Hi everyone, I'm new here but I've heard lots of great things about this forum from Tested.
While not a replica model, a project I'm working on needs an ~10" sphere and this seems like the best place to get ideas for this sort of thing. (If anyone is interested the project is a new version of this)
What I'm looking for is a lightweight, white sphere to be illuminated by LEDs. This project is portable, so minimizing the weight is key, and as this part is completely non-structural (simply needs to be a white spherical surface), as thin as possible is desired. The sphere will need to be split into halves, so two half spheres would work okay. I've found a number of items on ebay, but they all seem to be thick plastic (Example 1 Example 2). A 10" acrylic sphere with 1/8" walls is over 1.5 lbs, which is way too heavy. Ideally, I'd like my solution to be less than half a pound.
Perhaps some of you are aware of other methods to achieve this result. I'm not opposed to buying something like Example 1 above and using it to lay up a thinner material over it. I have access to a Dimension Elite 3D printer as well.
Any ideas? Thanks!
While not a replica model, a project I'm working on needs an ~10" sphere and this seems like the best place to get ideas for this sort of thing. (If anyone is interested the project is a new version of this)
What I'm looking for is a lightweight, white sphere to be illuminated by LEDs. This project is portable, so minimizing the weight is key, and as this part is completely non-structural (simply needs to be a white spherical surface), as thin as possible is desired. The sphere will need to be split into halves, so two half spheres would work okay. I've found a number of items on ebay, but they all seem to be thick plastic (Example 1 Example 2). A 10" acrylic sphere with 1/8" walls is over 1.5 lbs, which is way too heavy. Ideally, I'd like my solution to be less than half a pound.
Perhaps some of you are aware of other methods to achieve this result. I'm not opposed to buying something like Example 1 above and using it to lay up a thinner material over it. I have access to a Dimension Elite 3D printer as well.
Any ideas? Thanks!