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evildrganymede
@evildrganymede@wargamers.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

I assembled/painted the Commlock just over a year ago, and I finally got around to putting the Stun Gun together this week! I think they came out pretty well! 😊 #space1999 #modelbuilding #painting #scifi

Space: 1999 Stun Gun model (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Stun Gun model (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Stun Gun model (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock model (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock model (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock model (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock and Stun Gun models (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock and Stun Gun models (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock and Stun Gun models (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock and Stun Gun models (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock and Stun Gun models (painted and assembled)
Space: 1999 Commlock and Stun Gun models (painted and assembled)
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Winchell Chung ⚛🚀
@nyrath@spacey.space  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
@evildrganymede

Nowadays some crazy hardware hacker could actually fit a small video screen with video clip playback into that Commlock model.

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evildrganymede
@evildrganymede@wargamers.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
@nyrath they did that in the 70s as an actual prop in the show too!
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Winchell Chung ⚛🚀
@nyrath@spacey.space  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
@evildrganymede

Indeed they did!

However, in the show, the screen was fed by a fat coaxial cable that was fed into the base.

Current hobby technology can have all the electronics self contained in the prop, fed by a micro SD memory card, or wifi, or something.

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The Enraged Raccoon
@CrazyMooseThing@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
@nyrath @evildrganymede there was an interesting article I read a number of years back on how they synched up the video screens to the film cameras to prevent the interference bars from showing up.
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Nick Stevens Graphics
@Nick_Stevens_graphics@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
@nyrath @evildrganymede

See also how the "iPads" in Space Odyssey stayed on the tabletops, because there was a projector underneath, providing the screen display.

(Same for all 2001 displays)

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60sRefugee
@60sRefugee@spacey.space  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
@nyrath @evildrganymede Reminiscent of how the flatscreens in "2001" were done with hidden rear-projection.
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