Arc reactor kit amazon

[dr_slurpee]

My kit was different, didn’t have pre wound blocks. Was just black laser cut edges and wire that needed to be wound around the acrylic.

 

[dr_slurpee]

 

[peterquill]

My kit was different, didn’t have pre wound blocks. Was just black laser cut edges and wire that needed to be wound around the acrylic.

thats the one i have,
i dont want to hijack this thread, but is there some secret way to getting those coils so neat,

 

[dr_slurpee]

That’s why I printed the blocks to make it infinitely easier to wrap the wire around.

 

[Nbchampion]

Mine too came with the silver 'pen/paint'.. I just wasnt sure what HE used.

I have seen other blob on some hot glue first..etc.. so I wanted to ask.



* my cubes were also already 'pre-made'...


One different approach "I" did was NOT to use the wire on the cubes itself to feed into the 'nubs'..

I tired to hide those 'cube wires' to the bottom.. and then used some thin brass wire to feed through first.

Like so:

https://www.dmstudios.net/misc/arc_reactor/IMG_0281.JPG

https://www.dmstudios.net/misc/arc_reactor/IMG_0282.JPG

Gave me that more uniform 'bent/rounded' look..

yeah I was given a silver pen to mark/paint the nubs.

and the copper was already woven in hollow square blocks and all I had to do was slide them over a black cube. It does look neat, but doing it by hand would probably look more authentic...because tony was able to build it in a Cave...with a box of scraps

 

[peterquill]

That’s why I printed the blocks to make it infinitely easier to wrap the wire around.

i like what you did there, a layer of wire and then cut them to fit on the light ring,

i like that the others are pre made,
i ended up buying a roll of motor core wire to redo mine hopefully a bit more screen accurate than what i got, and im going to redo the blocks, because those laser cut plates are very fiddly,

but all in all its a nice thing to have and build isnt it

 

[propmainiac]

Ok all
Here it is! Very happy with how it looks...not screen accurate but close enough for me! I used the wire that came with it and used 5 min epoxy to create the solder connections. Used the marker pen to color the solder joints and add a little weathering to the inner ring.