Looking for a large satellite dish in 28mm size

[robh]

Anyone know of scenery ranges that contain a large satellite dish?
I am aware of several small ones but am looking for something that would be a 4m or 5m dish in scale

The only one I found is by Quantum Gothic which is OK but a bit "steampunk" looking for my taste. I also know Micro Art do an entire radar building but I only want the dish & mounting.

[Daeothar]

How about a large Lego one? Cheap, and the biggest ones would be about the right size...

[gamer Mac]

One of the laser cut mdf company do one
4 ground etc
Not sure which company though

[YPU]

How about a large Lego one? Cheap, and the biggest ones would be about the right size...

Exactly what I was going to say. 

[Ewan]

http://www.sarissa-precision.com/Radar_Station/p1603368_11845258.aspx

Might be what you are after.

[Cacique Caribe]

Exactly what I was going to say.  

These "6 x 6" Lego ones are about 50mm in diameter:



http://www.ebay.com/sch/LEGO/183447/i.html?_sop=15&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&_nkw=radar%20dish&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=2&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

Dan

[gamer Mac]

http://www.sarissa-precision.com/Radar_Station/p1603368_11845258.aspx

Might be what you are after.

that's the one I was thinking of

[The_Beast]

Four metre would be at least six inches, probably more, right? Whoops, think I got the divisor backwards. 

How about a large styrofoam or PS ball, or even half sphere. I assume you don't want it near perpendicular on the sides, but you take a really large ball and slice a piece off.

Doug

[mcfonz]

It's sometimes worth checking out your local £ shops to see if they have a toy with one. I have often seen them in sets with toy soldiers etc.

[YPU]

These "6 x 6" Lego ones are about 50mm in diameter:



http://www.ebay.com/sch/LEGO/183447/i.html?_sop=15&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&_nkw=radar%20dish&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=2&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

Dan

When buying Lego I would recommend BrickLink.com prices there are about 10% of those on eBay.

[Mason]

Following on from YPU suggestion of BrickLink, a quick search for 'dish' provides quite a few options:

http://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=dish#T=A

[Steve F]

Not sure most of the suggestions would work without additions.

The point of a satellite dish is for radio waves arriving across a relatively large area to hit the large dish surface and be reflected back so that they concentrate on a receiver, which is at the end of a pole in the middle.  So all those frame-only models would need to be covered, and a receiver added.

[YPU]

Most of the lego dishes are fully surfaced, the one used as an example is frame one though.

[rwwin]

Here's an MDF one from Terrakami, but at 25cm it might be too large for what your'e looking for:

http://www.terrakami.com/store/en/scifi-28mm-misc/65-com-dish.html

3d print it up. You model it and I will print one up for you.

I actually tried to print a radio telescope dish with a diameter of 100mm and found that the overhangs toward the center of a dish with the same parabola as modern dishes was too much to print.  I found I had to distort the shape closer to spherical which looked pretty goofy. 

[Elk101]

Wargame Model Mods do this one: