Abandoned! Apollo 13 Meter Project
Added 2024-02-02 00:31:04 +0000 UTCAnother project sent to the video graveyard...
Comments
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
2024-03-16 19:02:22 +0000 UTCI'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
2024-02-06 01:05:59 +0000 UTCFran, 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
2024-02-05 22:19:23 +0000 UTCThere are several propmasters on YT who are very well plugged in to the Hollywood community. Any thoughts of asking around?
BobC
2024-02-03 04:45:14 +0000 UTCValid reply.
Timothy P Elliott
2024-02-02 19:41:55 +0000 UTCNo- 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
2024-02-02 19:10:23 +0000 UTCVery 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
2024-02-02 19:08:19 +0000 UTCApollo 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
2024-02-02 17:28:01 +0000 UTCOK How about the pen recorder Jack Lemmon was staring at the turbine trip scene in the china syndrome?
joined up
2024-02-02 12:38:15 +0000 UTCI 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
2024-02-02 06:43:43 +0000 UTCPage 64.... Also, that meter was $295 in 1957 dollars, making it nearly $3200 in today's money. (!)
Robert Singleton
2024-02-02 04:52:21 +0000 UTCI 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
2024-02-02 03:46:47 +0000 UTCI 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
2024-02-02 02:53:28 +0000 UTCI 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
2024-02-02 00:55:14 +0000 UTCYou've got to know to when to abandon the rabbit hole!
David Peaker
2024-02-02 00:53:18 +0000 UTCYou can’t win them all…
C Genco
2024-02-02 00:43:50 +0000 UTC
