Lost Sat phone

[renaissance_man]

Having just re-watched Season 4 of Lost on DVD, I decided I would like my own Lost style Sat-phone.

Here is the cardboard study model I made to ensure I had the dimensions right.

Then I went onto draw up the plans in Corel, which lead to the first pieces of styrene being cut. (appologies about the lighting in the picture, it was taken under artificial light)

More progress shots to come.
I'm deepening the body, with more layers of styrene. And trying to figure out a way to get the clear piece for the top right hand corner for the LED to light up.

Anybody got any ideas about the metal speaker part at the top. Reminds me of a part off a childs toy phone, or it may be a custom piece. Either polished metal or a chromed piece of plastic.

 

[Ramiel]

Ohhh... I'll watch your progresses with interest!:thumbsup

 

[Mechamaniac]

Wicked cool.

It'd be really cool if an Iphone or similar touch screen phone could be inserted into the shell.

 

[Megamicrofish]

This is the base phone they used

 

[vengecore]

NEAT! are you going to include the magical batteries that never expire!?

 

[renaissance_man]

Megamicrofish, I managed to get some good measurements of one of those Sat phones, which was the basis for the dimensions of mine.

Mechamaniac, the problem with the i-phone or i-pod touch is they're too wide and not long enough. Mine will be hollow so I'm thinking a static backlit graphic will be what I will go for with my phone.

Vengecore, the phone will be powered by the smoke monster, just need to push the right hierogliphics and he'll be ready to power the phone!

Still not sure what this piece is.

I've sized it up to be about 2.4cm in diameter at it's widest point, and then tapering down to about 8mm-1cm in the centre. But not sure what it's made of, or if its a found piece.
Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Mechamaniac]

Please tell me you're going to be offering kits....

 

[Ramiel]

Still not sure what this piece is.

I've sized it up to be about 2.4cm in diameter at it's widest point, and then tapering down to about 8mm-1cm in the centre. But not sure what it's made of, or if its a found piece.
Any ideas?

Thanks

A dollhouse pan?

 

[MaulWalker]

A flashlight reflecter with a shiny silver domed button in the bottom?

 

[vitacura]

Very cool! Look forward to your progress.

 

[prototype7]

for the earpeice, I just saw this gps system at walmart and the control button looks very similar... the one I saw was dull metal though, not exact but REALLY close!

go to this page and click on the pick to zoom way in!
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6487958

 

[renaissance_man]

Thanks. Un-less someone knows for sure where the actual piece on the prop came from, or where we can find an exact match, I think I may just have to try and scratch build it.
Good find though.
I'm still open to suggestions though.
More progress pics later today, or tomorrow.

for the earpeice, I just saw this gps system at walmart and the control button looks very similar... the one I saw was dull metal though, not exact but REALLY close!

go to this page and click on the pick to zoom way in!
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6487958

 

[renaissance_man]

I've been working on the indicator light that is in the upper right corner of the phone.
I thought about casting up a piece in clear urethane, but since I don't have any, I tried an alternative.
I used a 1cm diameter piece of acrylic rod, and used my dremel to start shaping it.

Here's the pretty much finished piece, some of the angles need shaping a little more, and the top curve needs to be shaped a bit more to fit the contour of the phone.

Once I glue it into the slot on the top of the phone, it can be shaped accordingly.

I also driled a hole for the LED, in the top profile side of the phone.

Today I'll try and get some more work done on the back of the phone, including the battery pack.

 

[renaissance_man]

I'm looking at ways to light the green LED in the phone. I would ideally like to use one of the small tactile switches you can get in electronics stores such as this: http://www.rapidonline.com/Electron...s/Miniature-tactile-switches/71703/kw/tactile
However they only have a momentary action. I would like to be able to push the button once to light the LED then press it again to switch off the LED. However I'm sure that requires an integrated circuit.
I looked at using one from an LED keyring, but I've been looking on ebay with no success so far.
I have an old keyring of this type but the button is only a momentary one, and once released the LED goes off.

Any other ideas on where to get such a circuit, or perhaps another option to light the LED?
Thanks

 

[renaissance_man]

I managed to find an LED keyring with the small IC inside, and fortunately they happened to be white LEDs in the keyring, so a quick test today, using a piece of opalescent white acrylic to diffuse the light gave great results.
As you can see even in daylight the backlighting has worked really well and all from just 1 white LED running off two of the thinnest coin cells I've ever seen.

I thought I would show the reflection of the light off the ceiling, otherwise as in the above picture it just becomes a case of white rectangle in a blackness.

 

[Ramiel]

Wow, looks good!

 

[Megamicrofish]

Looking really good, I wonder if it would be possible to rig up one of these screens inside one ?

 

[renaissance_man]

Which model Nokia phone is that? It looks more like it would fit inside the shell of the prop. I don't think I would have the expertise to try but it certainly looks more like it would fit than an ipod touch, which is too wide and too short for the Lost phone.

 

[Megamicrofish]

Which model Nokia phone is that? It looks more like it would fit inside the shell of the prop. I don't think I would have the expertise to try but it certainly looks more like it would fit than an ipod touch, which is too wide and too short for the Lost phone.

the phone is a Nokia 9500

 

[renaissance_man]

Would the Nokia 9500 Communicator playback video clips? Say for example if we made up a flash or small mpeg of the display screen? I dont really know the phone's capabilities, and was wondering if anyone owns one, would this be possible?
Just a thought at the moment.
I'm still proceeding with the backlit graphic at the moment, but its nice to have options.