Products that were not intended to be used in model making but work anyway

[greenmachines]

Look up "atomizer circuits", these are normally intended for magician tricks, but I'm sure you can see how these could also be useful for props, scale models and the like to turn water in a sponge into a small plume of mist. Eliminates the need to take apart a cheap vape pen (the ones you combine with a small aquarium pump to make ghost traps smoke).

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I bought the Dollar Tree versions which float. They plug into usb power so any usb reserve battery or converter works. They are sealed inside a flotation donut and are placed on a pool of water. It continues to run emptying the bowl. With this, a small solar panel, a rechargeable battery and all sitting in a bowl..... voila, mystical scary vapors coming out of any tree stump or ledge and the rain refills the bowl. Permanent installation.

I am putting them to use as my fog on top of the Bill and Ted's phone booth at our local country store. There is a 2 inch lip up top to hide all the parts.

 

[publiusr]

There are these plastic, test-tube shaped alcohol shots called “ala*bama*slama” (groan) that would make great nacelles or nacelle inserts, for 1/650 TOS Enterprise kits.

Tooters Ala-bama-slama - 375ML | Bremers Wine and Liquor

Vibrant red ala·bama·slama liqueur is a fresh fruit punch with a southern kick. 15% alcohol by volume - 30 proof. The original 25 ml ala bama slama Tooters come packed 15 tubes per 375 ml party pack.

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While the outside of the tube is smooth, the inside has about 12 or so lengthwise facets.

I could see this attached to nacelle cap lighting kits like this:

TOS 1:600 Star Trek Enterprise Rotating LED Bussard Nacelle

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-but modified to turn with the unit.

Cut out trenches and the aft ball cap—and this might allow the spinning turbine look through the whole nacelle.

A frame

Type I Omni A-Frame Barricade

The Omni A-Frame Barricade is a polyethylene Barricade composed of two legs that hold one board. The sets come with one I-Beam Board or Power Board, made of durable plastic with reflective striping that can be chosen from a variety of designs. Made to last this alternative A-Frame Barricade has...

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[publiusr]

The Apollo box

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Tiny motors for drones, nacelles, etc

The unbreaker?

Software Project Pieces Broken Bits Back Together

With all the attention on LLMs (Large Language Models) and image generators lately, it’s nice to see some of the more niche and unusual applications of machine learning. GARF (Generalizeable …

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VR greebles possible with this?

A new way to bring personal items to mixed reality

Think of your most prized belongings. In an increasingly virtual world, wouldn't it be great to save a copy of that precious item and all the memories it holds?

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