Thursday, 12 January 2017

Replica Sea Devil weapon from 1972 Dr Who with Jon Pertwee as the Dr.
Laser cut rings with a reflective backing, rubber custom ring to hold the disc in place, then a vac formed outer ring which was then covered in gold leaf, this fitted over the mottled green/brown leather covering the hand grip, inside there is a bar across the tube to enable the Sea Devils to hold the weapon.

Friday, 23 September 2016

Sixth Dr's sonic lance.

Season one replica, notice the different plugs and colour of the holster with a retaining strap which was altered for season 2 and also a change of plugs as the phono plugs kept pulling out.  The strap was also abandoned as the cast said it got in the way.

Thursday, 8 September 2016

Monday, 29 August 2016


Replica Blake's Bounty Hunter Gun from Blakes 7 episode 'Blake'
The story behind this is that Bill Pearson had a day to come up with a gun for Blake to use in the woods that could be fired 3 times without reloading.
The original was based on a Stormtrooper toy rifle with added ema parts.
After months of looking one was obtained on ebay and with the other parts arriving and also obtaining the correct ford grey paint work began one Saturday.
7 hours later this is the result, the stormtrooper blaster was cut up, the back glued to the front and the fins and side buttons made, ema parts attached to the back and top sight, a new top was made from plastic card and 2 extra push buttons were added as in the original for the 3 shots of flashcotton.
Just found another stormtrooper blaster on ebay, and also a supplier of flashwool and flashpaper....
There maybe a working version soon...
After making this in 7 hours, full respect to Bill to thinking it up and making a working version in a day....   
True BBC model unit work...


Replica Federation Rifle from Blakes 7
The iconic blaster used by the Federation.
There are not many of these made using the correct tubing or placement of the details, or with a removable turned aluminium power cell in the back.
Also found a supplier of 'new old' screws that have been in a box in his workshop since the 70's which have the rusty aged look to them.
The tripod leg is also a vintage item and of the same type the BBC used on theirs.


Replica 'Baby Orac' from Gambit.
After seeing the original prop from Blakes 7, it was the next thing I had to make.
The box is laser cut to the dimensions of the original, each tube inside are also the correct length and size to match the original prop.
Inside are 5 bulbs, these are the same flashing type as used on the original one, and wired the same way to make the whole lot flash on and off randomly.
The centre 'Brain' on the original one is also a bulb, but with it being inside the ball, I used the same type but only in led form to save power.
The colour on the tubes has an interesting story.
I was informed of the company the BBC used to get their supplies from in the 70's (I think they still use them today).
I located the shop and phoned to see if they had the French Varnish they used on the tubes.
Luck would have it, back in the 70's before the internet, the easiest way to get the colour chart to match was to paint the varnish on squares of acrylic (2 sets) one was posted to the BBC and the other kept by the company, then when they needed a colour they could phone them and read the colour name off the card with the coloured acrylic stuck to it and the company could match it and post them the correct bottle of varnish.
They still had their colour sheet in a draw, and with it fading over 40 years the same as the original prop has, they scanned and emailed me a copy of their sheet, which then all I had to do was to match the colour to the original prop and order the right colours...  
The colour on my replica is the same as the original one would have looked when made in the 70's