Cristar Attevan
Member
Hey, guys... I just wanted to share with you a very minor mod I did to the Think Geek Star Trek TOS Door Chime/Intercom Panel.
I got it from Think Geek about a week ago, and I thought it was pretty good. But of course, after about 5 minutes, it was already taken apart. The one thing that bothered me was the gold plastic grille where the speaker is. I thought I could cut it out and use some of the TOS-style grille cloth to replace it. So I did just that. Got out the Dremel and cut out the window for the grille. Got a piece of Fender grille cloth, and lightly painted it gold, as to retain the color of the original plastic piece that was there. I took a thin sheet of plexi and drilled holes for the sound to escape, and glued that to the back of the grille cloth. (It wasn't rigid enough on its own; it needed some sort of backing.
The other thing I wasn't too crazy about was the sky blue housing around the speaker. While the shiny red main housing looks pretty good, that pale blue just looked too plastic to me. So I used a rattle can of Duplicolor blue metallic to cover that up. Again, I wanted to maintain something of the original color scheme, so I stuck with blue, but just not as light.
Got everything together, and there you have it. I've included a few pics. Thank you for looking! :thumbsup
First is the original version: (Image © Think Geek)
Here's a full shot:
And a couple of close-ups to see the gold grille and paint. The blue isn't quite that saturated in reality; it's a bit more subdued. The photos aren't completely accurate insofar as that.
I got it from Think Geek about a week ago, and I thought it was pretty good. But of course, after about 5 minutes, it was already taken apart. The one thing that bothered me was the gold plastic grille where the speaker is. I thought I could cut it out and use some of the TOS-style grille cloth to replace it. So I did just that. Got out the Dremel and cut out the window for the grille. Got a piece of Fender grille cloth, and lightly painted it gold, as to retain the color of the original plastic piece that was there. I took a thin sheet of plexi and drilled holes for the sound to escape, and glued that to the back of the grille cloth. (It wasn't rigid enough on its own; it needed some sort of backing.
The other thing I wasn't too crazy about was the sky blue housing around the speaker. While the shiny red main housing looks pretty good, that pale blue just looked too plastic to me. So I used a rattle can of Duplicolor blue metallic to cover that up. Again, I wanted to maintain something of the original color scheme, so I stuck with blue, but just not as light.
Got everything together, and there you have it. I've included a few pics. Thank you for looking! :thumbsup
First is the original version: (Image © Think Geek)
Here's a full shot:
And a couple of close-ups to see the gold grille and paint. The blue isn't quite that saturated in reality; it's a bit more subdued. The photos aren't completely accurate insofar as that.