Great collections and displays guys!
d_jedi1 - nifty looking custom there. I'd love to know more about the upgraded toy new series sonic you have there and also about that pocket watch.
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Sure thing. The upgraded (minorly, I can assure you) was covered in this thread.
http://www.therpf.com/f9/c-o-9-10-sonic-screwdriver-minor-upgrades-89309/
The modification involved cutting sections out (mainly just on the handle, I didn't really mod the head or anything) and hollowing it out further back.
The batteries on mine actually go back to where the handle and pen-nub connect, it's hollowed that deep.
After that I thinned the walls of the handle and shored it all up slightly, nothing too severe, I glued in a thin card-stock where I'd thinned it. This was done because of my sawing bits out, basically reenforcing the gaps.
Before painting it, I added ridges with a two-part epoxy.
I covered the metal bits with aluminum tape and that was that for a while.
Eventually, I added a nonfunctioning microswitch to the slider to give it a more authentic look.
The watch, is JUST a watch. It needs wound, used to belong to my brother, I have no REAL use for it and it looked like something the Doctor might carry.