Junkcraft spaceships

[fastolfrus]

There was a recycle fair on Scarborough today, one of the stalls was a chap making spaceships out of household rubbish, bottles, coathangers, etc.
Some of them looked quite useful for vehicles or terrain.

The Jupiter 7 looks very retro and prompted me into buying some bottles of pop on the way home.

Step-by-step instructions in his books:

http://www.junkcraft.com/books/spacecraft/

[fastolfrus]

They looked really good on the stand too.

Some look more retro than others so I would expect them to be useful for pulp etc.

The coathanger pieces were surprisingly effective

[beefcake]

I bet though it would be like cooking. You'll need all the right ingredients, so junk pile is probably not the right word. Especially since mine is full of sticks, grass clippings and food. I did pull apart a microwave recently to get some bits out of but there was surprisingly little to it and I ended up chucking the stuff out as it was not that great.

[beefcake]

The parts that produced radiation I didn't even look at keeping. Mostly it was just the fan and a few little wirey bits. Thinking back the fan could have been good for some sort of alien diorama.

[fastolfrus]

Would you recommend that book he did?

It's pretty simple - aimed at 10 year olds so most of us on here can easily follow the illustrated stage-by-stage instructions.
5 projects on the book, each has a list of parts and tools.
The S25 shuttle and Jupiter 7 look about the best designs in my view - Jupiter 7 is very Tintin or Blakes 7 in appearance - but he paints all his spacecraft silver and adds stickers, some may just look better with an alternate paint job.
There are a few pieces that look good - the coathanger on the Jupiter 7, and the 2 different types of plastic clothes pegs that he uses for other projects.
As for recommending, yes. But it's only a fiver, so if you buy it and don't like it, donate it to your nearest junior school