Bulldog44

Thanks for sharing your story and the awesome photos. That iguana is a beauty. Hope those animals find new loving owners. Cheers!

Looks good ! Happy to see you could order one and post info on it. Excited to hear if you manage to get in touch with the supplier soon. Keep me posted! I have a few original Gio style canteens but definitely want one of the new canteens to compare and also mod for my pack.

Thanks. Silly me, I always forget you can use google to translate pages. 6 dozen, is, that is sure a lot of canteens! Can't wait to hear what you can buy. Keep me posted! Might be a few members in my garrison interested in some including myself!!! Good luck!

Thank you Erik if you can look into this. I found the supplier last year but no luck getting anything shipped out unless it was a a whole shipping container full. Yeah, it is quite cheap for sure if we can get them.if you can buy any cheaply, please let me know. Would love to buy a few. Good luck! Please do message me if you have good news! Cheers! By the way, yes I can open and view the web link you posted. But obviously the language is nothing I can read!

It certainly does look better like this to keep that ANH look. Glad you could remove it without too much trouble. Amazing results!

Awesome photo! Love the wookiee head trophy!

Bradley, any good news on the DLT? Hope you were able to get it. If so, whenever you get the chance, just a quick assessment of quality post or e oven a photo would be great. No pressure though.

Congratulations!

Top notch job on the whole package! Ready to hit the sand dunes and get those droids!

When it comes to vintage items like that, I would not cut it out . I would be tempted too for the screen look but it is not a detail that is worth damaging such a cool piece of history. That is just my opinion.

There is a rule you broke by posting this. Under MEPD code 4.315 you are guilty of making other members severely jealous. The penalty is confiscation of your arms but I will accept for you to turn yourself in and surrender that awesome beast of a weapon. All jokes aside, crazy cool Rt-97c. Love all the details you added. Fantastic work putting it all together.

Awesome Lee!!!! Ready to bust some skulls in Mos Eisley!

Starting this thread to post any parts or items I have found to be of interest for field backpack builds. I already started 2 other topics ( frames and radio research) but thought its best to just create one topic that addresses them all, plus I didn't know how to edit the previous topic subject headings (apologies!) I will post more items if I find anything else that might be worth sharing. For now here is all I have: Exhaust port main body alternatives- Found some outdoor electrical outlet covers at the home center that sort of have the shape of the exhaust port on screen. Edges are too square but it can be worked on. Dollar store/yen shop outlet cover protectors for childproofing your homes- again not perfect, has an opening on the bottom side for plugs but that can be sealed up. Size is smaller that the item posted above. Cut up and reassembled plastic pencil/stationary holder - a bit of cutting , gluing and epoxy & sanding but the general shape can be achieved. This is slightly larger than both items posted above. A bit wide but it can be cut and reassembled the make it narrow. Really hard to find the perfect shape but hopefully these might come close. Finding mounting feet has been difficult, probably best to hand make them.

I love the switch idea and will try it when I get my radio in the works. But for my kids jawa costumes I bought cables with an ON/OFF switch as seen below. Works well. Just a suggestion for anyone afraid to work with electronics like myself. Thanks again Lee for the MP3 module idea and set up. Best plug and play set up I have seen and super cheap!

Never thought dirt would look so good! Awesome job with your armor and weathering! Straight out of the sands of Tatooine!

OMG! You even added the black drippy stuff! What did you use? Captured that detail to perfection! Totally amazed how this pack look. Above and beyond. Congrats Lee on your field pack. Inspiring build!

Thanks Juan! Very helpful! It will be good to see if there are variations in sizes for these Karrimor frames . Compare mine later! Gracias!

Great work as usual! Tape looks good where and how you placed it.

This image might help . I think you can sort of see the bottom tray just behind the mortar tube, single tape line??? For the top taped area, when I look at this photo, it looks like the tape is in fact one wider sized tape used in these photographs. The light plays tricks with the shadows. Someone played with the lighting in this photo so you can see the smooth surfaces better, lights & darks. If you look closely at how the tape wraps around the edge of the seed tray, it appears to be one smooth wider piece of tape with no break lines. Another possibility of what we are seeing is a wider taped used first then a thinner taped wrapped once around. For me that seems to be what I am seeing when analysing both angles represented. Sorry I think I am adding more uncertainty into the mix. The photo I posted in post 131 does look like the tape was wrapped a few times around the top part of the seed tray, whether its just the thin tape or a combination of both. One other way to create a case for the tape is to look at all the packs and see what size tape was used on them all if possible. That would give the general idea of what may have been used solely or reveal the possibility for a wider size tape used. Haven't yet studied the other packs so maybe veteran members can lend their knowledge on this. Shotgun shells look amazing. Love the supports you made for them and the central wires extending out.

No expert on this but from what I see in the photo below is that it looks like the top and bottom tape are both thin. If my eyes re not fooling me, I think I see the top tape show a shadow from one peice wrapped over the next, just about in the middle. I could most certainly be wrong though.

Thanks. Its been fun looking all over the web and reading all the interesting history these packs have and where they came from. You are probably right about that guy just saying it was a boy scout shop, maybe was an outdoor specialty shop.

This is probably old news to many of you but I thought to share some interesting photos of backpack frames I came across that in one way or another, match the screen used frames. Pack#3 - I've read that Rebel Hoth packs were said to be recycled from the ANH packs but the only similarity I can see are the seed trays (cover in fabric) and the arched frame. But the top ends of the ESB frames differ from Pack # 3 and the bend is located much higher. I have not found anything like these frames yet but maybe someday! Interesting Jansport frame- has the arched frame but the bottom bar doesn't extend out enough. Boyscout Frame- 574 Frontier series I think. I bought this on ebay for $27. Bottom bar looks good but no arched frame. Perhaps they did bend a few of them to avoid interference with the backplate. Karrimor Frame- another ebay purchase I made. Costed more to ship to Japan than the frame itself. ( photo from former owner- no I do not have that wallpaper in my house!) Royal Marines Arctic Rucksack- Karrimor frame, has the bend, a bit taller but possibly they cut these down? I read in the Star Wars Costumes book by Brandon Alinger that they prop guys went to a Boy Scout shop in London. Maybe they carried additional pack frames for hiking, etc. not just boy scout goods. Just thought to share this. Please post any other finds you may have come across.

Fantastic work on the exhaust port. The collar detail is impressive, great idea to capture that. The box looks amazing too. Did you make the mounting feet yourself or was that from another found object ?

My antenna also has the swivel joint hidden and needs to be fully extended to reveal it , sorry I didn't explain that well enough. Rick, its good to hear this sounds in line with other radios from that era.

Thanks! Looking forward to it!