Marc Weller Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Group, I'd like to plug some 1/25th scale velocity stacks with tennis balls as was standard practice in the sixties. Any suggestions?
1930fordpickup Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Beads from the womens section or go to a fishing supply place ,they sell beads also. Maybe the little balls from an airsoft gun may work but I do not know what size they are.
chunkypeanutbutter Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Air soft pellets are far too big. BB gun shot? Close, but no. Get yourself some honest-to-goodness ball bearings. Auto stores and the like, I suppose? Ask for a few sizes, see what's right.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) I was just looking for some of those the other day. I found some very nice SPHERICAL-headed pins, in various colors and 3 sizes (different scales) in the local fabric store. The heads are plastic and very symmetrical. You can hold them by the metal pin-part while you paint them, and then clip it off. The nub of the pin goes down the injector stack. Ball bearings (you can buy individual balls at some hardware stores) work too, but are harder to paint. Sticking them to a piece of double-sided tape works. Edited January 3, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
wayne swayze Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 There may be some kits that have them on the sprue tree...IIRC, the ancient AMT 32 Ford Victoria...there may be others.
chunkypeanutbutter Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 AMT Fruit Wagon has em, but I had a cr-p kit with so much flash I could barely use those parts.
Marc Weller Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 So many responses and so quickly !!! Thanks Guys, greatly appreciated. MW
1930fordpickup Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 There may be some kits that have them on the sprue tree...IIRC, the ancient AMT 32 Ford Victoria...there may be others. Yes they did, I wonder if the new release will have them. When you pick them up used they are rarely in the box.
Snake45 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Check out the dollhouse section of hobby/crafts stores. I've seen bags of "oranges" and I think other fruits that might be about the right size.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 The problem with the ones that come in kits is that they have a mold-seam right around the middle. They're small, and getting the seam removed cleanly while keeping them round can be a real bugger.
wayne swayze Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I'm thinking that if you drilled a small diameter hole into the "tennis ball", epoxy an appropriate size wire into the hole, then gently sand the offending seam off, then you paint the ball the colour of choice. When dry, epoxy the ball into the injector stack with the wire going down into the stack.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) How about pins with coated heads? See post #4. Also known as "drawing pins" or "map pins", they can be found in a variety of sizes and colors. Edited January 3, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I'm thinking that if you drilled a small diameter hole into the "tennis ball", epoxy an appropriate size wire into the hole, then gently sand the offending seam off, then you paint the ball the colour of choice. When dry, epoxy the ball into the injector stack with the wire going down into the stack. Why not just use pins, as above, that don't require all that rework?
wayne swayze Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 You're right Bill. What was I thinking.......duh!
bobthehobbyguy Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Also the pins can also be used for shifter knobs.
chunkypeanutbutter Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Or you can make some with the Dremel Sprue Chuck Lathe idea.
Foxer Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) I needed some tennis balls for a build of my daughter's van and found some beads at Michaels .. here's from that thread ... "A VERY small one to keep this alive. Seems everything need to finish is small. There were always tennis balls in the van for my daughter's dog, so ... Some correct sized metal beads I found at Michaels. They even had a pin attached for holding and to mount! I coated with some embossing powder for a bit of texture." There's no tennis ball seam but the embossing powder (also available at Michaels) gave it enough texture to work. There were many more good ball sources quoted above. Edited January 8, 2015 by Foxer
gtx6970 Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I needed some tennis balls for a build of my daughter's van and found some beads at Michaels .. here's from that thread ... "A VERY small one to keep this alive. Seems everything need to finish is small. There were always tennis balls in the van for my daughter's dog, so ... Some correct sized metal beads I found at Michaels. They even had a pin attached for holding and to mount! I coated with some embossing powder for a bit of texture." There's no tennis ball seam but the embossing powdew (also available at Michaels) gave it enough texture to work. There were many more good ball sources quoted above. Looks pretty accurate to me
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