Friday, September 16, 2011

Voyager Compression Rifle Build Begins

I'm going to try an experiment. I was very impressed by my friend John Palmeri's VERY quick build up of two phaser rifles for DragonCon, and it has inspired me to see if I can do something similar. To that end, I dug out one of my Star Trek: Voyager compression rifle kits and got started on it.

For reference, here's a picture of a screen used rifle that was auctioned off a while back.



Here's the kit I will be building up. This kit was sold by a company named "Masterpiece Models," which is no longer in business. They made some really nice kits, which were cast off legit masters. Their prices were fair, but I don't think they did as well as they had hoped.



So far, I've done a little sanding, and primered a few pieces. I also picked up a bunch of paint for it yesterday. Ideally, I'd like to get this rifle done by next Friday. (today is Friday, by the way)

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6 comments:

  1. Andres AuOctober 9, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Did you ever finish the rifle?

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  2. MattMunsonOctober 11, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    yup.

    http://mattmunson.blogspot.com/2011/09/star-trek-voyager-compression-rifle-is.html

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  3. Vince PhelpsNovember 13, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    where di you get your kit and where can I get it/make one for myself...?

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  4. MattMunsonNovember 23, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    Vince, the answer to your question is in the post you commented on.

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  5. nannyDecember 29, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    yea where can you get this phaser??? I am a star trek fan and I am collecting phasers and I have them all but three and this is one of the three and i really need it to finish my collection do you have any info on it that would be nice

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  6. MattMunsonJanuary 2, 2012 at 8:51 AM

    I do not know of anyone selling compression rifles. Sorry! You may want to try poking around ebay. or roddenberry.com

    Good luck!

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