I can’t figure it out. It isn’t huge, but it’s heavy. Specs are 9 x 2 x 12 inches - 1.52 pounds. And it’s totally smooth on the back. Nowhere to put a hook. Has anyone figured out a way to do it?
The picture is where I have it now. On the mantle, next to Robbie. But I have a giant Spock on my wall and I want it next to him.
Is it metallic? Specifically anything a strong magnet can attach to?
If so maybe a wall mount with several strong neodymium magnets and a lip on the bottom to lessen the chance of it falling would help?
It’s the kind of thing 3d printing is great for.
I didn’t consider that. I’ll have to see if it is magnetic. I don’t know where a magnet is offhand, but that’s a great idea. It does feel like metal and it’s so heavy… plus Eaglemoss stuff is good quality.
Just a quick search across printables and thingiverse to show what some people are doing with eaglemoss. May find something that matches your needs exactly if there’s somebody who can print it (or via your library)
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aprintables.com+OR+site%3Athingiverse.com+plaque+mount
Or as inspiration for any woodcraft or other diy solution.
Another one that comes to mind would be some kind of acrylic/plexi case but that gets real pricey real fast.
I think that someone else’s suggestion of command strips is probably easier. I’d have to figure out how to use the library’s 3D printers to do it that way because I don’t have one. They make you take a class to do it too. But thank you for the suggestions.
Command strips are great for that. And obvious now that it’s mentioned. They even gave some heavy duty ones if you’re really worried about it dropping.
I didn’t even know such things existed! I’m going to the hardware store to pick some up later today.
I don’t have the plaque, but would a holder for decorative plates do the trick?
Possibly, but they put part of the wires in the front and it doesn’t look very nice. I want it to look like a mounted plaque like on the bridge if I can figure out a way.
There’s always velcro? Though you may not want to attach it directly to the wall because of paint, you could probably use it to attach something for hanging, to the back. I recently mounted a nearly 10lb, 48"x24" white board directly to a metal door with a single package of adhesive mounting velcro. It wasn’t even intentional, I had a whole over-the-door hook plan worked out for its mounting holes, using the velcro to keep it level and from any movement, and it turned out to be plenty, shockingly strong enough.
It’s actually got me super excited for more hanging of weird things, cause I’ve gotten pretty good with Command Hooks, etc, and often find them wanting… Literally tonight, though I can’t prove the timeliness, had one fall off the wall, that wasn’t holding anything heavier than its load, just an old walking stick. Eventually, they die, and it seems the newer adhesive quality has become subject to enshitification, but I may also be a cynical shite. (งツ)ว
I think the command strips are the best idea because they won’t ruin the paint.
You can see where the four screws that mounted the original are sticking out. What a pity they didn’t put holes where there are meant to be holes.
On a side note, does anyone know why it’s designated “USS”? Doesn’t that mean “United States Ship”? Isn’t the federation a kind of whole earth effort? I know that there’s an actual US aircraft carrier with that name, but I thought space travel was nonpartisan.
United Spaceship
I am no TOS expert but I think this is right, though I think the later instances of it being said are as Star Ship.
I think I also read in one novel it meaning UFP Starfleet Ship, but that’s at best Memory Beta.
You think that’s confusing… Starfleet was originally UESPA, the United Earth Space Probe Agency. And there have been some very laudable, but still very poor, attempts to reconcile that… especially in Enterprise… but it just makes no sense based on the rest of Star Trek.
UESPA was a decent of JPL and Star Fleet was a decent of NASA?
Some intercooperation was bound to happen though 🙂
Maybe, but it shouldn’t still exist by the time of Charlie X.
If you look at it through the lens of “it was just people writing a script and having no idea it would become a much-scrutinized cultural icon”…. It makes enough sense.
