Yeah, that makes sense
Coffee cups used in the briefing room (TOS)
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it also looks like paint brush marks around the mouth of the cup based on the photo you posted
This is awesome! And this is what’s cool, where we do a deep dive into styrofoam cups! The inner geek in me is delighted!Probably the most "We're talking on a Star Trek discussion site" thing ever !
gotta be painted with a 1 inch artist brush in water based paint
almost looks like silver paint
I always figured they were painted Styrofoam. They even sound like it when someone puts one down or grabs it out of the air (like Kirk did in WNMHGB).
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Lead was in oil based paint up till the late 70s. It isn't the reason the cup would dissolve-it's the solvents in oil paint (paint thinner) that will break down Styrofoam
Light coats of solvent spray paint could have been sprayed on carefully allowing the first to dry over night before spraying the second one (I have been painting and refinishing for 39 years now)
I guess these are the ones they used on the set:
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/dart-10j10-10-oz-white-foam-cup-pack/99910J10.html
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/dart-10j10-10-oz-white-foam-cup-pack/99910J10.html
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supposedly you can paint Styrofoam with acrylic. I'm about to test that this week on a couple of rc plane designs ive been working on with polystyrene, so I am curious about it, myself.
It is interesting the degree of effort they went to just for some blue cups with the black stripe. Its easy to forget, even the smallest props are sometimes a labor of love.
Except for the deadly spray bottle on Conscience of the King. That was just lame
It is interesting the degree of effort they went to just for some blue cups with the black stripe. Its easy to forget, even the smallest props are sometimes a labor of love.
Except for the deadly spray bottle on Conscience of the King. That was just lame
supposedly you can paint Styrofoam with acrylic. I'm about to test that this week on a couple of rc plane designs ive been working on with polystyrene, so I am curious about it, myself.
It is interesting the degree of effort they went to just for some blue cups with the black stripe. Its easy to forget, even the smallest props are sometimes a labor of love.
Except for the deadly spray bottle on Conscience of the King. That was just lame
Im going to order some of these 6 ounce cups-$1.95 and spray two coats of silver then take a sharpie on the ring and try to post it without getting chastised
They are pinned at the top of this forum, as I already told you on page 2.
Not quite deadly; McCoy was able to save Riley. But yes, a recognizable plastic spray bottle (albeit of a type not generally found in consumer products back then) does seem like an odd container for a lubricant, especially a highly toxic one.Except for the deadly spray bottle on Conscience of the King. That was just lame
And as to posting more than twice (or even more than once) in a row, TrekBBS does allow you to edit your posts to expand them, many
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supposedly you can paint Styrofoam with acrylic. I'm about to test that this week on a couple of rc plane designs ive been working on with polystyrene, so I am curious about it, myself.
It is interesting the degree of effort they went to just for some blue cups with the black stripe. Its easy to forget, even the smallest props are sometimes a labor of love.
Except for the deadly spray bottle on Conscience of the King. That was just lame
The same kind of spray bottle (maybe even the exact same prop) is also seen in sick bay in Space Seed. That type of plastic spray bottle with the trigger/nozzle top was fairly new-ish at the time. It had just been invented at the beginning of the decade, when improvements in materials manufacturing made it possible to make a plastic bottle and spray mechanism like that, which was durable enough for repeat use instead of being brittle and easily broken. Before that, stuff like household cleaners came in aerosol spray cans, or glass bottles with a pump spray mechanism.
Wikipedia says these plastic bottles became popular in the late 1960s, but doesn't give a source on that. So maybe it was still the sort of thing you typically wouldn't see every day. But still, it would have helped if the prop masters had at least given it a coat of grayish-silver paint to make it look a little more futuristic.
Kor
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