Godzilla : Oxygen Destroyer

[macropod80]

Hello Godzillaphiles. Apart from that last one (in2014) I can't see any of the photos these guys were talking about. But I'm guessing enthusiasm ran out for any actual building? I get that a lot.
I too am old enough to have wanted one for decades, and will be adding one to Thingiverse in due course, after sorting out a few design issues:

First question: does it actually have that 'button' on the right-hand end? (because it would be a really handy way of activating a mechanism)
The one in the film doesn't appear to have one at either end, but the kit replica talked about further up this thread has one at both. And some shots of one being shown off at TOHO have one:

(That's Akira Takarada, by the way.) I'm wondering if they have more than one? Perhaps there was a hero prop for the actors to carry around and a functional one for the scene where it pops open. Or maybe they have a repro for showing off to visiting foreigners and the 'good' one locked in the glass display case:

which also looks perhaps a bit shorter, and more authentically metallic than just painted..
Second: unless someone can provide actual measurements, I'm guessing the clear tube is 6inches/15cm diameter, which makes the ball in the middle 12cm and produces nice round numbers for a lot of other features. In my part of the world we don't have acrylic tube, so I'm still working on that problem, but they have everything cheap in China, so the ball is sorted as a pair of polished steel hemispheres via Evilbay.

And bubbles being difficult to render out of water, I'm also hoping to finally make sensible use of one of those useless plasma ball things:

My 3D printer's on the fritz at the moment, so this may take a few weeks

 

[Zaphod]

Hello Godzillaphiles. Apart from that last one (in2014) I can't see any of the photos these guys were talking about. But I'm guessing enthusiasm ran out for any actual building? I get that a lot.
I too am old enough to have wanted one for decades, and will be adding one to Thingiverse in due course, after sorting out a few design issues:

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First question: does it actually have that 'button' on the right-hand end? (because it would be a really handy way of activating a mechanism)
The one in the film doesn't appear to have one at either end, but the kit replica talked about further up this thread has one at both. And some shots of one being shown off at TOHO have one:



(That's Akira Takarada, by the way.) I'm wondering if they have more than one? Perhaps there was a hero prop for the actors to carry around and a functional one for the scene where it pops open. Or maybe they have a repro for showing off to visiting foreigners and the 'good' one locked in the glass display case:



which also looks perhaps a bit shorter, and more authentically metallic than just painted..
Second: unless someone can provide actual measurements, I'm guessing the clear tube is 6inches/15cm diameter, which makes the ball in the middle 12cm and produces nice round numbers for a lot of other features. In my part of the world we don't have acrylic tube, so I'm still working on that problem, but they have everything cheap in China, so the ball is sorted as a pair of polished steel hemispheres via Evilbay.

And bubbles being difficult to render out of water, I'm also hoping to finally make sensible use of one of those useless plasma ball things:



My 3D printer's on the fritz at the moment, so this may take a few weeks

'd say yes to the button.
I'd love one of these.

 

[ed-209]

Here are, I think, the photos that were on this page as well as others I've collected.
These are the original prop.

 

[ed-209]

These are of the replica that was made.

 

[macropod80]

Thanks for that ED209! Those are some great photos that I wish I'd had a few weeks ago.

That panel meter seems big to me - I've got one on order from China that's 45mm dia. (I think China's the only place that still uses them.) Tried one at 60mm and just couldn't squeeze it in. Though I'm still not satisfied with the proportions of the box it's set into. Will have to keep tweaking.
62cm total length of that replica is reassuring - mine's currently turning out right on 60cm:

Still not convinced those TOHO people aren't waving around two different ones...
Thanks again.

 

[thegnome]

I love it!

 

[macropod80]

Getting close to completing the static version:

It compares quite well to the photos further up this thread, I think. The shiny grey bits - on the left (I'm calling that the 'control box end'), and the right 'dome end' - are printed in ABS that's been acetone-vapour- dipped, giving them a nice light gunmetal kind of sheen. The other big bits are currently just PLA, which I hate because it's a bugger to sand and smooth, but my printer's still having issues with warping on the larger ABS parts.
The plasma ball comes apart and reassembles surprisingly easily (the glass globe just pops off - no desoldering required), but haven't yet found a piece of wire to extend it with. The wire up the centre of the thing is rated 20000volts, 20 Amps.

I only need to extend it about 10cm to get down that 25mm aluminium tube to the circuit-board inside the main body, but the electronics guys at work get nervous when I tell them about the 20kV. I can buy the correct stuff in a 100m roll for about $150, but obviously I'm looking for a cheaper alternative.
Still waiting on an actual meter from China, so have printed a dummy temporary hole-filler:

Ultimate aim is to be able to have the central sphere pop open, to reveal the glowing plasma ball, and maybe some blinky/flashy LEDs around it. But first stage is finishing the static version once I get the meter and some acrylic tube.

 

[ed-209]

Doing a great job!!! Can't wait to see it finished.
This is a perfect companion piece that should sit next to the Gas bombs from the original King Kong. --Ed

 

[macropod80]

Sitting around hiding from the virus I finally got around to dusting off this thing again. The meter came and I eventually had to get a piece of clear tube from the other side of the world. Remarkably the meter was a perfect fit into the fame I'd already made. The tube required a little metric/imperial adjustment to the printed parts.

(Serizawa there is holding the 65th anniversary keychain.)
I just have to tweak a few of the parts before putting them up on Thingiverse. Looks like getting the plasma ball inside is going to be a bit trickier than first appeared - doesn't like having its wiring messed with.
And coming back after all these months I'm starting to have second thoughts about that chrome ball - maybe a bit too small?

 

[Zaphod]

Sitting around hiding from the virus I finally got around to dusting off this thing again. The meter came and I eventually had to get a piece of clear tube from the other side of the world. Remarkably the meter was a perfect fit into the fame I'd already made. The tube required a little metric/imperial adjustment to the printed parts.

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(Serizawa there is holding the 65th anniversary keychain.)
I just have to tweak a few of the parts before putting them up on Thingiverse. Looks like getting the plasma ball inside is going to be a bit trickier than first appeared - doesn't like having its wiring messed with.
And coming back after all these months I'm starting to have second thoughts about that chrome ball - maybe a bit too small?

First off it looks amazingly amazing, but yeah, I could see the chrome-ball being a tad larger. It wouldn't be a deal breaker if I were to want one, but aesthetically, if it wasn't a lot of work, I'd go with like, the next size up.

 

[macropod80]

Back when I started this I guessed 5inch for the ball, but everything comes from China these days and they don't work in inches anymore. 120mm was the best I could find, which is only 7mm short of 5inches. Until I got the tube on I thought the ball looked close enough, but it really needs those extra few mm.
Not a problem though if the ball is 3D printed like the rest of the thing..

 

[macropod80]

I have actually finally put the .stl files for my destroyer as it currently stands on Thingiverse, though mysteriously it doesn't show up at all on that site's search bar:
The 1954 Oxygen Destroyer by TheOther10 - Thingiverse
I still need to write some more comprehensive assembly instructions and, of course, already I can think of details I want to change.

 

[Odin82]

FROM JAPAN

www.fromjapan.co.jp

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/d504186043

819 euro for the replica. Not sure if that's a good price or not.

Seller even has videos:

About 30 years ago, I bought "Oxygen Destroyer" at the Wonder Festival "Godzilla Booth" in 1992.

It is a fictitious substance that appears in "Godzilla" (1954), and is also referred to as "underwater oxygen destroyer". Among the many Godzilla works, it is the only weapon that has completely killed Godzilla. (Wikipedia)

The first issue of "Killing Weapons for Monsters" that first appeared in a Japanese special effects movie that buried the first Godzilla.


[Product description] As of
2021, this is Japan's first replica finished product manufactured by a garage kit maker called "1/1 Plan" whose existence cannot be confirmed no matter where you look on the net. At that time, it was still in the early days of Wonder Festival, and many unknown model lovers participated. Most of them are now disbanded or disappear naturally. The "1/1 plan" is probably a manufacturer that has followed such a process. However, as a result of searching the net for lice, this product was posted on a certain site. However, even here, the manufacturer is described as "unknown", and I was keenly aware of the ruthlessness of the passage of 30 years. (Reference URL) DATABASE OXYGEN DESTROYER

The power and effect of this weapon is according to the description on Wikipedia ...
　　　　　　　　　　
"It is a drug that scientist Dr. Serizawa discovered and developed by chance during research on oxygen, and although it is not mentioned in detail in the play, it instantly destroys oxygen in water by electromagnetically reacting a special substance. , All the creatures on the spot are killed in an instant and completely liquefied. ”
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* The great thing about this product is that it faithfully embodies the setting of [electromagnetically reacting a special substance] in the text. That's what I did.

To date, replicas of this weapon are in a category that even major garage kit makers haven't touched, and I've only known a few production cases.
Among them, the mechanism of the visual effect that [electromagnetically reacts a special substance] device is built in and a spark current is generated from electrode to electrode is a precision industry that no manufacturer can reproduce even in the present age of nearly 30 years. It can be called a product.
Since I was young, I had a dream of building a private "Godzilla Museum", and I was thinking of making it the centerpiece of the exhibit, but I had to give up on the financial side, and this time I will use the same "Godzilla" as me. I decided to entrust my dreams to my comrades who have a deeply loved soul.

On the day of purchase, I took it out of the box and watched it for 15 minutes, and for 5 minutes I was fascinated by the mysterious orange lightning of the power generation spark, enjoyed it and put it in the box again, and since then I have been sleeping for a long time.
When I opened the box for the first time in about 30 years for this exhibition, it kept the same beauty as at that time. (I kept it carefully in a dark room) The
most worrisome question was, "Does it work properly?", But when I plugged it in, it worked fine and the lightning spark ran, so I'm relieved. At the same time, I was amazed and impressed by the high technical capabilities of the producers at that time.


Please be assured that Reiwa's 3K (smell, dirty, infection) has been completely cleared without us, no cigarettes, no pets, and no corona.


* A friend asked me, "How long can this discharge last?", But according to the product's precautionary statement, "Please do not continue lighting for more than an hour", so judging from the text, it takes 59 minutes. Looks good until.


As for the condition of the product, I took it out of the box twice, at the time of purchase and this time, and checked the operation, but since it is almost new, I decided that it was "nearly unused".

 

[macropod80]

I love whatever's going on inside that thing, but as a replica, it does look a bit 'hand-sculpted' from foam or clay. A bit pricey for a cute lighting effect.

 

[macropod80]

I love whatever's going on inside that thing, but as a replica, it does look a bit 'hand-sculpted' from foam or clay. A bit pricey for a cute lighting effect.

Not easy to photograph with my ancient SLR camera, but I did finally get a cheap plasma ball to fire up inside this thing:

I'll get the thing finished some day. All good things..

 

[Zaphod]

Not easy to photograph with my ancient SLR camera, but I did finally get a cheap plasma ball to fire up inside this thing:

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I'll get the thing finished some day. All good things..

This is so fantabulous.
Would love one of these.