I thought some of you might be interested in seeing how my modified Wand Company Sonic Screwdriver turned out.
The modifications to the wand sonic that I made were designed to turn the existing remote into a prop replica of Chris Eccleston's Sonic Screwdriver from Series 1 (which was also used by David Tennant in Series 2).
You can see a good pic of the original prop here
Basically what I did was have a bunch of aluminum Eccleston Sonic bodies machined by my shop.
(They Look like this)
Then I ordered one of these faux tac switch replacement parts from my shapeways site.
I then cut out a .25" piece of 3/4" copper pipe to work as the slider spacer.
I disassembled the Wand sonic, poping the aluminum collar off of the plastic body with a knife.
Then I ground down the little tab until it was about .5mm thick and then glued the new copper spacer on top of it.
I then pried apart the electronics casing and swapped out the old activation switch with my replacement part from shapeways. Once this was done, I cut the rubber push button and Steel plate off of a tac switch from Radio Shack and glued it onto my shapeways replacement part to simulate the look of the mounted tac switch of the original prop without having to do any wiring in the modification of the wand sonic.
I then painted the electronics casing black, and then when dry reassembled it all.
Finally I painted the 2 part crackle on the new body and spacer and slid everything into place.
All in all it was a pretty simple modification. But I think it really captures the look of the Series 1 Prop. The only thing I need to do it add a thin strip of blue plastic to the side of the prop and I'm done.
The modifications to the wand sonic that I made were designed to turn the existing remote into a prop replica of Chris Eccleston's Sonic Screwdriver from Series 1 (which was also used by David Tennant in Series 2).
You can see a good pic of the original prop here
Basically what I did was have a bunch of aluminum Eccleston Sonic bodies machined by my shop.
(They Look like this)
Then I ordered one of these faux tac switch replacement parts from my shapeways site.
I then cut out a .25" piece of 3/4" copper pipe to work as the slider spacer.
I disassembled the Wand sonic, poping the aluminum collar off of the plastic body with a knife.
Then I ground down the little tab until it was about .5mm thick and then glued the new copper spacer on top of it.
I then pried apart the electronics casing and swapped out the old activation switch with my replacement part from shapeways. Once this was done, I cut the rubber push button and Steel plate off of a tac switch from Radio Shack and glued it onto my shapeways replacement part to simulate the look of the mounted tac switch of the original prop without having to do any wiring in the modification of the wand sonic.
I then painted the electronics casing black, and then when dry reassembled it all.
Finally I painted the 2 part crackle on the new body and spacer and slid everything into place.
All in all it was a pretty simple modification. But I think it really captures the look of the Series 1 Prop. The only thing I need to do it add a thin strip of blue plastic to the side of the prop and I'm done.
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