Nascence
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Here is an image ( above ) of my “higher end” static, non-electronics PHASER II pistol collection.
Upper Left
Solid, 100% infill, 3D printed full hero PHASER II pistol with ALL hero machined aluminium and brass parts.
Hand brush painted top coat.
Aluminium emitter nozzle has center rotating collar. An unusual feature, the top rear power control dial rotates from the actual printed metal 0-10 numbered ring, instead of from very the top black dial/knob ( thought that was a neat, cool and unusual working of this dial )!
Has Removable, small hand PHASER I ( NO raising targeting sight/heat aspirating grille ) with all aluminium and brass parts.
Small PHASER I is held, in place, by medium sized, but VERY strong neodymium magnets on the bottom rear of the small hand PHASER I and the rear of the P1 seat surface of the PHASER II pistol body.
Fairly heavyweighted prop replica.
Lower Left
Matching color Ron L. Shanko fibreglas ( believe to be his vers. 3 shells kit ) shells, mid-grade PHASER II pistol
Built by the same model builder/maker of the above hero version PHASER II pistol.
Made as a companion colored version of his above hero PHASER II pistol version!
A close match to a more “standard-looking mid-grade with just mild/minimum looking “wear/weathering.
Has all proper mid-grade machined aluminium and brass parts, with the exception of shorter, machined, mid-grade looking rear heat fins ( produced/machined by Jon Paul Lussier ). No moving parts.
The small, hand PHASER I has silver painted striped velcro on side of the PI ( velcro is velcro. Do not really care if it is period style velcro, or not. ). Velcro shape has been cut to be a uniform shape and does NOT follow the shape/contour/side profile of the small PHASER I.
Paint primer-ed and hand brushed final top paint coat.
The actual weight of a real, onscreen TV show prop version must have felt like. Fairly heavy, substantial feeling prop replica.
Lower Right
100% solid resin mid-grade PHASER II pistol.
Made from castings, from custom made moulds, by a PHASER enthusiast/expert/fan, that went by the name, PhaserFetish, that made their own moulds from meticulously measuring a set of casted fibreglas parts from an actual Ron L. Shanko fibreglas PHASER II pistol kit or the actual RLS PHASER II kit moulds ( not sure which and not sure which RLS mould/kit version ).
Awesome and very close, very accurate build, despite the fully aluminium painted rear heat fins.
All accurate mid-grade machined aluminium and brass parts.
No velcro on the small, hand PHASER I ( which I rather prefer ).
No moving parts, with the exception of a manually adjustable length clear, acrylic beam emitter.
Hand brushed primer-d and final top hand brushed coat painted.
Dark bronze painted handle/grip ( looks fine to me, but admittedly, could be a little lighter, in color ) is held together both by glue and screwed into place, by a long screw, ( screw into handle approx. 1/3 the way down into the handle/grip ) installed by drilling clearance hole into the P2 body PI seat surface, at an angle approx. to1/3 the length down into the handle/grip.
Clearance hole is countersunk, on the PI seat surface of the P2 body, to allow flush or below surface seating of the screw head.
PHASER II resin body needs to have more rounded over, sanded edges. The cast resin edges, while, obviously, somewhat rounded mould/casting edges, still need to have more prominent, softer, rounded over body edges.
Otherwise, a very good mid-grade PHASER II pistol finished build!
This solid resin version is the heaviest weighted prop model/replica of the bunch!
Upper Right
A, somewhat, normal, “standard”, lightweight, 3D printed PHASER II pistol hybrid “mostly” hero, but some “mid-grade-like” details/features.
This 3D print has been heavily worked over to nearly eliminate all common low to medium 3D print resolution print filament layer lines/layer stratification.
Primer’d and top coat hand painted.
Has about 85% machined aluminium and brass parts.
Machined aluminium emitter nozzle has center rotating collar.
Missing machined parts? P2 body Side dial and rear heat fins. PI side rails.
Mid-grade-like details are aluminium, blank top rear dial indicator ring. No raised detail on top rear surface of the main P2 body.
3D printed and aluminium painted hero style rear heat fins have been trimmed down slightly below flush, all around, of surrounding surfaces to approximate the look of the mid-grade PHASER II pistol fins ( which, IMO, probably, in that time, should have been done, in some cheaper method, maybe, perhaps back then, had made/cut fins from sheet chipboard/cardboard ( like from backs of pads of paper), sheet styrene plastic/balsa or basswood fins, glued onto the surface of the P2 body castings, to look more like this model/prop replica, to more accurately look more like the hero version fins. I always wonder why the prop makers, on the show, never thought of this, to make the rear fins, on the mid-grade style PHASERs more accurate to the hero versions.
3D printed small PHASER I aluminium painted side rails/side fins.
Fairly lightweight, but metal additions give this 3D printed model/prop replica, a little more “weighty-ness” feel to it.
Good, lightweight prop replica model for cosplay use!
All of my PHASER II pistols have small PHASER 1 with a heat aspiration plate/targeting sight cover made from a thin sheet of aluminium with some having a custom embossed surface texture on them.
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