Hero Phaser Scratchbuild

[Engelnicht]

WOW! It looks like it walked right off the set!

 

[spacerone]

Excellent job robin1!:thumbsup The gear size and clear site riser seams a little different than the Long p1. Is it a smaller gear or is it because the gear opening is a little wider making it appear that way? Still it is a really nice job. :thumbsup

 

[robn1]

Thanks guys! Yes the wheel is smaller, 3/4in vs 7/8. I'm not sure which is correct, I thought maybe it should be 3/4 but I can't tell. The 3/4 sight doesn't raise as high as what we see on screen, so I'm leaning toward 7/8. The sight and the opening are both narrower than the Jlong.

The meter dome is 7/8, I just sanded it down a bit shorter.

 

[KUROK]

Sweet and clean build!

 

[Chrisisall]

Excellent job robin1!:thumbsup The gear size and clear site riser seams a little different than the Long p1.

That's because Robin1's is more prefect. lol

 

[robn1]

That's because Robin1's is more prefect. lol

Well they're smaller, but as I said I'm still not sure about it. It looks to me that the sight at least needs to be bigger, because it doesn't rise high enough. I don't have measurements for those parts so there's not much to go on.

 

[Chrisisall]

I don't have measurements for those parts so there's not much to go on.

I trust your eyeballing more than numbers. Until we can time travel back to the Sixties & temporarily snatch one to look at, inspect & photograph, yours is the best so far IMO.:thumbsup

 

[Tiberius Kirk]

Man, that's nice!

 

[robn1]

Hey folks, this may be my last post for a while. I'm going back home to VA, and I may need a few days to get back on line. The build will continue, but it'll be a month at least. Lots of stuff to take care of, and my shop at home needs some major clearing out. Thanks for all the kind words on the project, it's appreciated

 

[Chrisisall]

Have a great, safe trip, Rob!!

 

[Tiberius Kirk]

Looking forward to your return!

 

[dmb454]

Never too late to say 'awesome'. Appreciate your creativity!

 

[robn1]

Thanks! I'll have an update in a few days.

 

[robn1]

Progress on the P1 master. I stripped off the paint, re primed, and made new masks for the cut outs. these are sized correctly.

Then gave it a few more coats of filler primer.

A light sanding, then some finish primer.

I'll give it a top coat of Tamiya spray then the new mold will be made, possibly tomorrow.

 

[robn1]

Peeled off the masking, then cleaned up the edges. The sight has been cleaned up here, but the wheel slot still has a raised ridge to be removed.

The mask also left a rough edge on the inner edge of the recess which was sanded.

I used an emery board to sand the upper ridge, and a small sanding pad to smooth the inner edge. It's just thin styrene with sand paper attached.

Wheel slot cleaned up.

And a final coat of Tamiya spray.

The recessed markings are much better than the first time, sized correctly and cleaner. It's ready to mold tomorrow.

 

[Engelnicht]

Looking great, Rob! I'm glad to see you're back on this!

 

[KUROK]

That Tamiya spray is magical isn't it?

Sweet work!

 

[robn1]

Welp, no mold yet. I spent most of the day just cleaning up, so I'll have enough room on the table to make the mold box. That's done, and the mold release is applied. I'll let it dry overnight, to be certain it's ready. I'll make the mold sometime today.

 

[robn1]

I got the mold made. I tried Smooth-On's Mold Star, the lower viscosity makes it easier to mix. But it also made it tough to do a brush up mold, it just runs down too much. I couldn't get the mold thick enough.

So I went back to Smooth-Sil, I made a stir stick from 1/8in aluminum which made the mixing easier. New mold done.

The extra primer coats added to create the cut out guides bulked it up a bit. Not enough to really matter, but just enough to make it a bit larger than the bottom. So I'll add some extra primer to the bottom to make it match, then remold it as well. I took this as an opportunity to redo the emitter hole which was a bit off center. I filled it in and redrilled.

It still needs some more primer coats, but it's almost done.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

You have NO idea how badly I wish one of those were mine! The ultimate TOS phaser kit!