radiator core & top construction - how to?

[sidcharles]

search gave a great cap & lots of hose possibilities [and some secrets who doesn't install lowers], but . . . 

what's a good way to construct a see-through, somewhat convincing, radiator core?

i've tried YT, but most options appear to be just layers of screen with no vertical tubes, which seems less than ideal.

thx

[bobss396]

The hard part is finding the see-through material that looks realistic.

Someone on eBay sells radiators including the mesh material.

In the past, I use plastic railroad siding for the cores.

[sidcharles]

i'll betcha a 3D print guru could come up with something x the sheet which could be scored & snapped to size.

[bytownshaker]

Mark Batson (Hobbydude007) on Youtube does an excellent tutorial, he did one in a back issue of SAE.

 

[sidcharles]

that's one of the videos i watched. to me it needs some innards to be convincing, but i like the frame work.

[johnyrotten]

The tubes inside an actual radiator are small diameter, and sometimes flattened. You'd have to run a series of tubes/solid either vertically or horizontally depending on the style of radiator. Between the screen. Tedious work.

[sidcharles]

14 minutes ago, johnyrotten said:

The tubes inside an actual radiator are small diameter, and sometimes flattened. You'd have to run a series of tubes/solid either vertically or horizontally depending on the style of radiator. Between the screen. Tedious work.

minutia is why i get up in the morning 

[johnyrotten]

Just now, sidcharles said:

minutia is why i get up in the morning 

Building a radiator such as that would definitely fit the bill. Most have between 2-4 separate rows  sandwiched to make up a "core". At this scale, steel pins or wire might be a better option than styrene.  

[Beans]

16 minutes ago, sidcharles said:

minutia is why i get up in the morning 

Cant wait to see how you add the dead bugs 😆

[sidcharles]

3 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

Building a radiator such as that would definitely fit the bill. Most have between 2-4 separate rows  sandwiched to make up a "core". At this scale, steel pins or wire might be a better option than styrene.  

oddly enough, one of my favorite YT modelers uses bug mounting pins for all things wired.  there will be an "edit" later when i can dig out his channel name; stay tuned!

until then:  Amazon.com: WILLBOND Stainless Steel Insect Pins Kit Specimen Entomology Pins Butterfly Collections Variety Pack for School Entomology Display Butterfly Collectors(500 Pieces,5 Sizes) : Industrial & Scientific

as odd as it may sound, you can actually feel the precision with which they are made when working.

if i were a butterfly, it would be an honor to be skewered by a #5 round head. really!

Amazon.com: WILLBOND Stainless Steel Insect Pins Kit Specimen Entomology Pins Butterfly Collections Variety Pack for School Entomology Display Butterfly Collectors(500 Pieces,5 Sizes) : Industrial & Scientific

[NOBLNG]

3 hours ago, sidcharles said:

oddly enough, one of my favorite YT modelers uses bug mounting pins for all things wired.

as odd as it may sound, you can actually feel the precision with which they are made when working.

Thanks for the tip on these pins. I’ve been looking for small diameter pins for turn signal levers etc. The smallest I found at the fabric stores measure 0.021” diameter, or 1/2” in 1:1 scale. I see the #1 pins are 0.0126” or 5/16” in 1:1 scale.

[sidcharles]

EDIT - for the insect pins post 

this modeler puts an excruciating amount of detail in his creations: