many moons ago, in the late 70s, and before everyone figured out that there was a lot more money to be made from selling toys and props, i was a frustrated uber-fan of trek. of course i'm referring to TOS as TNG, DS9, voyager [gag] and so forth hadn't come on the scene yet. i wanted my own phasers, communcators, and such. and so, i had to make them. some of my early attempts were pretty poor; mostly based on still images from books like "the making of star trek".
i was beside myself when "the starfleet technical manual" was published. please keep in mind that these paper-craft have been through the proverbial mill. they've survived my playing with them, at least a couple of halloween costumes, more moves than i care to count, AND my son. they're a little worse for the wear, as they say.
just wanted to share these with everyone. i used thin cardboard, elmers glue, paper, velco, model paint and little else.
here, after making a short story long, is the type one phaser, including a working dial and display for the power setting.
cheers,
michael
i was beside myself when "the starfleet technical manual" was published. please keep in mind that these paper-craft have been through the proverbial mill. they've survived my playing with them, at least a couple of halloween costumes, more moves than i care to count, AND my son. they're a little worse for the wear, as they say.
just wanted to share these with everyone. i used thin cardboard, elmers glue, paper, velco, model paint and little else.
here, after making a short story long, is the type one phaser, including a working dial and display for the power setting.
cheers,
michael
