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A Childhood Dream Come True- K9

cardinal hordriss

cardinal hordriss

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I haven't taken any pictures of my own yet but these are some pics taken by Tom's Refurbishments who restored and customised this TPE replica.

I am so happy!

I just need a proper place to put him.

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That's a great K-9!

You must be very proud. 

I assume you are going to keep him as a "School Reunion" model with the rust patches intact?

Tell us all!


Regards,

Russell

 
I'm going to keep him as he is. I have no confidence I'd be able to repaint him to a high enough standard. Leaving him as he is I can also pretend I found him somewhere like the Moldovar market or adrift in space.
 
Wow, a great addition to your collection, well done!

He does need some ears though. Are you going to get/give him some?
 
Well I had planned to buy some made by a K9 builder but in the end when I went to collect K9 the seller gave me a couple of 3D printed ears to work on plus I found some others on Shapeways so I'm going to give them a go.
 
It is the Seal of Rassilon on the dog tag, I had a spare lying around.

As for the droids I also have a custom R5, R3, R0 and BB unit forming my TARDIS maintainance team. They're cute but hardworking with it.

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They're about 13 inches tall, not including the antenna the BB-2B or Tubby is a little smaller.

Those aren't DVD cases those are books - old fashioned things made of paper in which knowledge and stories are held in word form lol.
 
The 3D printed ears have come but they look too small and I haven't been able to make anything out of the experimental ears the previous owner gave me.
 
Update - I've found a model on thingiverse which I've downloaded, uploaded to Shapeways and sized myself. Fortunately they aren't expensive as because of the curve of the ears and not being sure if the width setting accounts for it there's some educated guess work involved.
 
OK...

Here's some comparisons that might prove interesting:

First your ears:

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Then my ears:

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Then, finally, the real K-9's ears:

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I think the size & shape of yours are pretty good.
The only thing I would say about your ears, is the same thing that's wrong with my ears, which is that the wire used to make them is a bit too thick.

Otherwise, I think they're OK.

Regards,

Russell
 
Given the variation in K9's ears over the years - and the sorry state they've been in very often - I'd say, 'slightly too thick' isn't too much of a problem.
The only notable difference I see between the 'real' K9 and your two, is that his ears (and the things they stick into) are angled outwards and slightly away from each other. And I only noticed that because of the close-up comparisons.
 
I did try to get my K-9's ears to angle outwards, but it's definitely not as pronounced as on the original prop.

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I think the above shot shows a bit better that there is a bit of an angle.  :)

Cheers,

Russ
 
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