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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Mr.Marx on 18 October 2017, 01:55:35 PM
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Hey all,
Does anyone know anywhere I can buy some small scale propellers? 1/285th or 1/300th scale, or there abouts. I'm not too fussy. Anything 5mm - 10mm in diameter would probably do. I'm working on a small scale VSF airship.
I know GHQ and CinC do tiny propellers for their aircraft, but I imagine they'd be prohibitively expensive to order separately. (That is, unless any of you fine fellows on here happen to have a bunch of spares just sitting about in your bits box?)
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Mr.Marx
(first post in forever, trying to get back into the game.)
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I've seen people use a hole puncher and clear plastic sheet. Ends up looking like the prop rotating.
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There are various commerative aircraft in odd scales - eg Wonderland Models Spitfire (https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/corgi-bbmf-spitfire/) that you could use for parts.
There's a Lancaster going cheap on amazon at the moment - link (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corgi-Avro-Lancaster-Hornby-CS90619/dp/B01H98GSW4/ref=sr_1_13). I have the model in front of me, and each propeller blade is about 8mm long - not sure what that means in diameter terms.
I did wonder about old Wings of War models, but they're pretty expensive as well
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I would ask on the Wings of War / Glory Areodrome website - the bombers are about 1cm tip to tip but they may know of a 3D printer would could help scale down some for you.
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http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235019376-clyde-puffer/&tab=comments#comment-2685464
see post #16
I guess "small" depends on your pain threshold!
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Fairly easy to make with plastic stripping.
Just select the width and thickness desired, cut to size, and then sand the tips/sides a little to shape.