is actually the other end of the bolt. Ya see, from what I can make out, the Homer's 'bottom' (the side opposite the slide) is hollow with a bottom plate fitted to cover the cavity. The top slide is put in place, then a bolt threaded into it from inside the homer, then the bottom plate put in place to cover the cavity over.
So that 'bolt head' you see is just the shaft of the bolt filed down flush with the surface of the top slide.
So with all that in mind, the 'bolt head' isn't there for looks, its there cos without it, the top slide would simply come off.
Unless of course, you build your top slide as a 'T' slot configuration, in which case the bolt would simply act as a way of stopping the top slide coming straight off when you action it.
Hope this helps guys.
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Looks familiar...
looks very nicely machined.
bet its a bit easier to machine than the little one, might have a go at that myself.....
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Is that the one you have a spare of???? Sent you a PM.
i will agree, the shoe heel is a nice example of the mini homer since it's gold plated, i almost had the nerve to fit the heel to to my shoe, but at the end i didn't.
interesting though all the mini homers have the same L shape cut, Only Ken had the mini homer with a slope on the homer like it's bigger brother. i often wonder if he made it or had someone else make it, because just reviewing the movie i can see that the mini homer has a slope when the bar is pulled back.
I thought you might recognize it. A fantastic piece, just awesome!
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Yep, I think you're right. He's the only one that ever had the accurate sloped shape. The shoe heel is a fantastic piece, I could not pass it up when it was available from the Italian prop maker. I thought about fitting it to my shoe too, great minds think alike.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.