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Donny's Refit Enterprise Interiors (Version 2.0)

Rick Sternbach said:
Though the idea of a customizable table display, if the tech existed back in 1978, would have been cool. - Rick
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"Another effect I was supposed to do was a "feature" sequence of Spock using a computer-aided mathematics tablet. The concept, as I designed it, was that Spock would be writing on this table with a [stylus], scribbling out equations and such. As he finished each element, the scribbling would reform into nice printed fonts and intermediate solutions would be forming below them. It would have been really nice. But..." - former RA&A/ASTRA staffer Lauren Weinstein from a 1979 Usenet thread.
 
FcukTWOK said:
"Another effect I was supposed to do was a "feature" sequence of Spock using a computer-aided mathematics tablet. The concept, as I designed it, was that Spock would be writing on this table with a [stylus], scribbling out equations and such. As he finished each element, the scribbling would reform into nice printed fonts and intermediate solutions would be forming below them. It would have been really nice. But..." - former RA&A/ASTRA staffer Lauren Weinstein from a 1979 Usenet thread.
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We have that tech now, don't we? I remember some tablet commercial from a few years ago...
 
Donny said:
Fair enough! I woke up this morning and there were a few things about it that aren’t sitting quite right with me as well, so I’ll be doing a second pass tonight!
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I actually thought it was fine. To me, when I look at the pictures - I feel as though I am seeing a close up of a hero prop. Many of which made from molded plastic parts with a little hand sculpting. If anything, the lines are too “straight”.. I find myself expecting to see some molding imperfections.

Though that might be a slight departure from creating the “real” version of a fictional device.
 
Workbee said:
I actually thought it was fine. To me, when I look at the pictures - I feel as though I am seeing a close up of a hero prop. Many of which made from molded plastic parts with a little hand sculpting. If anything, the lines are too “straight”.. I find myself expecting to see some molding imperfections.

Though that might be a slight departure from creating the “real” version of a fictional device.
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It's funny...my resin prop replica I bought at STLV in 2015 has more nicks, stratches, and smudges on it just from traveling with it a handful of times to Vegas afterwards than I've depicted it having here, which we assume may be after several landing party excursions. And the model itself has a lot more imperfections in its geometric shape that it almost looks wrong how straight I've modeled it here.
 
FcukTWOK said:
"Another effect I was supposed to do was a "feature" sequence of Spock using a computer-aided mathematics tablet. The concept, as I designed it, was that Spock would be writing on this table with a [stylus], scribbling out equations and such. As he finished each element, the scribbling would reform into nice printed fonts and intermediate solutions would be forming below them. It would have been really nice. But..." - former RA&A/ASTRA staffer Lauren Weinstein from a 1979 Usenet thread.
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Oh man I LOVE stuff like this. I have a bunch of Atari internal emails from the early 80s that are similarly fascinating.

The other week I spent a couple of hours talking to Richard Taylor about ASTRA and Lauren's messages in here are giving some context to things we discussed.
 
FcukTWOK said:
"Another effect I was supposed to do was a "feature" sequence of Spock using a computer-aided mathematics tablet. The concept, as I designed it, was that Spock would be writing on this table with a [stylus], scribbling out equations and such. As he finished each element, the scribbling would reform into nice printed fonts and intermediate solutions would be forming below them. It would have been really nice. But..." - former RA&A/ASTRA staffer Lauren Weinstein from a 1979 Usenet thread.
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That was an interesting read. Surreal to read "current reviews" of books and movies that have become classics in the interim.
 
Donny said:


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The part in the middle on the back -- is it supposed to have some sort of function? It looks like the head might flip down, or maybe is part of a hand scanner that can detatch (attached to the rounded part on the body, which could serve as a handle). A shame these tricorders didn't get more action than they did.
 
cardinal biggles said:
The part in the middle on the back -- is it supposed to have some sort of function? It looks like the head might flip down, or maybe is part of a hand scanner that can detatch (attached to the rounded part on the body, which could serve as a handle). A shame these tricorders didn't get more action than they did.
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I see it as a "scope". It's solidly anchored to my prop replica I have sitting here at my desk. Dunno if it was meant to detach.

It's lit up in the movie:
movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/tsfshd/tsfshd0498.jpg
 
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cardinal biggles said:
Interesting, because the opposite side with the little buttons, you'd assume that was the control surface, and the green square on the pop-up head the display.
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It clearly is the control surface -- it's the only side with controls, and it's the side the operator's fingers are on when holding it the way Sulu is in the screencap. I think the idea is that the user "touch-types" the controls while looking at the display on the other side. I think that's consistent with how we sometimes saw tricorders being used in TOS, held face-out toward what was being scanned. The green square might be some sort of sensor array.
 
Donny said:
Good lord, I struggled with modeling the strap. Let's just say cloth simulation, especially of the bendy variety, is not something I'm used to!

Anyway, here's the final renders of the TSFS Tricorder:





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This is beautiful! Possibly my favorite Tricorder design after the original and the one from TNG. I would love to own it as a toy. Looks like the perfect Handschmeichler*.


* That's a German word for a small, smooth object that just feels nice to hold in your hand. I don't know if there is a good English word for the same concept.
 
Michael said:
* That's a German word for a small, smooth object that just feels nice to hold in your hand. I don't know if there is a good English word for the same concept.
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Not encapsulated in one word, no :)

This is part of the reason why I asked upthread about printing these things. This looks satisfyingly hefty of a tricorder... more like an instrument rather than TNG's toy (probably because I had a TNG toy Tricorder back in the day). I'd love to hold one of these. Seriously bummed the movie props don't have more visibility in a physical medium.
 
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