helium nuclear powercell from red planet

funboy1013xx

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hello all, I have been working on an A.M.E.E. battery and finally got it done. its not perfect but its as close as I could get with off the shelf parts. pictures might be a bit blurry because my camera is old! IM000741.JPG IM000740.JPG IM000743.JPG IM000742.JPG IM000744.JPG
 
I've always wanted one of these! Yours looks great!

Did you make the decals yourself? What's it made of? Got any in-progress shots?
 
thanks! I spent about an hour at the hardware store mixing and matching pipe fittings. the top terminal is 2 separate fittings, the top base is 3 fittings and the base is 2 fittings plus the bottom of a beer can for good measure. all pieces were hand cut and bondo-ed?! I did custom make the decals on my computer and printed on water slide decal paper. im not sure if I saved/have any progress shots but I will check.
 
If and when I make mine, it'll be based around a narrow plastic pill bottle, and I'll try 3D modeling and printing it.
 
I checked and i didn't keep any progress pic's. I never thought about a pill bottle! I already had a piece of clear acrylic tubing so I just went from there. this next picture is just a roughed in sculpt held together with some tape. IM000746.JPG
 
no problem. I start a new job today and its 2:30 til 10:30pm so im gonna be gone days. looking forward to swappin info!
 
Shoot I missed this. sorry kicking myself now. lol that's a great looking battery. and did you make the head. that's awesome!
 
Shoot I missed this. sorry kicking myself now. lol that's a great looking battery. and did you make the head. that's awesome!

hey sean, thanks! yeah the head sculpt is a rough WIP. were talkin years off and on. I started 2001-2?? real life has a way of slappin you in the face so it gets alil work here and there. ive got more pieces of it done like the left and right "pods" and metal cages. I will have to take some pic's of it all together and post a new thread........ sometime. lol
 
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