Scott's Models and Props

[Sailor Steve]

Very very nice!

[Buddahaid]

I finished this MkVII Science Tricorder this past weekend. I started it about two years ago and had finished the body and paint, but with the advent of electronics with an LCD display I held off until the electronics were available. That was a year ago and I was too busy to install them then.

The kit was produced by HMS Studios, sold through Roddenberry.com, and is now unavailable. HMS built these for the TV series and the kit is identical to the props filmed in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

The LCD screen has about thirty different screen animations that can be selected by switches under the graphics. I created three of those animations which involve about 90 to 120 frames. Enjoy.

[Sailor Steve]

I don't know how I missed that three days ago. That is just...

[Platapus]

You have some real skill there. I am very envious of people who can model to that level of detail.

Does that spacecraft model come in a snap-tite version?

[Buddahaid]

Really it just takes time with some mentoring. Plus money, lot's of money. Start small and learn techniques so your mistakes and failures aren't so dear. Many hobby shops have clubs where you can get lot's of advice from old hands. They really do like to help. Props on the other hand are a different animal in many ways from models as they are meant to be used.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Whew! "Scotty check those crystals"... Ok BuddaHAID I've just rematerialized in NUTHERWORLD! NOW about that phaser... (Should augment my Lemat beautifully)

What kind of phaser do you want? There is really the entire gambit available within Star Trek, or any other film for the most part.

For the entire realm sign up for the Replica Prop Forum. This is where it all is. Industry big wigs and amatuers alike spanning the entire prop industry.

I spend most of my time at the Trek Prop Zone which is a members only forum devoted to Star Trek props alone. Industry bigwigs regarding Star Trek are also members there.

[Buddahaid]

Here are the latest cows out of the barn. These took awhile as all I got to work with was the fiberglass base, resin and wood screen frame, and the graphic.



Here's a better photo with the graphic lit. It runs on 12 VDC from either an AC wall adapter, or two 9 volt batteries regulated to 12 volts.


The chassis. The base is a 6" lazy-susan bearing and the BBs are counterweights to the screen.


The back light is made by LightBeam and theses are available in custom cut sizes and three color temps. Mine are 5000K natural light.




And part od the work needed to make the screen frame nicer.

[gemix]

excellent job with Star Trek Enterprise phase pistol could you show how to disassemble mine, in steps please!!!

[Buddahaid]

I would need to know what one you have. The DST toys have screws under the plugs.

[Aktungbby]

gemix!

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

All that leads to a new kitchen, new plumbing, new electrics, and poverty.

@ Buddahaid: any new remodel pics; I'm just starting a kitchen job myself: floors to ceiling: all-new plumbing, Fuse panel, cabinets & appliances(after twenty years the head-chef wants a whole new deal$$$) I'll have to get a motel for part of it according to the designer. Rule 1 of domestic bliss-shutup and pay! We'll go with wood floors and butcher-block counters as the floor/counter tiles I lovingly installed some decades ago cracked badly in the last two quakes. Wrapping my old appraiser head around it : the kitchen is the be$t return for the investment on any house so without over-improving for the 'hood, it should reflect well if I sell. Hey u got something laying around so I can just beam myself 'up there'

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim gemix

[Buddahaid]

Sure do but it'll have to wait until I get home.

[Buddahaid]

Well I just deleted all I'd typed happily so I'll start over.

We basically went from an area divided into three small rooms to one large(at least for this house) room with new gas, plumbing, electrical, flooring, windows, a venting skylight, cabinets, and appliances. The house is ninety years old and happily I'd saved up so there is no debt involved.

















The LED strip lighting.


And the backsplash which is where I am now. It took awhile for us to find what we wanted for a fair price and it's all glass tile. The area over the range was just finished last Sunday.


The rest of the back splash will be in 3" x 6" teal colored glass tile with a double wide strip of the silvery 1" tiles in a horizontal row about 2/3's of the way up.

The floor is 6" x 24" porcelain tile in a herringbone pattern.


Almost done and then we need a final on the permits.

[Aktungbby]

Great looking-don't forget the earthquake latches on all the upper crockery cabinets-always the worst disaster area (X 2). Yours actually looks like my present décor cabinet- wise. We had chopped out the original stained plywood doors and put in glass and painted everything white. I love that stove and the center-isle wet-sink under the skylight! Good living-space layout for the 'center of the home'. We're also plumbing in the gas line under the crawlspace from the water-heater cabinet outside off the porch to put in a gas range. The fridge will have the condenser up top to fit flush to the wall...or so my wallet is informed on a need-to-know basis...and apparently I've staggered through life without a 'farm sink' <PSSST just leave that bottle
and a pot-filler spigot above the stove long enough!