Eric Ardros
Sr Member
Hey all, I was going through what screencaps and other reference pics I have of the style of Desktop Viewer used on TNG, and decided I was finally going to start planning out a scratch-build of this rarely-seen item.
As far as I know, there was only two versions; the black one we see in Picard's ready room and the beige/tan one seen in Dr. Crusher and Troi's offices. I'm thinking I'd like to do up one of each colour seen aboard the Ent-D.
I've more or less finalized the 1:1 scale templates I'll be working from to scratch-build my own TNG Desktop Viewer:
I apologize for the graininess of the pics. The camera kept slightly blurring whatever I was trying to take a pic of, for whatever reason
Anyway, I plan on using 1/8" sheet styrene for the majority of the build, and employ some of the same techniques and components that someone on another prop forum did on a couple kit builds a little while ago.
Waiting on some funds to come in for much-need supplies, at which time I will purchase all the materials I need to get this build started :cool
As far as I know, there was only two versions; the black one we see in Picard's ready room and the beige/tan one seen in Dr. Crusher and Troi's offices. I'm thinking I'd like to do up one of each colour seen aboard the Ent-D.
I've more or less finalized the 1:1 scale templates I'll be working from to scratch-build my own TNG Desktop Viewer:
I apologize for the graininess of the pics. The camera kept slightly blurring whatever I was trying to take a pic of, for whatever reason
Anyway, I plan on using 1/8" sheet styrene for the majority of the build, and employ some of the same techniques and components that someone on another prop forum did on a couple kit builds a little while ago.
Waiting on some funds to come in for much-need supplies, at which time I will purchase all the materials I need to get this build started :cool