TOS props- close up!

[gomtuu20]

I recently got a chance to take some pics of screen used props that were on display at the Children's Discovery Museum in Indianapolis. It has always been kind of a dream of mine to get a good look at this props.
I'll soon set up another thread (probably in general discussion) of props and costumes from several of the series, but here are some of my favorite props. I wish they had a type 2 phaser, but these were awesome!

I love that this model still exists. It appeared in the background outside the window of the space station commander's office. And it still has that droopy nacelle. AMT model?

 

[Phaser Two]

Great pics. Thanks!

 

[Maurice]

I've never seen AMT nacelles droop like that! I wonder if they broke the U-shaped tabs that held the pylons in place in those early kits and just glued them in minus that support, and glue not being 100% rigid has allowed gravity to do that.

 

[Galileo7]

Amazing!

 

[urbandefault]

I've never seen AMT nacelles droop like that! I wonder if they broke the U-shaped tabs that held the pylons in place in those early kits and just glued them in minus that support, and glue not being 100% rigid has allowed gravity to do that.

My friends and I built a bunch of those in the early 70s and could never get the nacelles to sit right.

 

[Dukhat]

Is that Enterprise model from "The Trouble With Tribbles?"

*edit - never mind, it says that right on the placard underneath the model.

 

[gomtuu20]

Amazing!

Thank you

 

[gomtuu20]

I've always noticed when watching Tribbles that the nacelle always looked like it was drooping. Now I know why - it was!

 

[Thanos007]

Thanks for the awesome picks!

 

[JcarlA]

Beautiful pictures, thanks heaps. I'm wondering though how each prop is attached to the rod behind it? What process is used so the prop doesn't get damaged or disfigured?. I'm looking for options for displaying my props.

 

[Redfern]

Beautiful pictures, thanks heaps. I'm wondering though how each prop is attached to the rod behind it? What process is used so the prop doesn't get damaged or disfigured?. I'm looking for options for displaying my props.

In the case (bad pun) of McCoy's scanner and the pocket phaser, one can see a fine wire wrapped around the item and attached to the support rod. The others? I can't readily spot an equivalent wire, so I can't say with any assurance.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

gomtuu20, thanks for the photos. Even though many of the props have suffered from age, its still easy to see how much thought went into the design and construction of the props to make TOS' world feel real.

 

[Kor]

In the case (bad pun) of McCoy's scanner and the pocket phaser, one can see a fine wire wrapped around the item and attached to the support rod. The others? I can't readily spot an equivalent wire, so I can't say with any assurance.

It's visible on the hypospray as well.

I've always loved these props. They fit in well with the real-life modernist design aesthetic of the period in which the show was made. I find this look to be more enduring than the Trek stuff from the 80s and 90s.

Kor

 

[ALF]

Love how gnarly and beat up these props look up close. Is that straw hat material where the tricorder speaker is?
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Redfern]

It's visible on the hypospray as well.

Ah, yes, I see them now, at both ends of the main cylinder. Heh, "forest for the trees" and all that rot.

 

[Kor]

Love how gnarly and beat up these props look up close. Is that straw hat material where the tricorder speaker is?
Thanks for sharing.

Possibly the grill cloth that was typically used on the faces of stereo speakers of the 60s and 70s?

Kor

 

[Redfern]

HeroComm provides reasonable evidence the grilles came certain models of transistor radios.

Here's the page in question...

http://herocomm.com/PartsAndPlans/MicGrill.htm

 

[Kor]

HeroComm provides reasonable evidence the grilles came certain models of transistor radios.

Here's the page in question...

http://herocomm.com/PartsAndPlans/MicGrill.htm

Well, that's actually the communicator, not the tricorder.

Kor

 

[Redfern]

Oops! Sorry, I missed the qualifying noun.

Given Wah Chang designed both the comm' and the tricorder (the production run phaser was Jefferies' concept), he did try to maintain a certain unifying motif between the field gear props. Here's the "sub-page" about the tricorder, but it is nowhere near as comprehensive as the communicator pages.

http://herocomm.com/SurvivingProps/Tricorders.htm

The unit in the museum is apparently not one of the "hero" props as it seemingly has simple "push pins" instead of the craft jewel "indicators", so it's quite possible the grille is indeed "straw matting". The museum prop is referenced on the page linked.

 

[Maurice]

Well, that's actually the communicator, not the tricorder.

Kor

Both were built by Wah Ming Chang so it wouldn’t be surprising if the same material was used.