| Texas Grognard | 13 May 2009 2:36 p.m. PST |
I hit upon the idea of using clear acetate disks for spinning props. Do any of y'all do something similar? And do any of you have a technique to simulate the motion painted prop tips? Thanks in advance and Salut y'all! Bruce the Texas Grognard |
| Red3584 | 13 May 2009 2:49 p.m. PST |
I just used some acetate from an old overhead projector cut into a circle…it made a pretty good helicopter prop model for some 1/300 helis. You could possibly mark some lines on it to reflect the blades movement but I found it worked ok without this and decided not to risk messing it up with my rubbish artistic skills! |
| quidveritas | 13 May 2009 2:50 p.m. PST |
Some of our guys use clear acetate disks as props. Nuthin to it -- just use a compass to draw your outline and cut -- I have a fancy cutting compass but I suspect you could do almost as well using an x-acto knife and some care. Got no advice on the 'motion painted prop tips'. For what it's worth, I much prefer to get a white metal prop -- but that's just me. link
Aeroclub – 1/72 Metal Props mjc |
 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 13 May 2009 3:10 p.m. PST |
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| Allen57 | 13 May 2009 3:27 p.m. PST |
I wish someone made discs. Ive priced various tools for this and decided they were not cost effective. I need some. Ive tried quidveritas methos and am too much of a klutz. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 13 May 2009 3:32 p.m. PST |
"I wish someone made discs"
Doesn't GHQ make them? Or they used to. |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 13 May 2009 3:36 p.m. PST |
BTW, clear sequins are perfect for 1/300 AC. You can get them by the hundreds at your local Michaels/MJD/HobbyLobby. |
| leidang | 13 May 2009 4:34 p.m. PST |
GHQ did make them and included them with their models at one point. Now they include actual brass etched props. I much preferred the clear disks. |
| Wyatt the Odd | 13 May 2009 4:55 p.m. PST |
Hmm. What would prop discs be worth? And in what scale? I can't imagine that its a commercially viable product. Wyatt |
| Kaoschallenged | 13 May 2009 5:11 p.m. PST |
John at PicoArmor has mentioned that he was planning to do some in 1/600th scale. He already has some for helicopters in 1/600th. Robert PicoArmor
picoarmor.com/index.php My 1/600th Wargaming Yahoo Group
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| RavenscraftCybernetics | 13 May 2009 6:08 p.m. PST |
You could ask litko. I bet they can make them. |
| Etranger | 13 May 2009 7:07 p.m. PST |
Frog used to put them in their kits many years ago – I had a Tempest with one. Long OOP sadly. |
| Timmo uk | 14 May 2009 12:40 a.m. PST |
Seems like an Litko opportunity there. I used to hand make them but I've decided to leave the props on my Wings of War pre-paints and not bother adding them to my metal 1/285 WW2. |
| Allen57 | 14 May 2009 4:32 a.m. PST |
Basically Timmo, I am with you. The only need I see for prop discs is on helicopters. They just dont seem right to me without them. |
| richarDISNEY | 14 May 2009 7:36 a.m. PST |
No prob. I take a THIN sheet of clear plastic. Spray it with Matte varnish. Go to a Crapbooking store, and they have little kits to make perfect circles ( normally fairly cheap kits) and spin away! I cut them out to whatever looks the best. May not be to exact scale, but it looks good! Then, use a dab of superglue, and you are on yer way! I make the circles from 1/48 down to 1/300 using this method. |
| Lion in the Stars | 14 May 2009 11:20 a.m. PST |
Motion-painted props? You mean the screw pattern? No suggestions there. If you mean the contrasting tips, get some clear yellow paint and carefully paint a line around the inside of the circle. |
| DS6151 | 15 May 2009 3:02 a.m. PST |
This seems really complicated for a thing that should come down to "Report Cover + Hole Punch". Unless I'm missing something I guess. I've seen some do a wavy black patern to simulate the prop on the disk, but it doesn't really look right. Just leave them clear. |
| Wg Cdr Luddite | 15 May 2009 4:34 a.m. PST |
I do all my 1:300 and 1:285 kites with prop disks. Don't worry about trying to paint on motion lines, I've experimented with half a dozen ways of doing it and have concluded that a plain disk looks best.
By the way what the chuff is a Crapbooking store? I really want some of those gizmos. |
| pbhawkin | 15 May 2009 3:08 p.m. PST |
I have tried this on my 1/144 planes.
In the picture below are two Fokker G-1s.
One has both props made from acetate with Yellow rim and permanent marker 'stripes' to represent the blades.
The other plane has a staionary prop and another made of acetate without the Yellow rim but still has the 'stripes'.
Not the best picture but you get the idea I hope.
The 'stripes' should be thinner, closer together and more blurred to be more realistic I think.
picture |
| Binhan Lin | 16 May 2009 7:16 a.m. PST |
Fiddler's Green offers a printout of prop disks for use on their paper models. You could probably re-size them to any scale (FG is normally 1:60) Simply print onto an acetate sheet and cut out. link -Binhan |
| Kaoschallenged | 16 May 2009 10:44 a.m. PST |
Just recieved some copters from John at PicoArmor along with some spare clear rotor discs. At least 6 different sizes. They look very good. Robert PicoArmor
picoarmor.com/index.php My 1/600th Wargaming Yahoo Group
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