Scott's Models and Props - Page 4

Buddahaid · 11-01-14, 12:33 PM

Next I worked on the sights creating the back light and the flashlight.

After some long effort blending out mold lines and other faults, they were primed and painted. The paint is a two tone silver plus a semi-flat black, The silver paintsI have mixed at an auto paint store and rattle canned. The black was Rustoleum flat black which looks more like a satin to me.

Buddahaid · 11-01-14, 12:43 PM

Next was a lot of wiring and assembly.

And then finished rifles.

And a poorly done video of one working as I had to hold the camera as well as operate it.
http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sir...tml?sort=3&o=1

Buddahaid · 11-01-14, 12:51 PM

Now I'm building six Future Tricorders. This tricorder was made for the ST:Generations movie but never got screen time. It is the last in the series of pop-up tricorders that began with the third movie. The vacuform part and the two gray parts are from Mike Moore and like the original parts. The other resin parts are reproduction STIII tricorder parts that get modified.

Other than having all six sets of shells at the same stage this brings me up to date.

Sailor Steve · 11-01-14, 01:42 PM

Ninety-gazillion pictures in one flash! My brain can't keep up!

Lookin' good though.

Buddahaid · 11-01-14, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Ninety-gazillion pictures in one flash! My brain can't keep up!

Lookin' good though.

Yeah sorry about that but I was on a rampage to get through my backlog of work. As it is the latest prop shown has been waiting it's turn for longer than a year.

Jimbuna · 11-02-14, 07:28 AM

Seriously amazing work going on here

Buddahaid · 11-07-14, 12:57 PM

Update time.

I've matched the shells at the mid-line seam, created the seam gap with strip stock and built the fasteners.

Buddahaid · 11-09-14, 12:13 PM

I've got the plant-ons done now and this is how it went.

First stage was a pattern which covered the area on the flat part and left wings where the part would curve over the edge.

Next I used a heat gun to soften the parts and fold them over the edges. I'm using .030" sheet stock which is much thinner than the shell so the heat wasn't going to bother the shell.

Next the wing was trimmed and the corners rounded followed by gluing and clamping.

After a bit of sanding to remove the slight lumpiness of the bend they looked like this.

The last bit was making the button plinths. I used a file to make the two inner seams so the part remains one piece.

Buddahaid · 11-09-14, 12:14 PM

So yesterday got going with making sure the Grayhill switches fit.

After that I filled all the slots and voids on the pop-ups as I don't plan on using them.

I also added some filler to the corner areas where the main shell meet the pop-ups.

So today will be getting the hoods to fit nicely to the mains shells. Some of this is old ground that all of these tricorders seem to have. An overbite on the left, an underbite on the right, and too narrow overall. These have the added joy of not meeting the vacuform shell at the top outer edges at all. Should be fun.

Buddahaid · 11-09-14, 08:18 PM

Well it's taken all day but the pop-ups now fit well but I'm sick of dust now. Glad almost all of that is done now.

Fist I sanded the resin parts down where needed.

The overbite.

The underbite.

The corners.

Some .060" strips were added to thicken the area where the sanding was cutting through.

And then a marathon of filling and sanding until I got this.

Sailor Steve · 11-09-14, 09:55 PM

I love seeing the work you're putting into these.

Buddahaid · 11-14-14, 09:47 PM

I need oiing.....

So I've made the continuation of the horizontal band into the vacuform part.

Blank the opening off with Styrene scrap...

...and glue on some ribbon cable.

All the display windows are now opened as well.

Buddahaid · 11-15-14, 11:45 AM

So last night I used the Dremel to make the syringe slots, and with that, the shells are ready for the next step which is finalize the pop-up electronics and build the boards.

Amazingly, I had all the right bargraphs I wanted on hand. Here's a test fit to see what the cavity for the electronics shaped up like. It looks like there is enough room for the plan.

Buddahaid · 11-23-14, 07:00 PM

Not getting a lot done as I've been digging a trench for a french drain this weekend after breaking up the concrete that was atop it last weekend. Anyway I did get the first board made. A bit sloppy but only one mistake found after I was done which was attaching one resistor leg to the wrong place. The follow on ones should be a bit neater,

And a video in situ.
http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sir...tml?sort=3&o=0

Sorry the video link paste was just getting it wrong. Fixed I believe.

Jimbuna · 11-24-14, 07:22 AM

Video is fine but the sound isn't

11-01-14, 12:33 PM	#46
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Next I worked on the sights creating the back light and the flashlight. After some long effort blending out mold lines and other faults, they were primed and painted. The paint is a two tone silver plus a semi-flat black, The silver paintsI have mixed at an auto paint store and rattle canned. The black was Rustoleum flat black which looks more like a satin to me. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-01-14, 12:43 PM	#47
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Next was a lot of wiring and assembly. And then finished rifles. And a poorly done video of one working as I had to hold the camera as well as operate it. http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sir...tml?sort=3&o=1 __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-01-14, 12:51 PM	#48
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Now I'm building six Future Tricorders. This tricorder was made for the ST:Generations movie but never got screen time. It is the last in the series of pop-up tricorders that began with the third movie. The vacuform part and the two gray parts are from Mike Moore and like the original parts. The other resin parts are reproduction STIII tricorder parts that get modified. Other than having all six sets of shells at the same stage this brings me up to date. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 12-07-14 at 04:12 PM.

11-01-14, 01:42 PM	#49
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Ninety-gazillion pictures in one flash! My brain can't keep up! Lookin' good though. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-02-14, 07:28 AM	#51
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Seriously amazing work going on here __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-07-14, 12:57 PM	#52
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Update time. I've matched the shells at the mid-line seam, created the seam gap with strip stock and built the fasteners. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 12-07-14 at 04:13 PM.

11-09-14, 12:13 PM	#53
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I've got the plant-ons done now and this is how it went. First stage was a pattern which covered the area on the flat part and left wings where the part would curve over the edge. Next I used a heat gun to soften the parts and fold them over the edges. I'm using .030" sheet stock which is much thinner than the shell so the heat wasn't going to bother the shell. Next the wing was trimmed and the corners rounded followed by gluing and clamping. After a bit of sanding to remove the slight lumpiness of the bend they looked like this. The last bit was making the button plinths. I used a file to make the two inner seams so the part remains one piece. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 12-07-14 at 04:14 PM.

11-09-14, 12:14 PM	#54
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	So yesterday got going with making sure the Grayhill switches fit. After that I filled all the slots and voids on the pop-ups as I don't plan on using them. I also added some filler to the corner areas where the main shell meet the pop-ups. So today will be getting the hoods to fit nicely to the mains shells. Some of this is old ground that all of these tricorders seem to have. An overbite on the left, an underbite on the right, and too narrow overall. These have the added joy of not meeting the vacuform shell at the top outer edges at all. Should be fun. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 12-07-14 at 04:15 PM.

11-09-14, 08:18 PM	#55
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Well it's taken all day but the pop-ups now fit well but I'm sick of dust now. Glad almost all of that is done now. Fist I sanded the resin parts down where needed. The overbite. The underbite. The corners. Some .060" strips were added to thicken the area where the sanding was cutting through. And then a marathon of filling and sanding until I got this. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 12-07-14 at 04:16 PM.

11-09-14, 09:55 PM	#56
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I love seeing the work you're putting into these. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-14-14, 09:47 PM	#57
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I need oiing..... So I've made the continuation of the horizontal band into the vacuform part. Blank the opening off with Styrene scrap... ...and glue on some ribbon cable. All the display windows are now opened as well. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-15-14, 11:45 AM	#58
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	So last night I used the Dremel to make the syringe slots, and with that, the shells are ready for the next step which is finalize the pop-up electronics and build the boards. Amazingly, I had all the right bargraphs I wanted on hand. Here's a test fit to see what the cavity for the electronics shaped up like. It looks like there is enough room for the plan. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 12-07-14 at 04:17 PM.

11-23-14, 07:00 PM	#59
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Not getting a lot done as I've been digging a trench for a french drain this weekend after breaking up the concrete that was atop it last weekend. Anyway I did get the first board made. A bit sloppy but only one mistake found after I was done which was attaching one resistor leg to the wrong place. The follow on ones should be a bit neater, And a video in situ. http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sir...tml?sort=3&o=0 Sorry the video link paste was just getting it wrong. Fixed I believe. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 12-07-14 at 04:18 PM.

11-24-14, 07:22 AM	#60
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Video is fine but the sound isn't __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!