need Trek TOS med scanner info. building

does anyone have or can point me to a scaled pic of Dr Mcoys little med scanner.

john :cool

 

Are you interested in screen caps?

 

yea post screen caps.. I had thought about getting the playmates one.. but didnt know how accurate in size it was..

 

try here
http://p082.ezboard.com/fpropreplicasfrm6....picID=633.topic

I did a tutorial for one it is at the back of the thread

charlie
sorry the thread appears to be archived or gone try contacting the admin

 

Here are a couple from the episode "The Apple" if I'm not mistaken:




Here is one I picked up on ebay a few months ago. I believe it is one of PhaserOnStun's builds.



I will post a comparison of the Playmates and PhaserOnStun's build tomorrow.

 

yep i am playing with a Playmates now.

it is larger and a lot longer. :thumbsdown

for an example, it big enough to use two AAA bateries in the black section.

i was wondwering about using the soundboard in a correct size model.

its sad that someone has not made a static kit to sell .. :angel

john :cool

 

Here is a comparison between what looks to me like an exact replica and Playmates scanner.

 

does anyone know of anybody that sell kits of these. :angel

john :cool

 

Roddenberry.com has the whole medical kit and it looks very nice.

 

here is a pic of my prototype i built this week.

the is a rough test piece with a smooth body so far.

i scaled it from the pick of the Playmates next to the correct size.

i did get all the electronics from the playmate scanner inside.

i had to go to 3 button batteries at 4.5 volts to have the ampherage of the original 2 aaa's at 3 volts.
also a 1" speaker in the bottom.

but it all fit

and sounds loud.

i have three flashing diodes i am going to add to the acrylic part for flashies since the motor idea is on hold till i find one small enough.

john :cool

 

Cute. That almost looks like a 35mm film canister.

Jay

p.s. What is the transparent top? Do you remember sending me a section of a transparent crystal/glass tube for use in a 'V' pistol I was building at the time? If you still have some, that stuff looks really amazing when lit. It might make an acceptable alternative to a spinning inner tube.

 

Hey nice work John.



screenused prop, from Profiles in History auction


Scuttlebutt says that the clear top part, is an old prescription pill bottle. The grip is (or is a casting of) a screwdriver grip (in rubber).

Here's an old old kit I picked up years back, once sold by New Eye Studio...



It's the one in pieces... the built one in that shot is my HMS from Rodd.com.



- k

 

thanks guys,

that one is to test parts fit.

this is the untrimmed body i will put the parts into.

i covered it with thin leatherette {sp} to copy the tric covering look.

i am waitting to check my sizess before cutting it.


john :cool

phase pistol

ya wanna sell that old dirty messy dusty looking kit. :angel

Jay,
great idea . i could put the smaller quartz tube in the acrylic tube and the blinkys inside that.

the colors should look great. :thumbsup

 

Email sent

Jhusel

 

Dusty?. :angry

 

ok ,went too far. :angel

dont see no dust on it.

john :cool

 

Very well then. :sleep

You may go.

- k

 

thanks guys for the pic sent to me. they are what i need.

on to working with it some more.

john :cool

 

i made a funny discovery while reworking my scanner. :angel

the picture of a kit below was sent to me for reference. i dont know the maker.

whats funny is that the soundboard in it looks like the one out of the Playmates scanner.

wonder how many were scavaged for their boards. like the Playmates Phasers. :lol

john :cool

 

oops :angel

 

i have gotten this far with my home built med scanner.

it still needs a lot of cleaning up but i was checking fit and operation first.

i wanted to prove to myself i could get everything in a correct size unit with mostly found parts.

the spinning center is the top from a marker pen. it has a motor and a rheostat to set the speed.

the i used thin leather to cover it to match the Tric pattern .

jacked the volts up from 3v to 4.5v to use three smaller 357 , 1.5 v batteries

it also uses the sound board from the Playmate scanner with the speaker in the bottom.
:angel
more pics when i make it purty.

john :cool

 

Well done. :thumbsup

Don't care for the gold tones in the round sticker tho. Must be silvery holographic foil.

(and larger diameter too... it's actually an oval, not circle)

- k

 

I had a conversation with Bruce Wegman in the late 70"s and was told that the Med scanner used a 15/16" pill bottle.

 

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no problem buddy.

thats temp just to set the speed.

do you have a pic of what the real graphics should be.

i have the cap with the fruit but its spinning.

john :cool

 

Actually the Profiles catalog closeup I posted above, is probably the best shot I have. :rolleyes

The red/orange stripes on the sides are evident.

I've never examined a screenused prop so I can't say for sure, but it seems likely the "ovals" on the spinny part are silver, or a "holofoil" pattern. There is what I call the "diffraction grating" tricorder prop, which has some kind of foil disc in the moire ring. This could be similar material.



- k

 

thanks again,

how bout the color of the center tube.

john :cool

 

I love that screen cap, is it from Charlie X?

UFP

 

Some say on the original it was metal... on my HMS it's frosted plexi.

- k

 

Yup, Charlie X.

- k

 

old style blue tunic and Grace's hair. :thumbsup

john :cool.

 

You can also see a female in the background of that shot in a command tunic... seemed to be fewer of those as the seasons wore on... I can't recall seeing a female in a command uniform at all in the third season. :lol

- k