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Boomerang Phaser

14 March 2010 - 11:59 AM

These Playmates phasers really don't look too shabby when they are painted with the correct colors (according to rodd.com).  I also redid the power meter using green Scotch plastic tape.






Star Trek (2009) Phaser

01 March 2010 - 09:20 PM

Hey guys. Here's a quickie project I was working on in some of my spare time. I always hated the Playmates phaser from the new movie. I finally got around to repainting it and here are the results. Everything works the same, it just looks nicer now cool.gif




Playmates First Contact Phaser Repaint

10 February 2010 - 07:33 PM

I've been trying to find an affordable Master Replicas First Contact phaser for a while now but haven't had any luck. I keep getting sniped right at the end on eBay. I've had this Playmates phaser hanging around for a while and thought I'd try a repaint. I wish I was in on the board room meeting when Playmates made this phaser ...

"Hey Bob, I know the phaser is dark gray and has a red trigger button in the movie but I'm in a powder blue and silver mood today ..."

"That sounds perfect, Bill!"

(all pics but final ones are from my iPhone ... sorry!)

I decided to tear into it to see what I was working with. I figured the more pieces I could get the easier it would be. I unscrewed the bottom shell to reveal the electronics. I also removed the small piece on the underside of the emitter to reveal the light bulb.



The first thing I see is the speaker. Nothing was holding it in and I was able to remove it easily. I later discovered that is supposed to be attached to the lower shell be a few screws. It must've come loose over the years. I also popped out the light bulb very easily.
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Next I popped out the light bulb electronics. They were attached to those two round pegs near the emitter. It just slid off the pegs easy peezy. I also removed the button electronics. The little box was attached with two screws. When it popped out it revealed all buttons that just come out, too.



Next I unscrewed the battery pack and it just slid right out. The last thing that was physically attached to the phaser body was the power bar electronics. It had two screws and I was able to pop it out without a problem.


Here's all the electronics removed. They are all attached and one big piece. I handled with care since I have no idea how to solder thing back together again laugh.gif



Here's the pieces that are left over that can be painted. I decided to only paint the phaser body and the smaller shell. The other pieces were already black and looked ok. I figured if in ain't broke don't fix it. cool.gif I also left the white buttons alone.



Next I primed the shells and trigger button. I used Duplicolor primer. When dry and painted the trigger button red with Testors red enamel paint (a few coats). Then I painted the shells with Plasticote medium charcoal gray (code 1004) and wet sanded between coats. Not sure if it's the exact color used, but it looks pretty good to me. All painted pieces where then set aside for the majority of the day to dry nicely.

Nemesis Phaser / Stapleton Productions

31 January 2010 - 10:56 AM

After my successful TNG Dustbuster build I decided to get started right away on another one. I chose Stapleton's Nemesis phaser that has the cowling the pulls forward to expose the phaser coils.

Posts 1-4 were all written as I was working on it last week.

Materials used so far (I'll add as I use it)...
Duplicolor gray sandable primer
JB Quick Weld
300, 400 and 600 grit sandpaper
black packing foam
blue painter's masking tape
Bondo glazing putty
Duplicolor Medium Charcoal Metallic spray paint (DSFM225 paintcode)
Duplicolor clear coat

Here's what it should look like when it's done (minus the electronics). This is a pic of FHC's Nemesis phaser.



This is how the kit looks before assembly.



When the kit arrived the first thing I noticed was a giant sprue on the end of the handle. I didn't have a dremel or a file so I just attacked it with some 300 grit sandpaper.




Next I started to get the pieces ready for priming. I masked off all the metal areas and filled the holes with little pieces of foam.




TNG Dustbuster Phaser

01 January 2010 - 03:21 PM

I've been on a quest to buy a TNG Dustbuster phaser for quite some time and have been unsuccessful. This is my my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE phaser from the Star Trek universe. Although I would have loved to buy the built hero version it doesn't look like it's going to be available for quite some time.

That's why I finally decided to buy the prop kit from Roddenberry.com and I'm scared to death to try to build it my self, LOL!! It'll be a pretty expensive OOPS if I screw it up! It'll be a static build, no electronics. I think I'll do ok since I'm pretty decent with a can of spray paint and tape and I can follow instructions. I'm going to take pictures of my progress and will post as I go along.

I do have a question for any of you prop builders out there. I'm having trouble finding Krylon brand spray paint in Stone Gray, which was the original color (actually it was Dove Gray , but it's no long in production). Can anyone suggest a similar color in another brand that I could use. I want to get it as close as I can.

Here's a PDF of the instructions if anyone wants to take a gander.

http://www.roddenber..... Assembly.pdf

Wish me luck!


Erik