Thanks. I think it would be great if one of the metal artisans on the board were to offer an upgrade kit (hint hint).. :cool
To do what I did, you'd only need a moire ring and bezels for the three lights. Also some sort of replacement moire, plus plastic rhinestones for the "crystals" (available at a crafts store).
The moire ring I used is apparently from one of the old "CaptJTK" kits. This is just a machined metal ring with grooves in the side, and a little lip in front to retain the plastic moire disc. The ring I used is a little larger than the hole in the comm case, so it's glued directly onto the front comm shell. A better solution would be a ring machined at the same diameter as the original, so it could just drop in from the back.
The original moire ring on the toy is way too tall though.
The three indicator lights on the toy are just one piece of plastic that fits in from the back. I replaced that with model train wheels that drop in from the front, plus plastic rhinestones with the silver backing scraped off.
I used train wheels because they had larger diameter openings at the back and could let more light through.
The light bezes "should" be inverted Thunderjet slotcar hubs, which are the same hubs as were used for the control buttons.
Ideally you'd want bezels that resemble the originals T-jet hubs from the outside, but which have a large diamter hole inside to let light through.
The control buttons on the AA are cheap plastic though, as is the controls plate itself. I would have liked to repalce all that but I didn't want to risk breaking the buttons on the circuit board.
You can check out Herocomm.com for more information on how the props were built
http://herocomm.com/PartsAndPlans/Parts.htm
One simple way to get al the parts needed to upgrade an AA... would be to buy a Vegas Star Trek Experience comm! The parts should pretty much plug and play. What you'd be doing is transplanting the sound board from the AA into the STTE. But you'd want to dremel off the paint and chrome on the STTE's grid and metal.
One thing you'd need to do is adapt the STTE's flipgrid-trigger mechanism to the AA's method. I don't know how hard that would be since I haven't cracked open a STTE to see how it works.
- k
To do what I did, you'd only need a moire ring and bezels for the three lights. Also some sort of replacement moire, plus plastic rhinestones for the "crystals" (available at a crafts store).
The moire ring I used is apparently from one of the old "CaptJTK" kits. This is just a machined metal ring with grooves in the side, and a little lip in front to retain the plastic moire disc. The ring I used is a little larger than the hole in the comm case, so it's glued directly onto the front comm shell. A better solution would be a ring machined at the same diameter as the original, so it could just drop in from the back.
The original moire ring on the toy is way too tall though.
The three indicator lights on the toy are just one piece of plastic that fits in from the back. I replaced that with model train wheels that drop in from the front, plus plastic rhinestones with the silver backing scraped off.
I used train wheels because they had larger diameter openings at the back and could let more light through.
The light bezes "should" be inverted Thunderjet slotcar hubs, which are the same hubs as were used for the control buttons.
Ideally you'd want bezels that resemble the originals T-jet hubs from the outside, but which have a large diamter hole inside to let light through.
The control buttons on the AA are cheap plastic though, as is the controls plate itself. I would have liked to repalce all that but I didn't want to risk breaking the buttons on the circuit board.
You can check out Herocomm.com for more information on how the props were built
http://herocomm.com/PartsAndPlans/Parts.htm
One simple way to get al the parts needed to upgrade an AA... would be to buy a Vegas Star Trek Experience comm! The parts should pretty much plug and play. What you'd be doing is transplanting the sound board from the AA into the STTE. But you'd want to dremel off the paint and chrome on the STTE's grid and metal.
One thing you'd need to do is adapt the STTE's flipgrid-trigger mechanism to the AA's method. I don't know how hard that would be since I haven't cracked open a STTE to see how it works.
- k
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