where to buy hosing

[propcollector]

Where can I buy this hosing...like in the picture

http://www.rebelscum.com/eFX/xwing-proto/image22.asp

 

[moffeaton]

I'm on my phone right now so pardon the lack of links... Go to hobbylink japan and search for "a-springs" from Wave. Maybe the 3mm size?

Where can I buy this hosing...like in the picture

http://www.rebelscum.com/eFX/xwing-proto/image22.asp

 

[PHArchivist]

Or make it. Couldn't you wind some properly gauged insulated wire around a flexible core?

 

[propcollector]

I'm on my phone right now so pardon the lack of links... Go to hobbylink japan and search for "a-springs" from Wave. Maybe the 3mm size?

I did the search and came up with nothing

 

[greeble_gremlin]

Try over at Hobby Link Japan.

Look under the Kit-bashing/ accessories section.

Both Kotobukiya, And Wave carry "spring" tubes and hosing popular with the Mech/Gundam builders' crowd. The "mesh" Pipe is good to use too
Also Try Mecha Skunk

Kotobukiya Products
http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYMS05

Wave Products:
http://www.hlj.com/hljlist2/?MacroT...r1=WAV&searchpage=Scitop&Dis=-2&GenreCode=Sci

Mecha Skunk:
http://www.mechaskunk.com/store.htm

Hope this helps,

Mike:cool

 

[moffeaton]

Yep - back on the laptop now:

http://www.hlj.com/product/WAVOP-013

http://www.hlj.com/product/WAVOP-017

etc etc... it's what I use for that very application!

 

[propcollector]

thanks guys for the help and the links:cheers

 

[Spiker]

As Pharchivist says make them yourself. It is easy and cheap. I took regular wire an put it around a very thin round profile:

 

[ralphee]

Thanks for those links J, ive been struggling to find the sizes i want for the ATST chin gun, now i can go order them woohoo!

If your after an easy to find hose propcollector, just go bag some guitar strings, or Bass strings if you want them thicker, they work very well and are neater than the coiled wire option!

You may find them tough to bend in tight angles thoough, if so just throw some heat on them, and they bend just fine from there!

lee

 

[moes1]

I have used Guitar strings in the past. A bass string for a thick hose and a regular guitar string for a thin hose.

 

[ralphee]

See Moe himself has used 'em, so thats a certified bonus :lol Strings are treated with a coating i think, torching them makes the string more plyable!
If you dont play, try a guitar shop, they may even have some old ones from a re-string job you can bag!

lee

 

[Guy Cowen]

I've just thrown about 2000 old stings away, oops

 

[PHArchivist]

I have used Guitar strings in the past. A bass string for a thick hose and a regular guitar string for a thin hose.

How's it sound?

 

[moes1]

How's it sound?

Excellent

 

[minieffects]

Find the right size spring and use shrink tubing over it. Heat the shrink tube and it shrinks around the spring, instant hose.
you can find both here:
http://www.mcmaster.com/

Where can I buy this hosing...like in the picture

http://www.rebelscum.com/eFX/xwing-proto/image22.asp

 

[propcollector]

Great Idea.....Hope this helps other model builders....Thanks so much

 

[MonsieurTox]

I use to use bass strings (most of the time guitar string are too thin for SS purposes)

I think it sorts out OK.

 

[dragnink]

all of these are good suggestions. mcmaster-carr carries a product called extension springs in lengths of 20-36". i used their smallest size (1/8") which was perfect for a project i was doing.

bead-fx.com carries some interesting-looking coiled wire, although i'm not sure of the diameters. here's a link to a shot: http://www.beadfx.com/images/h-fwsh.jpg

unfortunately i forget the name, but there's also a coiled type of wire made in india that comes in really small diameters. i was searching for it one night, but the name's escaping me at the moment. edit: sadi wire

and of course jewelers have a special winding tool they use to make coiled wire for jewelry. the great thing about that is you could make your own custom sizes.