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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, December 7, 2019 11:38 AM

midnightprowler

 

 
Cadet Chuck

Yeoman Rand could boil a cup of coffee just by staring at it...

 

 

 

No kidding. She is one of the few blondes I care much for. I'm usually a brunette man. Her, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Barbara Eden. Ironically I didn't care for either of them when they played their evil brunette sisters. Now Dawn Wells, she can bake me coconut cream pies until the cows come home! Nice work by the way lol.

 

I got a book signed by her many years ago. The phaser looks amazing.

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Posted by Gamera on Sunday, October 13, 2019 5:21 PM

Looks pretty friggin' good to me Mach71!!!

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Posted by mach71 on Sunday, October 13, 2019 9:37 AM

Thanks guys.

And thanks Nino for the photo of the original, I forgot to give you credit for finding it! That helped a lot.

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Posted by Bakster on Sunday, October 13, 2019 9:06 AM

I missed your last update Mach. That DOES look really cool. Awesome work Mach, it looks better than the original!

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Posted by Nino on Sunday, October 13, 2019 8:57 AM

THAT Looks very, very, good!

 

 Sight? What sight.  Just follow the bean till it's on target.

 

Nice work Captain.  Real nice work especially on that "Holy" Handle.

   Nino

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Posted by mach71 on Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:37 PM

The emitters are in.

 

 

 

 

Still thinking about the sight.

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Posted by mach71 on Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:02 AM

Thanks!

 

I just have to glue in the 3 clear emitters and figure out a sight.

 

Probably some clear plastic with painted or taped edges.

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Posted by Bakster on Saturday, October 12, 2019 12:33 AM

Pretty cool sir.

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Posted by mach71 on Friday, October 11, 2019 8:38 PM

Like number 1 did!

 

All the big parts are together.

 

The kit I built was supposedly molded off one of the screen used props, I suspect the Greg Jein.

 

Here it is next to the old Playmate toy.

 

 

 

The old Playmates is actually very close.

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Posted by Bakster on Friday, October 11, 2019 4:23 PM

Looking good Mach--just make sure you don't set that phaser to overload.

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Posted by mach71 on Friday, October 11, 2019 1:28 PM

Blondes, brunette, red heads, It's all good. As long as the collars and cuffs match.

 

Anyway

 

I had to rework the trigger a bit, the slot was all wrong and the trigger was solid.

 

A look at the screen used Jein laser shows the trigger is "hook" shaped.

 

 

My dremel made quick work of the resin.

 

 

But, as you can see there is still some imperfections in the body. I swear that this is the last time I rework it.

 

So out came the brush on primer. Another sanding.

 

 

I put another coat of black on it, it's drying now.

 

 

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, October 11, 2019 11:25 AM

midnightprowler

 

 
Cadet Chuck

Yeoman Rand could boil a cup of coffee just by staring at it...

 

 

 

No kidding. She is one of the few blondes I care much for. I'm usually a brunette man. Her, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Barbara Eden. Ironically I didn't care for either of them when they played their evil brunette sisters. Now Dawn Wells, she can bake me coconut cream pies until the cows come home! Nice work by the way lol.

 

Lol, I'm not much for blondes either but Whitney had an amazing pair of legs. Montgomery and Eden were both pretty but Dawn Wells- oh yeah she was a total knockout... 

 

Personally my opinion the uglest woman on Trek- Data in drag as the saloon gal in the ST:TNG episode where Worf was running the Western holodeck simulation. Brent Spiner- you're a pretty cool guy but you're one butt ugly woman...  

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Thursday, October 10, 2019 5:06 PM

Cadet Chuck

Yeoman Rand could boil a cup of coffee just by staring at it...

 

No kidding. She is one of the few blondes I care much for. I'm usually a brunette man. Her, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Barbara Eden. Ironically I didn't care for either of them when they played their evil brunette sisters. Now Dawn Wells, she can bake me coconut cream pies until the cows come home! Nice work by the way lol.

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, October 10, 2019 11:17 AM

Looks good!!! 

Still amazes me that a lot of the fan made stuff like this looks better than the actual TV props. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Bakster on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 11:59 PM

Cool project, Mach.

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Posted by mach71 on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 7:15 PM

Lots more filling and sanding...

 

 

The pin holes just won't go away! So off to the auto parts store for some heavy scratch filling primer. 3 coats and sanding later Things were just about good.

I put 3 coats of black on. Then painted the adaptor tube gold. Thats where I am now.

 

 

Next I'll work on the trigger.

 

 

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Friday, September 20, 2019 2:12 PM

My Dad "stood" next to Walter Cronkite in a hotel men's room in the 1940's.  (He was always quite proud of this accomplishment.)

 

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by mach71 on Friday, September 20, 2019 11:34 AM

Gamera

 

I met Whitney at a con back in the early '90s - as charming and sweet a lady as she was beautiful... 

 

 

Lucky man!

 

I did once ride an elevator with Nichelle Nichols back in 1976.

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 20, 2019 10:32 AM

Ouch! I see what you mean about rough casting. Good job so far!!!

 

I met Whitney at a con back in the early '90s - as charming and sweet a lady as she was beautiful... 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by mach71 on Friday, September 20, 2019 9:01 AM

The baking soda/CA is working. Most of the big holes are filled. I had to reshape one end of the trigger box. 

 

I hit it with some grey primer yesterday and hundreds of tiny pin holes showed up!

Boy this casting is rough!

I broke out the red filler/primer and put a thin coat on last night. This morning I hit it with a thick coat. I hope this helps.

 

 

 

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Posted by mach71 on Thursday, September 19, 2019 6:45 AM

Cadet Chuck

Yeoman Rand could boil a cup of coffee just by staring at it...

 

 

She boiled my coffee back in the day!

 

The 1st setback. All the putty I used filling the pin holes wont adhear to the resin. I've never seen this before. Back to baking soda and thin CA. 

I hope my thin CA is still good.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:21 PM

 

Grace Lee Whitney. RIP.

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Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2:16 PM

Yeoman Rand could boil a cup of coffee just by staring at it...

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by mach71 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:32 PM

I found a plumbing "T" that works. 

I just cut off a section.

 

More pin hole filling also.

 

I suppose I should light this, but I'm not sure.

 

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Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:35 AM

GAF

Mach71>  The question is... will it work?  Stick out tongue

Gary

 

The episode where the Enterprise loses power and Yeoman Rand heats some coffee using a phasor set to 'heat' comes to mind. Since this is a laser not sure if it wouldn't just burn a hole in the pot though... 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by mach71 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:35 AM

GAF

Mach71>  The question is... will it work?  Stick out tongue

Gary

 

 

And if so will the Talosians let me know it?

 

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Posted by Nino on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:31 AM

mach71

I dug this out today to work on between other projects.

It's a resin kit missing the barrel and a metal barrel had no body.

I'll need to source a metal or plastic tube to mount the barrel to the body.

 

 

 

Loved "The cage".

  There is a Photo of the "Hero" gun that shows a difference to your assembly.

Those "turned" metal parts cry out for nice bright LEDs in the barrels.

  Good project.  I'll stay tuned to this channel. Even if it's a 5-year Trek.

 

     Nino

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Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:25 AM

Lol, just watched 'The Mantrap' the other night where Professor Crater had one of these! 

Very cool, hope you're going to post more as you get her built. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

GAF
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Posted by GAF on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:24 AM

Mach71>  The question is... will it work?  Stick out tongue

Gary

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