Thanks for the detailed response. Mine are much shorter, but I think I’ll leave them as they are. I like the way they look. To me, that’s one of the best things about droid building. No two are alike and pretty much anything goes.
for mine i used vinyl hose with black woven nylon cable management tube that was dry brushed in metalic. its not perfect but it doesnt strees the magnets and look pretty good
The 12" reference comes from the CS:L blueprints that are available over on Astromech.net. AFAIK, there were no changes specified for the hoses in the CS:R standard, so this remains the only documented spec (If you're unfamiliar with CS:L and CS:R, this page offers some insight: astromech.net/droidwiki/CSR_Overview_and_Files ). CS:L was the first attempt at coming up with standards for droid building, and it later evolved into the CS:R standard once more screen used droids were available to compare against/measure. The fact that there was no CS:R update for hose length doesn't suggest that CS:L "got it right", it just means that no one has declared anything better to go with, that's all. As for the side view, here's a pic I posted to my public album: photos.app.goo.gl/UgHFQsJJDScBBWjr5 It extends about 4" in front of the foot shell.
Thanks for the detailed response. Mine are much shorter, but I think I’ll leave them as they are. I like the way they look. To me, that’s one of the best things about droid building. No two are alike and pretty much anything goes.
Absolutely!
Nice work, all I did was use plastic tubing and gold sleeves over the top for my battery boxes. I think you can get the gold sleeves of Amazon still.
Sweet! Getting these shipped to Oz would be prohibitively expensive to be sure, but sounds like you came up with a great alternative. Cheers, mate!
for mine i used vinyl hose with black woven nylon cable management tube that was dry brushed in metalic. its not perfect but it doesnt strees the magnets and look pretty good
Flexibility is key, but I'll bet the metallic paint looks great over the black nylon. That's a great option, too!
Love the upgrade. Would like to see a side look at the hoses. I don’t think mine are 12”. Is that screen “accurate”?
The 12" reference comes from the CS:L blueprints that are available over on Astromech.net. AFAIK, there were no changes specified for the hoses in the CS:R standard, so this remains the only documented spec (If you're unfamiliar with CS:L and CS:R, this page offers some insight: astromech.net/droidwiki/CSR_Overview_and_Files ).
CS:L was the first attempt at coming up with standards for droid building, and it later evolved into the CS:R standard once more screen used droids were available to compare against/measure. The fact that there was no CS:R update for hose length doesn't suggest that CS:L "got it right", it just means that no one has declared anything better to go with, that's all.
As for the side view, here's a pic I posted to my public album: photos.app.goo.gl/UgHFQsJJDScBBWjr5 It extends about 4" in front of the foot shell.