Flux Capacitor Redux
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So, today I wanted to make the spark plug boots a bit more accurate as well as add the little "donut" where the wire inters the backboard. I'm aware that other Flux makers have either painted existing black ones, or molded and cast their own. After hours of searching for something close to the actual boots used on the sceen-used prop (see attached screen grab from the OUTATIME documentary) ... I decided to create a 3D model and print these on the resin printer. The color is a bit bright, but I can adjust that later.
Thanks mlunder, I just ordered these.
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And, why not? Here's the black and yellow elbow. Watching these appear in the OUTATIME documentary made me want to get all these right. Which also made me look at my two silver elbows .... I think they are too small. I'm printing them again 115% larger to test that theory.
So, to sort out the sizing I built a Stahlin box right in Fusion. I was a bit off on the size of the elbows and this helped me sort it out. I'm still eyeballing all this because I don't have any of the REAL elbows. So I'm going for getting the overall look right.
Alright, much happier with the proportions of the various elbows. I was a bit reluctant to do ALL THESE TUBES! ... But I can't tell you how much more character they give the device. It feels like a complex system that could initiate time travel!
More to come ...
More to come ...
So these are the only reference photos I could find, some were taken by the restoration team and other are from the A car in the Peterson museum,
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Looks amazing!
Sorry. I actually cannot for this project.
Bad reference. They are black now.
mastermahan
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Are these available as STLs anywhere?
joberg
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Look at post #50
mastermahan
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I can't imagine putting that much work into making a highly sought after object printable, only to not make it available? I found another thread where he offered STLs of a less accurate set of connectors he had modeled, so I wonder what changed?Look at post #50
What chaged was I was hired by Factory Entertainment to use my file as the basis for a hyper-accurate Flux Capacitor that is now coming to market. As part of that I signed a document that prohibits me from selling parts related to the Flux.
Here's the link revealing the prototype I built for FE:
Flux Capacitor prototype for Factory Entertainment
This is a long one, but worth the read: A year ago I was hired by Factory Entertainment to build a prototype of a product they want to bring to market: The Flux Capacitor from the DeLorean Time Machine in Back to the Future. Factory Entertainment just announced this, so I can talk about it here...
www.therpf.com
mastermahan
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Well, thanks for the less accurate parts anyway. They worked fine for my purposes.What chaged was I was hired by Factory Entertainment to use my file as the basis for a hyper-accurate Flux Capacitor that is now coming to market. As part of that I signed a document that prohibits be from selling parts related to the Flux.
Here's the link revealing the prototype I built for FE:
Flux Capacitor prototype for Factory Entertainment
This is a long one, but worth the read: A year ago I was hired by Factory Entertainment to build a prototype of a product they want to bring to market: The Flux Capacitor from the DeLorean Time Machine in Back to the Future. Factory Entertainment just announced this, so I can talk about it here...
You're welcome ... I think.
joberg
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Yep...don't understand that response
