Hero Phaser Scratchbuild

[Chrisisall]

Has Woody approved of this-?

 

[robn1]

I guess we'll find out, hope so!

 

[djbigdaddy816]

Nice work keep the pics coming!!

 

[robn1]

Sorry to leave everyone hanging. I had to redo the P1 bucks. The Bladerunner saw does a terrible job of making square cuts, and the disc sander was no help either in squaring up the cuts. The sander was fine for shaping, but the miter gauge on both are crap. I cut new pieces with a miter saw, much better

The P1 is much taller than you may think

Actually I gave each half extra room to work with, the final parts will be cut down.

Here you can see the front bottom part pre cut. By doing this I can shape both parts together, getting the shape and size even, and not worry about cutting the front off afterword.

I started to round over the corners with a sanding drum in my Dremel, then the battery gave out. I'll charge it overnight and continue tomorrow.

 

[Tiberius Kirk]

Nice work.

 

[Chrisisall]

Great plans. You draw them yourself?

 

[robn1]

The plans are from sunking69, they're available on the TPZ. I've made alterations to them based on the measurements I got.

 

[Chrisisall]

Thanks!

 

[robn1]

Shaping and sanding done. Here you see the separate parts.

They were taped together for shaping. This kept everything even, so the parts will line up with each other.

Now I have to seal it, lots of shellac and more sanding.

 

[Engelnicht]

This is a wonderful build! I'm glad I stumbled across it!

 

[robn1]

I made the emitter hump from some scrap wood. Filed/sanded it to shape and glued it to the body front.

Filled in around the seam with Bondo red putty.

And first primer coat. I went kinda heavy on the emitter to help blend it in.

 

[Chrisisall]

Flawless work my friend.

 

[Spence]

Looks superb.

 

[E-Wan]

Your Bondo work is particularly inspiring! That phaser would be a red blob in my hands.

 

[robn1]

Thanks guys.

 

[robn1]

Happy with the P1 masters, I drilled out the mounting points for the details. Just slight depressions to marks the parts. I also drew out the location for the sight and thumb wheel.

Using an old hard drive adapter as a cutting surface, I laid down two layers of masking tape and drew out the sight and thumb wheel.

I cut them out and placed them on the master. A scrap piece placed on the side helped keep them aligned.

I applied two coats of Duplicolor filler primer, then removed the masks. This leaves recesses to mark the cut outs for the final parts.

 

[Tiberius Kirk]

Can't wait to see what's next!

 

[Chrisisall]

Lookeen goot!

 

[nwjedidave]

Please continue with the fantastic updates!

 

[robn1]

Can't wait to see what's next!

Molding! Thanks guys.