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1/64 nitro cooling head?

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I'm working on a "Truggy" bit for the contest and I need something that looks like the cooling head on a nitro engine. Anybody got any ideas on what I could use? I thought about cutting styrene and stocking it, but it would be hard to get it round.

I'm putting it on a monster chassis using Sinned's Mini-T conversion. I'll be using a Dodge Ram that's dremel'd out to sit low. I'm considering cutting the chassis to get it even lower.

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pull a cheap lektric razor apart :-)
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chrome wrote:I thought about cutting styrene and stocking it, but it would be hard to get it round.
Start with a solid round styrene cylinder, cut the notches out with a razor saw and paint it silver. You could also start with a wood dowel, then primer it and paint it.
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hue35 wrote:
chrome wrote:I thought about cutting styrene and stocking it, but it would be hard to get it round.
Start with a solid round styrene cylinder, cut the notches out with a razor saw and paint it silver. You could also start with a wood dowel, then primer it and paint it.
I like the styrene cylinder idea, didn't know it came in solid versions. I'll have to swing by the local hobby shop this weekend. I'm not sure I could get fine enough cuts on the wood dowel though.

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how about a stack of washers of alternating sizes, like big small big small etc.
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Would have to be some damn small washers. Maybe the ones for the monsters. But, would I be able to find two of alternating sizes that small? I'm not sure that I could. I'm thinking the solid styrene rod is probably my best bet at the moment.

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chrome wrote:Would have to be some damn small washers. Maybe the ones for the monsters. But, would I be able to find two of alternating sizes that small? I'm not sure that I could. I'm thinking the solid styrene rod is probably my best bet at the moment.

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I'd go the easy route and get one of those Muscle Machines choppers and rip the engine out of it. Air-cooled motorcycle engine looks about right, doesn't it?
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Chuck some 1/8 or 3/16 brass rod/wood dowel into the lathe/drill/dremel and cut some rings around it using a cutting tool (lathe tool, hacksaw blade, etc). file or sandpaper into round while its spinning.
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You could use an x-acto and do it the old fashioned way.. :-)
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SuperFly wrote:I'd go the easy route and get one of those Muscle Machines choppers and rip the engine out of it. Air-cooled motorcycle engine looks about right, doesn't it?
Damn good idea superfly. I believe I've found the answer. The lathe was the first idea I had Code, but unfortunately my Dad sold his lathe and I don't have one.

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Hmmm, clay could work- Sculpy clay would be good, as it gets extremely hard after it is baked. Then a few sprays, and done. You can get alot of detail in as long as you dont squish it before you bake it :-(.

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I don't know if you have any or not, but, some lego models (18 wheeler trucks for example) came with "chrome" smoke stacks. You could use a piece of that, it would look perfect.
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Just thought of a good piece to use.. Rip the tuning coil off a old reciever board :-).

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beanoman wrote:Just thought of a good piece to use.. Rip the tuning coil off a old reciever board :-).

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