Kevin's Scratchbuilt Blake's 7 Scorpio Teleport Bracelet

Hi,

Recently came across some pictures of an original Blake's 7 Scorpio Teleport Bracelet. These were the ones used in the final season only.

 You don't see these around much at all and there were lots of details I've never noticed before,  so I just had to make myself one.

 I've done them before but this is the most accurate I've done. It is mainly made of aluminium. 

Down and safe.

Kevin

Kevin's Scratchbuilt Blake's 7 Security Robot

Been meaning to make this model for years, so I finally forced myself to concentrate on this one and build nothing else until it was done.  Finally managed it.

This is the Federation Security Robot from Blake's 7. It must've been an unbelievably unwieldy  prop because it only features in 2 episodes of the first season,  despite featuring heavily in pre publicity (it even made it onto a badge!). 

Not the most terrifying of designs  but it did boast a scary flamethrower which must've been fun to film.

I elected not to put a working one in mine!

Model by the way is 5 foot tall.

From strength to unity,

Kevin

UK

Birthday Archiver: Kevin's Scratchbuilt Blake's 7 Magazine Clip

Hi,

A quick scratchbuild of an obscure Blake's 7 prop. The magazine clip that fits into the back of a Federation gun. We see one in series 3.

Lock and load,

Kevin

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(Kevin sent this to me, Woodsy, in 2022. I forgot and first posted it today! Doh!)

Cor! Blakes 7 music

Hi,

Sometimes you just get very lucky. I've been searching for years for one of these, then suddenly, there it was on ebay for a really cheap 'buy it now'.

It is the sheet music to the Blake's 7 theme, a very obscure and very rare piece of ephemera.

Well, I'm happy anyway!

Kevin

Kevin's Custom Corgi Blakes 7

Hi,

Something a bit different. Corgi made a little Corgi Juniors Blake's 7 Liberator but that was all they did. 

In the season 2 story, "Redemption", we see the technology of the System, the people who built Liberator in the first place. 

Understandably, they want it back and launch an attack on it with two fighter ships, much smaller than Liberator but faster and more capable, they capture it. It is only the fact that our heroes have Orac by then that means they can escape.

Anyway, I had a tatty Corgi Liberator so made one of these ships from it.

To what might have been.

Kevin

UK

Kevin's Full Displays: Scratchbuilt Blakes 7 and Space 1999 Props

Hi,

Here are my 2 helmet displays.

Keep your head,

Kevin

Top: Blakes 7, Bottom: Space 1999

Blake's 7 Merchandise Update by Mark B. Oliver

An online 33 page update to Mark's earlier guide.

https://share.google/oozXWHg2S7YGJxDQU 

Firing my Neutrons: the Blake's 7 Jotastar Space Rifle

I've never seen Blakes 7. I know Kevin's a big fan. I am interested in toy guns and box art though and I've been looking at the Jotastar Blakes 7 toy pistol, the Neutron Space Rifle.

I expect all the research has already been done on this toy. There appears to be very few pictures of it on the net, mostly the one from Alphadrome so I hope Brian doesn't mind it reappearing here.

The crouching boy top right caught my eye. Dressed in black he looks very James Bond. I wonder where they got that idea from? 

The Aurora James Bond kit art has dark clothed 007 in a sort of crouch but it's not the same. 

The little boy illustration really does ring a bell. Any clues? Star Wars?

As for the toy itself, Jotastar appear to have made very few ball guns. I certainly couldn't find another version of this one or anything remotely similar. The generic search term 'ping pong gun' brings up a lot but nothing like Blake's 7, nor does the name on the toy, 'pop o matic'.

The only observation I have is the similarity of the grip to that of the Star Wars blaster rifle, seen here in toy form, so not much.

I wonder how many of the Jotastar Neutron Space Rifles were actually sold? I bet there's more replicas than the real thing!

Have you got one?

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Postscript

Re. The boy at the top of the Blake's 7 rifle box, consider this, one of Mark Hamill's Star Wars photoshoot stills, 1977. Maybe there's one exactly like the boy?

Blake's 7 dark uniform

Kev's Stig

Here he is, Stig, flying a space chopper from the Blake's 7 episode 'Stardrive.

Kevin

UK

Kevin's Blakes 7 Syringe Scratchbuild

Hi,

A quick scratchbuild of the syringe used to knock Blake out in the first episode.

No, I'm coming back....

Kevin

UK

Kevin's Blakes 7 Replicas at Brit SciFi 2024

At the end of September last year, I took part, in a very small capacity, in the Brit SciFi event at the Leicester Space Centre. There were loads of displays, panels and presentations, I was there with the Hyde Fundraisers and mounted a display of replica Blakes 7 props.

The event lasted for both days of the weekend and seemed to go down well.

Here is what I showed.

Cheers,

Kevin

UK

KEVIN'S BLAKES 7 SPACE STATION INTERIOR SCRATCH BIULD

I've made another A4 wall plaque in tribute to the sets used in Blake's 7. 

This one is a style used in a lot of Federation structures.

Kevin D

UK

KEVIN'S SCRATCHBIULT BLAKES 7 ZEN COMPUTER

I've made another wall hanger, an A4 sized replica of Zen, the Liberator's computer from the first 3 seasons of Blake's 7.

Currently working on the full size 4th season computer!

Please state speed and course!

Kevin

UK

Blakes 7 Scorpio Gun and Bracelet

Made these many years ago but for some reason haven't taken many photos. These are replicas of the gun and teleport bracelet used by our heroes in Blake's 7 season 4, when they downgrade their spaceship to a clapped out old freighter.

These are made from aluminium.

Down and safe,

Kevin

UK

KEV'S SCRATCHBIULT BLAKES 7 STEREO

Hi,

Just completed a scratchbuild of the personal entertainment device seen in some episodes of Blake's 7.

Be fair, it was shot in 1977 (the original, not my replica!)

Kevin

UK

KEV'S BLAKES 7 PRISON SHIP FROM SCRATCH

Just finished a scratchbuild of the prison ship London, seen in the first 3 episodes of Blake's 7.

No, I'm coming back...

Kevin

Saucery

We've seen this saucer before in different forms. 

This is a wind-up Sace Shuttle. The auction said it was Dump n Go! Ha ha!

I love the look of the white spaceship on the box rear. The big orange antenna is unusual. The basic design of this crops up as a small toy in Apollo Moon Exploring toy sets and we have seen the larger ones like this by Blue Box and even one for Blake's 7.

Is it a range you know?

Kevin's Scratchbuilt Blake's 7 Power Cell Box

Quick scratchbuild of the box containing power cells needed for the mechanical heart of Ensor, the creator of Orac. Blake ends up with it and does deliver it, inheriting Orac in the process!

He shall recognise Deliverance and speak its name.

Kevin

UK

BLAKE'S 7 HEALING GADGET FROM SCRATCH BY KEVIN

Hi,

A quick scratchbuild of the gadget seen in series 1 of Blake's 7. Gan uses it to mend an injury to Jenna's arm. Judging by her amazed reaction, it must be more advanced than Federation technology and therefore part of the Liberator's equipment.

Down and safe,

Kevin

UK