TMP / WOK Phaser..

[Johnny Fever]

Hey snowshoe, very good looking phaser you have there!!
Is that just mylar tape on the sides or what?

Hob-bits? As in Bilbo?

Bring on the pix, Mike!

And that's a great Playmates mod! It really does look different. Did you grind down the front of the grip to remove that "hump" that it has? Looks amazing!

- k

Thank you for the complements. I had read somewhere that the strip was made from some sort of prism pinstripe that I was never able to find locally. I did however find at BigLots of all places a folder with this material. I used an X-acto knife to cut quarter inch strips then applied them to the phaser with white glue. I then used regular automotive pinstripe that was painted the same color as the phaser to hold down the edges. The trigger was made with a piece of an old large X-acto handle. The crystal on the rear of the phaser was made from a brass peephole. The handle was built up with bondo to achieve a more oval shape. The paint was a Plastikote color that Cyland had suggested in one of his threads. The display on top was made by printing a reverse image onto a transparency. This was clear coated and the white areas were hand painted from behind with testors. It was then sprayed with copper color paint on the reverse side and affixed to a piece of styrene. The sequencing chip for the LEDs was from an old toy that was wired to a micro switch mounted behind the trigger. Again I know its not completely accurate but I don’t think it turned out that bad.

-John

 

[d_jedi1]

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Would you happen to remember what specific color of Plastikote paint? Maybe whereabouts you found it as well. It might make things easier for me (and anyone else who might be inclined to work on one of these)

 

[Captain Dunsel]

The Wrath Of Khan prism side trim adhesive can be easily found in two different places:

~ "Hobby Lobby" check in the 'pinewood derby" model section.

~ "Pep Boys" check in the pin stripe section (usually in the paint isle) and you'll find it in rolls.

 

[Johnny Fever]

The color I used was Plasti-kote light blue metallic 1540. I don’t know if this was the true phaser color but it was close enough for me. I had heard that Duplicolor has bought out Plasti-kote so finding it locally may or may not be difficult depending on where you live. Thanks Alley for the locations to buy the prism tape. Unfortunately I don’t know of any Hobby Lobby near where I live (the sticks) and the nearest Pep Boys is a two to three hour drive. I had tried Autozone and other auto stores locally but none carried the pinstripe. I could have ordered it on line but it seems that lately I’m spending more on postage the on the actual item ordered from some places.

-John