# PRP1788 Star Trek TOSDesktop Communicator Prop Kit Assembly Manual Roddenberry.compresents for the rst time ever an incredibly accurate reproduction of that classic ofmid-23rd Century starship architecture: the wedge-shaped Desktop Communicator speaker as it was seen throughout Star Trek The Original Seriesaboard the USS Enterprise. The Desktop Communicator is assembled using a bare minimum of tools and materials. It features accurate grill cloth and is hollowed out to house a light bulb so the oval light can illuminate when you’re answering hailing frequencie s or telling the Captain the ship canna’ take much more of this and she needs more power! Light bulb and/or electronics not included.
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#PRP1788 - STAR TREK TOS DESKTOP COMMUNICATOR PROP K IT ASSEMBLY M ANUAL 3
Step 1: Wash all resin parts with chlorine based cleaner (Ajax, Comet, or other) to remove residual mold
release. Remove all casting sprues and vents by sanding or cutting them off. Sand all parts that are to be
painted with 400-grit sandpaper. Check for pinholes; ll any holes or other bad spots with spot putty, and
sand until smooth. Check the t of your parts, and tape off areas that are to be glued together to keep the
resin clean for gluing the parts together, this is easier that scraping paint later when you assemble parts,
since glue sticks much better resin-to-resin than resin-to-paint.
Primer the resin parts with a scratch-ller primer paint. Check over the parts and add more spot putty to
any blemishes or holes you missed before painting. Let the ller dry sufciently and ne sand with 400-600
grit sandpaper, then spray a nal coat of primer.
Step 2: Paint with Rustoleum Slate Blue the front frame and all of the wedge area that will be visible on the
completed prop when placed on a table, though you may paint underneath the main body if you want. After
the paint has dried enough to accept tape for masking: place some masking tape so the raised platformthat will go behind the speaker grill cloth on the wedge is exposed, and paint this area dark gray.