DudeManGuy1019
Active Member
Just wanted to share my most recent build--the detonator "stick" from the finale of Speed, one of my all time favorite 90s action movies.
I think this may be the only replica of this particular prop, and it was fun figuring it out. It was a good mix of found items and stuff that I needed to fabricate myself.
The base of this is an old Campbell Hausfeld spray gun, cut down and with the paint removed.
Thankfully most of the greeblies were still readily available, including some aluminum chunks, an aluminum project box and some fresnel lenses off digikey. If anyone is interested I can drop a more detailed parts list. Frustratingly, the box at the base of the detonator didn't match up to anything I could find, so I had to learn the ways of sheet metal. Fun fact: 1/16" aluminum can be cut with a hobby knife! Way easier than when I used to try to cut it with a Sawzall
Not pictured are the electronics, two LEDs running off of a battery pack borrowed from a cheap flashlight. The wires run from the enclosure on the side, up to the switch on the top, and then down to the two LEDs behind the red fresnel lenses. The green lights are just dummies, as they are only seen operating in "safe" mode. Here is me learning how electricity works!
Ultimately it was a very fun build! It taught me a few new skills, and gave me an excuse to buy a few new tools (and after all, isn't that what it's all about?)
Let me know if you have any questions, I'd be happy to elaborate further.
I think this may be the only replica of this particular prop, and it was fun figuring it out. It was a good mix of found items and stuff that I needed to fabricate myself.
The base of this is an old Campbell Hausfeld spray gun, cut down and with the paint removed.
Thankfully most of the greeblies were still readily available, including some aluminum chunks, an aluminum project box and some fresnel lenses off digikey. If anyone is interested I can drop a more detailed parts list. Frustratingly, the box at the base of the detonator didn't match up to anything I could find, so I had to learn the ways of sheet metal. Fun fact: 1/16" aluminum can be cut with a hobby knife! Way easier than when I used to try to cut it with a Sawzall
Not pictured are the electronics, two LEDs running off of a battery pack borrowed from a cheap flashlight. The wires run from the enclosure on the side, up to the switch on the top, and then down to the two LEDs behind the red fresnel lenses. The green lights are just dummies, as they are only seen operating in "safe" mode. Here is me learning how electricity works!
Let me know if you have any questions, I'd be happy to elaborate further.
