Star Trek MidGrade Phaser, Fiberglass, Kirk's Phaser Reproduction From. Featuring All Metal custom-turned Aluminum and Brass trims, fins are distressed and scribed into fiberglass. Painted and twisted to mimic the Screen-Seen prop that was CRUSHED by Khan in engineering while intimidating Captain Kirk. A historic title originating among nomadic tribes in the Central and Eastern Eurasian Steppe to refer to a chief or ruler. It first appears among the Rouran and then the Göktürks as a variant of khagan (sovereign, emperor). Spock identifies the vessel from its outer hull markings as the. It took several attempts to get.
This CRUSHED & TWISTED fiberglass Mid-Grade. Nominal 9 X 9 X 1 inch acrylic display plinth with photo, a displayer unique to this Kahn Phaser. The nozzle was manually machined after extensive study. Custom metal; side dial, top turn dial, thumbwheel segment with coined edge, trigger stud and solid brass release pin, were all crafted after direct consultations with old-timer-experts. ALL Fiberglass was under-painted with black epoxy paint, then finish painted after curing for one week, P1 is gloss black to match screen captures from the episode, further added was some light weathering and distressing, then lastly the clear coating was applied.
This was all done to achieve the correct layering and proper appearance. Fiberglass shells, turned acrylic emitter, acrylic half moon, vintage diamond crisp on P1, with all custom machined 6063-T5 (British HE6) aluminum alloy trims and a brass pin, this finished Phaser reproduction is a museum grade copy. Some Star Trek Prop History For Inquiring Minds. Most of these Prop Makers and Technicians have passed-on. Below are old-timer accounts of convention conversations before conventions were really a fad.
(all these are therefore 2nd hand stories). The persons quoted worked for; Desilu ®, NBC ®, Paramount ® & Gene.
And made all the metal prop parts for all three seasons of the show. Parts were made to order for each episode as in those times (the 1960's) as machining was done by hand and there was no advantage to making short runs (and no studio funding either).
Each episode had a specific budget. Speaking of budgets, Bob relied on his Star Trek friend. According to Bob there was no magic drum of Phaser Nozzles and every job was a mad-dash to meet the filming deadlines. Because parts were made only to order, parts varied quite a bit.
These variations can be seen in all the surviving examples of TOS hand props from Phaser to Communicators and Tricorders. Sometimes it was not that a new design was needed but rather that when one Wings it from a sketch, in a hurry using what is on-hand, you get an unintended-new-version of something (in the 1960's the TV audience never could see that). Robert Archer and Bob Stone worked closely together so when the show was canceled suddenly in season three, Robert Archer ended up with a nice collection of hand props. Made the molds for hand props. He also did all the casting and forming.
This included; Vacuum form bucks, Fiberglass molds and urethane molds. Again, according to him most work is done in the normal Hollywood maddening rush. He shared with his convention friends that there were many molds made from molds when the production schedule demanded this. He also shared that when the show ended he rescued the molds from being discarded by putting them in his garage. 1919 was the director of special effects for the show.
He handled and repaired many of the props on-set. When the show was canceled in season three he rescued many hand props and even some models from the scrap heap.
Dick Ruben, Prop & Art Assistant on the show, got his Set-Used Klingon disruptor from James. Ruggs held on to his rather large Star Trek collection for many years. It is widely known that Greg Jein got his Holy-Grail Hero Phaser from James. In closing a nod to.
A prop technician, who reported that he repaired some hand props hundreds of times as they were often damaged during filming. He had also shared that the fiberglass Mid-Grade's, and some other props often used basswood strips between the seams to establish uniform dimensions.
Watch some YouTube Star Trek TOS bloopers to see what he was talking about when it comes to repairs and hand props flying apart. Scott installs explosives at the end of the service crawlway that will permit Spock to jettison the pod if Scott ruptures the magnetic bottle. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Science Fiction & Horror\Star Trek Collectibles\Other Star Trek Collectibles".
The seller is "susannetrek" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Convention/Event: New York Comic Con
- Brand: jonpaultrek2012
- Type: Phaser
- Character: Captain Kirk
- Signed: No
- Series/Movie: The Original Series
- Featured Refinements: Star Trek Phaser
- Genre: Science Fiction & Horror
- Franchise: Star Trek
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Modified Item: No
- Vintage: No