PropTronics

Very exciting!

I've been sitting on the 23rd-century pistol garage kit for over 20 years. I've been working on multiple projects and ended up with extra metal phaser parts while working on a laser/phaser.
I decided to make the garage kit a black and white version of the Phaser and use the extra metal parts. I still need to do touch-up work. It's not the showcase piece I had hoped for, but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I added a small 5 mw red laser diode to the emitter tube. I have enclosed a rechargeable battery and a charging circuit in the handle, as well as a USB-C charging port on the bottom of the handle/grip. Under the P1 intensity-setting buttons, I installed charge-indicating LEDs. I crammed a soundboard in the P1 and a small speaker in the body of the P2.

LLAP, next..

Just finished with a DST laser/phaser upgrade. All metal parts from JPL for both the P1 and P2, and a 2 Watt blue laser. I changed from a red to a blue LED on the P1 and painted the P2 body Krylon shadow gray. I sealed up all of the screw holes and the demo slot on the side of the P1. I'm pleased with how this came out, a childhood dream come true. I need to do some minor touch-up; assembly tends to be hard on the paint.
The laser is powered by 2 16340 Li-ion batteries housed in the handle/grip, and the P1 is powered by its original batteries. The laser pulls 1.4 amps while in operation, and, yes, this laser will ignite things.
LLAP, on to the next...

JPL MoPop Museum scanner build.

Marco Tricorder Build.