Making a Star Trek Alpha Hero Communicator

Thank you all for your very kind words of encouragement! It was a very satisfying build, it has been in my hand all day LOL!

Steve P
 
pielock373 said:
Thank you all for your very kind words of encouragement! It was a very satisfying build, it has been in my hand all day LOL!

Steve P
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It's fun keeping a comm around. When I'm working, I even have my comm nearby and I pick it up all the time haha! Helps me think maybe.
 
I'm still kind of in shock. You just started this thread like a week ago, and you have a scratch built hero comm that doesn't look like some cobbled paper mache hack job...probably would have taken you longer to do a paper mache hack job.
It's actually a ringer for the real deal. Amazing. Mark English would be pissed.
 
quarryman said:
I'm still kind of in shock. You just started this thread like a week ago, and you have a scratch built hero comm that doesn't look like some cobbled paper mache hack job...probably would have taken you longer to do a paper mache hack job.
It's actually a ringer for the real deal. Amazing. Mark English would be pissed.
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its 53 years of pent up Star Trek Prop fury! LOL!! All kidding aside, it's a labor of love, I just wanted it get it right. The stop watch design that Wah did is just genius. It left a generation captivated. I showed it off at work today, people were taking pictures and texting others.

Steve

 
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Steve, that is absolutely beautiful. And you did a really great job sharpening and restoring that buck. Beautiful work as always.

Steve (JM)
 
Hi Steve

I am currently waiting for some more Kydex to be shipped to make a few more of these shells. Thinking about making a few smoothy's as well.

Steve P
 
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Best comm I've ever seen. /not an expert

Out of curiosity (& sorry if it's been covered & I missed it), what does the watch mechanism do, & if it's a visual effect, any chances you could post a vid of it working?
 
bill313 said:
The pulls for those shells are really nice. Did you build your own vac table?
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Yes, I built it last summer. I use a vacuum pump and tank, not a vacuum cleaner like most, it's the only way to get nice tight pulls. Jfb64 was
great help and my vacuum forming mentor!!


early construction photo.


Hand made, formed aluminum vacuum tables.



And finished
 
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It was my great honour to see this communicator in person today, as well as the hand phaser. Just awesome work, meticulously crafted. Thanks, Steve!
 
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