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Abandoned! Apollo 13 Meter Project

Another project sent to the video graveyard...

Abandoned!  Apollo 13 Meter Project

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That doesn't even look like a Millivac meter - valve (tube) voltmeters usually have the dial above the range selector, to save space. Looks more like a power-supply case, maybe the front panel was cobbled together.

Gordo

I'm 90% sure they added the meter lighting when building the prop. The meter jumps out that way and the inaccurate panel around it is less obvious.

Matt Wietlispach

Fran, I joined your Patreon so I could share this in regards to your most recent video. Does this case look Familiar? https://geojohn.org/Radios/MyRadios/RegenSW/RegenSWMobile.html

Chad Nevels

There are several propmasters on YT who are very well plugged in to the Hollywood community. Any thoughts of asking around?

BobC

Valid reply.

Timothy P Elliott

No- that is added, along with two very bright light bulbs for effect. A genuine dedicated ammeter would say DC or AC Amperes and the text would be small and inconspicuous, as with all Simpson analog meters.

Fran Blanche

Very good hunting - wrong form factor though... There would have had to have been a different version of that device for the panel layout they used in the prop.

Fran Blanche

Apollo 13 is such an iconic movie! Would have been great to see you make a replica of that prop. Really interesting to hear how they modified the design, seems kind of weird that they did it that way. Thanks Fran.

Motten

OK How about the pen recorder Jack Lemmon was staring at the turbine trip scene in the china syndrome?

joined up

I personally believe that the AMPER labeling is correct because it is the switching of the circuitry that determines the range. It also identifies the purpose is clearly marked for its purpose and not mistaken for Volts, Ohms, etc.

Timothy P Elliott

Page 64.... Also, that meter was $295 in 1957 dollars, making it nearly $3200 in today's money. (!)

Robert Singleton

I did find an ad for the Millivac MV11C in a pdf file online. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Electronic-Design/1957/Electronic-Design-1957-12-15.pdf So, the movie prop has the correct appearance of the lower part of the Millivac meter, but with a different cabinet and meter movement.

Michael F Barushok

I think the case looks like an old car battery charger. They may have swapped out the meter or even just the label inside.

David Fountain

I wish I had 1/10th of your perseverance on projects like this. Stuff that’s not going to save the world or anything, but are just fun to do.

R. In t Velt

You've got to know to when to abandon the rabbit hole!

David Peaker

You can’t win them all…

C Genco


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