The wheels of the Tri-ang Spacex Rocket Transporter posed a problem.
I didn't have anything like that in my bits box.
I consulted the brilliant Tri-ang SpaceX Toys website and looked at typical SpaceX wheels. Not knowing the size of the Transporter I opted to go for the locomotive style.
I then bought some off Ebay but they were too small, so I made my own .... from coins!
A 1p glued on top of a 5p gave me a sort of flanged look and I went with that. It cost 48p for all eight!
What would you have done?
Try different railway scales? Bigger than HO/OO, maybe G scale or something? Wheels are always a nuisance when scratchbuilding!
ReplyDeleteThe ones I bought had no scale in the description Kev. I took a punt and it dodn't work. No probs. My glued coin sandwich has worked really well. I made axles out of wooden kebab sticks and axle holders out of plastic straws. Sounds Heath Robinson but it actually works. My Transporter moves!
DeleteAmazing ingenuity! I would never in a million years have thought of coins as wheels, but they work perfectly. That's the beauty (and the challenge) of scratch-building, ANYTHING is a potential part of your vision to bring something to life. Probably why I was never any good at this, I have trouble thinking outside the box.
ReplyDeleteThe other way people "scratchbuild" concept space vehicles nowadays - at least as gleaned from various Facebook groups - is to come up with some sort of drawing of it, which is then put into some sort of computer CAD software, and is finally 3D printed. 3D Printing is a hobby that I find completely baffling: I honestly wouldn't know where to begin. Plus, I have a feeling that it is fairly expensive. What you are doing here is strictly "old school" and that is the way I would build something from scratch - if I ever summoned up the courage to do it!
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