Well at first, my idea came from the use of scratch pieces from anything
cillindrical. Indeed, a cigar tube could be enough. You can also smoke the
cigar after completing the miniature. :-) OK, seriously, the carcass of a
big pen could also work, if you know of any electrician near your house
maybe you can ask them for this tubes. Finally, I've seen some sweets being
selled inside tubes that could work (smarties where them? I'm not sure).
Albert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angel" <angel_stranded_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 2:12 PM
Subject: [NetEpic ML] Re: Building a Hellworm
Well, that was educational :)
Technically, Plastruct don't make any tubing over 12.7mm (1/2")
diameter. Not in the modelling line, anyway. But the whole model
supply is just a sideline, most of their sales are to industrial
companies. If I want anything over 1/2", I have to go to the
industrial stock.
They make a 19.1mm ABS tube which sounds like a good place to start,
and it's only �3.20. However, they have a minimum order of �12 and
what on earth would I do with the other 3 lengths of tube?
Fortunately they also make a 15.9mm tube (which might be better for
the Hellworm), 14.3mm, 12.7, 11.1 and 9.3mm tube. So I ordered one
of each, which made �13.30 and now I've got my minimum order :) Add
another 3-4 quid for postage, it should be here sometime next week.
The best bit was when I made sure these were 300mm lengths. Oh no,
she said, this is the industrial line - they're all 900mm long! I
can make a lot of Hellworms with 36" of tubing...
Steve
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