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doc3d
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Location: Washington
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 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: Space Patrol holster project |
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Hope this is ok to post. While I made the holster repros, I no longer sell them or have any financial links to 'em.
Awhile back, I sold ready-to-go leather holsters and belts-- mostlty to friends who like me are rabid fans of the show. Many of the original 1950s guns survive, but very few original 1950s holsters do-- the leather was poorly processed and most of the ones that still exist are cracked and brittle.
Mine featured real leather, with resin cast and vac plated aluminum emblems and a solar burned silk-screened logo on the belt back. The mechanical part of the repro buckle was steel, with a vac plated Space Patrol logo epoxied on.
After I sold a run, the remaining stock went to a friend of mine-- also a major SP fan-- who still sells 'em (swapsale.com) as far as I know. Check his website to confirm this-- I don't know what inventory remains... it's been awhile.
The holster in the photos has the original (rechromed) brass emblem and buckle I used to make the casting molds for the repros. The belt in the photos is the test belt I initially reworked, and came from Goodwill. All the prop repro belts were new leather, and done from scratch. The gun in the photos was signed by Ed Kemmer (Commander Buzz Corry) in 2000 when I did a radio show recreation with him and some of the original Tom Corbett cast.
I think this raygun qualifies as a prop-building project, since I actually had to completely rebuild the gun by splitting the glued seam and re-fabricating some broken internal parts. These things have massive springs and will fire a dart with the tip removed right through a glass window. We won't go into detail why I know this...  The U. S. Plastic Company made red and black guns (plus a few oddball colors in a run done after the show was off the air and the molds changed hands.)
The red guns were the exact same ones used as props in the tv show so they sort of qualify as screen used. They went with red on this vintage b&w tv show (which was broadcast live and on kinescopes), because they showed up well on 1950s tv cameras.
doc
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andy
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Pic links fixed...
Doc,
Awsome,
We are pretty cool about what is posted on this board and post anything that could be used as a prop even if it never was one.
There are also a few Vintage Ray Gun collectors here that will love what you have done here.
Thank you again,
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