Star Trek TOS, WCM, PHASER, 18 PART, METAL MIDGRADE UPGRADE For Sale

Star Trek TOS, WCM (West Coast Collector 1 Copy), LSR/LED Compatible, 18 Part Full Metal Kit, MidGrade Nozzle, fits Art Asylum and Diamond Select and, Everything Else!
Now Includes a Mirror Polished Lock-Plate and Machined Trigger and Bourns Replica 10-Turns are now STANDARD !!
This is a recreation of the WCM (West Coast Collector 1) owned Mid-Grade nozzle. See my photos & do some web surfing. This recreation was carefully copied paying special attention to the flat-front nose radius and, knurl height, to attempt an exacting copy.

• NO PHASER SHELL/PHASER PROP IS A PART OF THIS SALE, JUST THE METAL KIT PARTS.
• Save ON PACKAGES! This package costs about 61% less than buying all the parts seperately in my store. The REDUCED packing, handling, and postage COST SAVES $187.00 WOW!!
• Laser diode module not included. No Phaser Included. WORKS WITH LED SYSTEMS TOO.
• No Cast Prop-Metal parts in this listing (aka...R98 Pewter of ; 98% Tin & Bismuth & Copper).
• One part fixed Nozzle just like the Set-Used Mid-Grade versions.
• All parts are machined aluminum or are otherwise, stamped aluminum where indicated.
• Modification of the toy Phaser or or other prop/laser-prop, such as fiberglass or resin, is most likely required.
• You are the prop builder and you do the fitting!
• Package includes one of each as listed below. Multiples shown in photographs so you can see multiple views but you get just one of each. Phaser & Display are for reference and not included in sale.
• Fits AA/DS and, most similar P2 shells. You are the prop builder !!
• There are other Metal-Package-Deals listed for: (a) Just P1 s, (b) Just Shanko Laser Rifles, (c) Other P2 Hero Packages, (d) P2 Mid-Grade Packages, (e) and lots more... check all my listings visit my store.

To review the specific dimensions and specifications for each part CLICK ON the CLICK & JUMP below. Use the back-button to return-here to this parts package page OR, better yet save a parts package in your Cart for a checkout later on. The package includes ONE EACH OF THE items in the main-listing-photo and, MOST specifically as listed below:

ONE WCM MIDGRADE NOZZLE AS SHOWN (CLICK & JUMP TO WCM NOZZLE),

1. ONE COIN EDGE THUMB-WHEEL, MACHINED, NOT A CAST PART. (CLICK FOR WHEEL),

2. ONE REAR FINS (CLICK & JUMP),

3. ONE SOLID BRASS P1 RELEASE PIN (CLICK FOR BRASS PIN),

4. ONE TWO-PART BOURNS REPLICA 10 TURN TOP DIAL AND CLOVER (CLICK FOR TOP TURN DIAL AND CLOVER),

5. ONE PAIR OF P1 SIDE RAILS AS PICTURED (CLICK & JUMP),

6. ONE RED GUILLOCHE RED POWER JEWEL IN COIN EDGE BEZEL (CLICK FOR RED JEWEL),

7. ONE P1 TRIGGER BUTTON (CLICK FOR P1 TRIGGER BUTTON),

8. ONE P1 CRISPY PRECISION STAMPED IN 32 GAUGE ALUMINUM (CLICK & JUMP),

9. ONE P1 BRASS PRECISION MACHINED EMITTER TUBE (CLICK FOR BRASS EMITTER TUBE),

10. ONE MIRROR POLISHED ALUMINUM LOCK-PLATE (CLICK & JUMP TO NEW LOCK-PLATE),

11. METAL TRIGGER KIT THREE PART, MACHINED ALUMINUM, BRASS SCREW AND NUT, FOR PROP OR LASER-PROP USE (CLICK FOR TRIGGER KIT)

12. ONE TWO-PART SIDE TURN ASSEMBLY (CLICK & JUMP).

CLICK FOR LASER SHOP DTR-LPF
CLICK; EXPLODED PHASER LASER SLIDESHOW; YOUTUBE VIDEO

CLICK; AA/DS PHASER-LASER HOW-TO; YOUTUBE VIDEO

CLICK FOR WAND PHASER MODIFICATION YOUTUBE

CLICK; TOS-PHASER FIN FINISHING; YOUTUBE VIDEO

CLICK; TOS-PHASER SIDE-RAIL FINISHING; YOUTUBE VIDEO

METAL PARTS;Prior to use, all Metal Parts MUST be cleaned to remove machine coolant residue.RESIDUE IS NOT VISIBLE AND DOES NOT FEEL OILY, BUT IT IS THERE!

Some Star Trek Prop History For Inquiring Minds:

Most of these Prop Makers and Technicians have passed-on. Below are old-timer accounts of convention conversations before conventions were really a fad. (all these are therefore 2nd hand stories)

Mr. Greg Jein was a very well known Star Trek TOS prop collector and authority (born October 31, 1945 in Los Angeles, USA; died May 22, 2022 in Los Angeles). He had personal friendships with all the listed Star Trek TOS production prop craftsmen (Bob Stone, James Rugg, Richard Heimer, John Dwyer, and Mr. Ruck).

BACK TO STAR TREK TOS 1966 THRU 1969

Mr. Bob Stone was Star Trek\'s machinist and made all the metal prop parts for all three seasons of the show. Parts were made to order for each episode as in those times (the 1960’s) as machining was done by hand and there was no advantage to making short runs (and no studio funding either). Each episode had a specific budget. Speaking of budgets, Bob relied on his Star Trek friend Robert Archer (VP of Budgeting for the show) in getting a little leeway on the $ so he could do the best possible job. According to Bob there was no magic drum of Phaser Nozzles and every job was a mad-dash to meet the filming deadlines.

Because parts were made only to order, parts varied quite a bit. These variations can be seen in all the surviving examples of TOS hand props from Phaser to Communicators and Tricorders. Sometimes it was not that a new design was needed but rather that when one Wings it from a sketch, in a hurry using what is on-hand, you get an unintended-new-version of something (in the 1960’s the TV audience never could see that).

Robert Archer and Bob Stone worked closely together so when the show was canceled suddenly in season three, Robert Archer ended up with a nice collection of hand props.

Richard Heimer made the molds for hand props. He also did all the casting and forming. This included; Vacuum form bucks, Fiberglass molds and urethane molds. Again, according to him most work is done in the normal Hollywood maddening rush. He shared with his convention friends that there were many molds made from molds when the production schedule demanded this. He also shared that when the show ended he rescued the molds from being discarded by putting them in his garage.

James Ruggs (b. 1919) was the director of special effects for the show. He handled and repaired many of the props on-set. When the show was canceled in season three he rescued many hand props and even some models from the scrap heap. Dick Ruben, Prop & Art Assistant on the show, got his Set-Used Klingon disruptor from James. Mr. Ruggs held on to his rather large Star Trek collection for many years. It is widely known that Greg Jein got his Holy-Grail Hero Phaser from James.

In closing a nod to Mr. Ruck, a prop technician, who reported that he repaired some hand props hundreds of times as they were often damaged during filming. He had also shared that the fiberglass Mid-Grade’s, and some other props often used basswood strips between the seams to establish uniform dimensions. Watch some YouTube Star Trek TOS bloopers to see what he was talking about when it comes to repairs and hand props flying apart.