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Author Topic: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?  (Read 3011 times)

Offline Double W

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Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« on: November 05, 2013, 10:47:18 PM »
Amid all the other stuff I'm trying to do right now, I bought some cheap die-cast 1940-50s Cadillacs I want to convert for a Cadillacs & Dinosaurs game. The transformation should be simple enough (see pic below), but I don't know where I can pick up some appropriate nicknacks to complete the look. These would be hoses and external engine parts in 28mm. Any suggestions would be helpful.


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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2013, 10:58:55 PM »
Off the top of my head...guitar strings...clock, electronics parts, small wire wrapped around larger wire(for short runs)... Parts from kids toys - think anything Sci Fi robots, vehicles, Transformers...


This is kind of stuff I always look for, for generic mechanical devices, machinery, etc.

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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2013, 11:56:54 PM »
Zinge Industries has flexible hoses and a V-8 engine block or parts thereof.
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Offline Double W

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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2013, 07:13:35 AM »
Thanks for the suggestions. They really help.

Offline smokezombie

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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2013, 11:25:11 AM »
I'm sure I saw this in another thread on LAF.

Nifty little thing.

http://greenstuffindustries.blogspot.co.uk/p/gsi-product-page.html
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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2013, 03:30:01 PM »
I'm sure I saw this in another thread on LAF.
Nifty little thing.
http://greenstuffindustries.blogspot.co.uk/p/gsi-product-page.html
I picked one of these up.  It is really handy and is not a a one use item!  All the links for engine parts that I had are listed above so I cannot contribute more.   
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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2013, 08:05:21 PM »
I'm sure I saw this in another thread on LAF.

Nifty little thing.

http://greenstuffindustries.blogspot.co.uk/p/gsi-product-page.html

That one seems a bit pricey. I did try one of these from ForgePlanet in Poland. The quality of it was appalling, and effectively unusable. Someone did recommend one from elsewhere, which is transparent. I'll see if I can dig up a link.


e2a: http://masqmini.com/index.php/tubetool.html
« Last Edit: November 06, 2013, 09:37:04 PM by 6milPhil »

Offline Commander Vyper

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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2013, 11:33:51 PM »
Second positive for zinge. Very useful gubbins,  high quality.
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Offline Double W

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Re: Ideas for hoses, engine parts in 28mm?
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2013, 06:06:42 AM »
Yeah, I purchased some tubes from zinge. Still need some parts shaped something like rocket engines. I'll keep looking.  :)

 

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