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Weaver

#45
April 23, 2013, 04:40:17 PM
Okay, balls to you lot.... ;D

These mirrorball keyrings are in my favorite hunting ground: Tesco's kiddies party favours section. They're four for a quid, which seems pretty decent.

They're made of plastic, they split handily into two halves, and are 32mm in diameter. You could make all sorts of sci-fi stuff from them: anything from a 1/35th scale sensor dome to a 1/144th scale building. Hell, you could even have a 1/24th scale disco..... ;D



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 - Indiana Jones

lancer

#46
April 24, 2013, 02:32:29 PM
Interesting, but as soon as I saw them I thought of a great use for them. Earrings for Rad.....
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#47
April 24, 2013, 06:10:31 PM
A little greeble here, a piece of sprue there and instant escape pods for a big ship. Or maybe remote sensor pods.
"Just which planet are you from again"?

Weaver

#48
April 27, 2013, 02:33:07 PM Last Edit: April 27, 2013, 02:37:03 PM by Weaver
Found these pencil sharpeners a while back but never got around to posting them, so I'm afraid I can't remember what they cost or where I got them. However, they're Mapad so probably about a quid each and probably anywhere that does stationery:



"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

kerick

#49
April 27, 2013, 03:10:33 PM
Do you try to find objects made of styrene or wory about glueing them later?
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Weaver

#50
April 28, 2013, 01:37:26 AM
Quote from: kerick on April 27, 2013, 03:10:33 PM
Do you try to find objects made of styrene or wory about glueing them later?

Worry about glueing them later... ;D Actually, most of them look and feel like they'd take polystyrene cement or CA, perhaps with a little surface sanding to give the latter a "key". I try to stay away from rubbery or glossy (toy soldier) style plastics. Don't forget, you can always drill them and screw them together... ;D 

To be honest, the way my life has gone the last few years, I havn't had much chance to actually use any of this stuff.... :banghead:
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 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Wardukw

#51
October 04, 2013, 04:08:10 AM

Quote from: kerick on April 27, 2013, 03:10:33 PM

To be honest, the way my life has gone the last few years, I havn't had much chance to actually use any of this stuff....

Oh i know how that feels ,,collected a heap of after market bits and now the pile is huge ..i counted my pile of alloy gun barrels ..knew i had a few but i didnt know i had 47 of the bloody things  :blink:
Now since this threat is about finding things ..i have been seriously hurt over the years in the military and i take tablets every day for head aches and blood issues but i did find something very very useful ..the metal that the tablets are packed in is amazing for making small metal pieces ..bends very easily and holds its shape and much stronger then tin foil  ;D

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Weaver

#52
October 04, 2013, 04:11:44 AM
Nice one - the foil that Swann Morton knife blades come is relatively heavy-gauge stuff too.
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 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

ericr

#53
October 04, 2013, 06:41:18 AM
nice thread!
using unexpected objects or bits of them from the contingent world in what-if models ...
I do that sometimes, for examples wings from bird figurines (a bit like the bat wings shown above), or even worse.
I'll try to document that here soon.

Mossie

#54
October 04, 2013, 08:05:45 AM
Harold (or anyone else with a need), are these any use?
http://www.adinstruments.com/products/mla304

We use these as at work, they're normally disposed of after use (they're a breath filter), but we had seven that went unused after being taken out of their packaging and they can't be used again.  They're about 90mm in diameter in clear inidgo-blueish plastic.  They have a white fabric filter in the middle but this can easily be removed.  They're open at both ends, one end is larger so they can be stacked together.

I've had them on my desk for some months thinking they might be useful for some sci-fi application.  Maybe some kind of laser coil or warp core if you put a flourescent tube down the middle of several stacked together, a Tardis style console with a tube inserted in the top of one, big wheels, or anything else you can think of.
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Weaver

#55
October 04, 2013, 06:19:24 PM
Quote from: Mossie on October 04, 2013, 08:05:45 AM
Harold (or anyone else with a need), are these any use?
http://www.adinstruments.com/products/mla304

We use these as at work, they're normally disposed of after use (they're a breath filter), but we had seven that went unused after being taken out of their packaging and they can't be used again.  They're about 90mm in diameter in clear inidgo-blueish plastic.  They have a white fabric filter in the middle but this can easily be removed.  They're open at both ends, one end is larger so they can be stacked together.

I've had them on my desk for some months thinking they might be useful for some sci-fi application.  Maybe some kind of laser coil or warp core if you put a flourescent tube down the middle of several stacked together, a Tardis style console with a tube inserted in the top of one, big wheels, or anything else you can think of.


Well they certainly have LOADS of potential:



I can't honestly say that I'd use them (or anything else) in the immediately forseeable future though, so I'd suggest giving first option on them to somebody with an actual plan...

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Cobra

#56
October 04, 2013, 06:36:19 PM
Weaver, that Item You posted looks like the Control Panel for the TARDIS :o Did'nt You Notice? Dan

Weaver

#57
October 05, 2013, 01:51:33 AM
Quote from: Cobra on October 04, 2013, 06:36:19 PM
Weaver, that Item You posted looks like the Control Panel for the TARDIS :o Did'nt You Notice? Dan

It's the same object that Mossie was talking about and he made that observation too.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

kerick

#58
October 05, 2013, 01:32:56 PM
Space station parts!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Glenn

#59
October 06, 2013, 08:48:51 PM
Shuttle bay of a Space Station......no?
Glenn
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