BSG - If you can't buy it, make it!
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G-man
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I am pretty sure Moff man has already started working on it. I know he has the receiver prepped to to make a mold and he also does vaccuforming.
moff man
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No i wasn't working on that yet but i was looking it over today and thought about giving it a try. The body of the phone ( which is alot bigger then it looks) splits in half so it would be pretty easy to vacform. I could mold the button pad and cast them in medium hard rubber and the handset would be molded and cast in resin. Then you would need greebile , decals and a phone cord.
BUT!!!!Price is the draw back, even if you have to spend $75 for a TA 954 it would still be cheaper then all the vacuum forming and casting , and the real phone will always look better. So unless the TA 954's start selling for $250 each i would say vacform isn't really an option.
Mattastic13
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Well...we don't have any more, but I might be able to have our machine shop fab some up
moff man
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pennausamike
Sr Member
A "bottle of pop"?
I haven't heard that since I moved east from western PA and when I worked in Michigan!
Mike
moff man
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LOL I had a feeling when i was typing POP that someone would say something, it must be a Michigan thing. It's pop man a can of pop a glass of pop i need a cold pop.
Thanks for the pic. 
I am going to start on the Viper Flight Manual tomorrow - I have I believe everything I need except the cream colored paper, which I'll get last.
Opinion time: the auction says the book is 8.5" x 11." So do you think they mean the book itself to include the plexi - which makes the pages a little smaller than that? Or are the pages 8.5" x 11" and the plexi a little larger...
Also, does the book look 2.5 inches thick to you? That would be a whole ream of paper...
Lastly, is there a guide as to how the BSG corners are to be cut? :confused
Thanks,
Sean
I am going to start on the Viper Flight Manual tomorrow - I have I believe everything I need except the cream colored paper, which I'll get last.
Opinion time: the auction says the book is 8.5" x 11." So do you think they mean the book itself to include the plexi - which makes the pages a little smaller than that? Or are the pages 8.5" x 11" and the plexi a little larger...
Also, does the book look 2.5 inches thick to you? That would be a whole ream of paper...
Lastly, is there a guide as to how the BSG corners are to be cut? :confused
Thanks,
Sean
Hairyloft
Well-Known Member
Looking forward to this one! Or you could spend over $1100 in the current ebay auction to get the original prop
Thanks for the pic.
I am going to start on the Viper Flight Manual tomorrow - I have I believe everything I need except the cream colored paper, which I'll get last.
Opinion time: the auction says the book is 8.5" x 11." So do you think they mean the book itself to include the plexi - which makes the pages a little smaller than that? Or are the pages 8.5" x 11" and the plexi a little larger...
Also, does the book look 2.5 inches thick to you? That would be a whole ream of paper...
Lastly, is there a guide as to how the BSG corners are to be cut? :confused
Thanks,
Sean
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The way I am making this, it's going to be a static prop. And if I remember correctly, a static prop does not do anything. Therefor this book won't do anything, which means it won't open... Ergo, the inside pages will be blank. How's that?
-Sean
-Sean
moff man
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I think that is just peachy:thumbsup
I've measured, remeasured, aligned and realigned the text and image.
I've cut and sanded the plexi.
I've applied the faux black leather.
I've discovered I am not a patient guy... Okay, I've already known that. :lol
I'm off to get the paper and hope by buddy still has a massive paper cutter.
What fun!
-Sean
I've cut and sanded the plexi.
I've applied the faux black leather.
I've discovered I am not a patient guy... Okay, I've already known that. :lol
I'm off to get the paper and hope by buddy still has a massive paper cutter.
What fun!
-Sean
