Source for small scale propellers?

[Mr.Marx]

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.)

[flatpack]

I've seen people use a hole puncher and clear plastic sheet. Ends up looking like the prop rotating.

[zemjw]

There are various commerative aircraft in odd scales - eg Wonderland Models Spitfire that you could use for parts.

There's a Lancaster going cheap on amazon at the moment - link. 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

[AndrewBeasley]

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.

[secharles]

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!

[Mako]

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.