Mini Tesla pistol build
Claudia’s Mini Tesla Pistol from Warehouse 13 – I finally got a hold of some vacuum tubes! (special thanks to the lovely Carole for her help here). Needless to say that means Tesla props. I’m working on a full size Warehouse 13 Tesla prop at the moment (trying to source some parts), but here’s a baby Tesla pistol as used by Claudia in Warehouse 13 because it’s just so darn cute!
Hope you like it! Warehouse 13 is one of my favorite TV shows and it has some great prop weaponry and general gizmos (who doesn’t want their own Farnsworth!), but the Tesla pistol is kind of iconic. The full sized Tesla has a lot of parts I have nothing like, the first draft build was a fail, so I turned my attention to Claudia’s mini Tesla….
I had a spare Deringer model pistol, which just happens to be the base of Claudia’s Tesla, I took the Dremel to it. Thanks to Carole I also now had the vacuum tubes, other pieces came together from spare plastic cutoffs from other mods, EVA and other bits and pieces. I changed the prop slightly by leaving the connector pins showing on one side, on Claudia’s Tesla pistol these are covered, but I liked it more open so left them. Oh and I weighted it, so it’s heavy and doesn’t feel like plastic when you pick it up.
And that’s it done, one Claudia mini Tesla prop, hope you liked it.
This post written for GirlyGamer.com.au blog of Nerfenstein Blasters & Props. Jettisoned to other social networks by sky crane.
want to build this myself but don’t know the types of vacuum tubes used, what are they?
I wish I could tell you, these were just tubes I picked up in an antique store that looked cool.
They have a big box full of tubes at Reverse Garbage at Dutton park.
Yeah I saw them… they were rather expensive.. some of them were 10 bucks a piece.
Where did you get the model derringer pistol? I can’t find one anywhere online. Ps what is the model number or name?
I would love to help you but have no idea, it was a cheap toy gun, that’s all I can remember. I have another one, but it’s not in the packet so I can’t even check for you.
Is there any way I can email you more about it. Perhaps about purchasing your other one.
Never mind I got what I need
Glad you got it sorted 🙂
Where did you end up finding a toy Deringer? I’ve been looking for ages.
I’m not sure where you are in the world Peter, but from memory I got them in one of those supa cheap stores, like Crazy Clarke’s. A dollar store type place if you’re in the US.
Oh okay that is beautiful. Shame about how W13 ended and ruined the entire series.
The only found items on the Tesla gun were the radio tubes. Everything else was fabricated.