Another SpaceX toy I haven't got, the Rescue 6, but I managed to bash one together from the junk box
A bit rough round the edges,
See what you think.
The main body is a deodorant roller.
The purple pin head is covering an unneeded hole!
The engine cover is a tube painted silver with biro exhausts stuck on.
The clockwork is pinched from my Grandson's discarded crocodile!
The cockpit is a small lightbulb, alas not working.
The rear-end is an assortment of plastic lugs. The blue box is a lego part.
The clockwork drive gives it a sort of wobbly moon motion!
Hope you like my Rescue 6!
Working with Polythene plastic has been the bane of my life! The greasy surface never takes glue or paint well. I've learned that scrubbing the surface with steel wool allows you to get a "tooth" for additions. Hot glue also works, but I've always considered this a temporary adhesive.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying your modelmaking experiences. Do you have a printer for your computer? With a "simple" program like Corel Draw, you can produce great looking stick-on decorations with ordinary print paper -or even self-adhesive, or water-slide decals if you have the specialist papers needed...
Very creative Woodsy!
ReplyDeleteAnother worthy addition to the fleet, Woodsy!
ReplyDeleteAnd another pioneering first - there wasn't any powered Spacex before, and now there is. Brilliant stuff!
Best -- Paul
Thanks very much guys. The rescue Six was a lot of fun and at last I got to put that small bulb into something!
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