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Another beautiful comm Steve.
Joe
Another beautiful comm Steve.
Joe
Test fitting the stopwatch.
All metal is cleaned up and top shell is glued into place. This shot really demonstrates how tight the Pull is on the shell! The 8 year old in me is very pleased!! Will be installing the stopwatch and Moire this weekend.
Last edited by pielock373; Mar 12, 2015 at 8:49 PM.
Last edited by pielock373; Mar 13, 2015 at 4:35 AM.
A thing of beauty for sure....
Love it. How many heroes does this make for you now Steve?
Joe
This is the 8thJFB64 said:
steve
What I do is cut the silver solder into 1/16th " lengths and lay them placed 1/4 " apart on the inside edge of the lid/frame connection. Then dowse it with liquid resin, then heat with a micro-torch from the outside and the solder just liquified right in!norbauer said:
Steve
What kind of solder did you use?
Very clever way of soldering the lid! It does look extremely clean.
Here is the product that I use, for $10 you get the solder and the liquid flux in a neat kit. Also here is the micro torch I use.
I see Scotty went off on a bender and lost his wallet.
I'll tell him you are keeping it safe for him!
Hey Steve, where did you get that solder?
At my local hobby store but you can get it on line to. Stay Brite silver solder in google it will come right up.JFB64 said:
The spacer in place.
Moire before the trimming.
Moire trimmed.
Finished moire.
Video:
http://vid249.photobucket.com/albums...psfn97xmbc.mp4
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Next is the stem winder...
That is really cool.
Joe
Here is a nice compare set of shots between the first hero I ever made using a john long kit and my latest scratch build. Notice the moire is blurred because I didn't use a spacer and the two elements are not close. This really illustrates the need for the spacer! It's a night and day difference.
Scratch build on the bottom.
Scratch build on the top.
You scratch is clearly more precise!
That is the worst communicator replica I've ever seen. To save you from the stigma of social embarrassment, you should pack it up and send it to me.pielock373 said:
Okay, seriously, that is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship that clearly out-shines any of the hero props used for the series (not that I'm telling you anything you don't already know). Now that you have a tricorder and (apparently) a number of communicators, is there a Type 2 hand phaser in your future?
