FutureMarty
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Good lead. I think I was looking at that website but I couldn't make the photos bigger. Im curious about the ones labeled "tooled neck". I will hunt around to see if I can order from someone in smaller quantities.
-wade
Dr. Strangelove survival kit
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Good lead. I think I was looking at that website but I couldn't make the photos bigger. Im curious about the ones labeled "tooled neck". I will hunt around to see if I can order from someone in smaller quantities.
-wade
Friendly flyer
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I've got two different styles of white plastic stop vials, perhaps it will give you some idea about the type of rim you're after. I believe the ones with the paper label is the oldest of the two:
I'm not entirely sure what they're named in English, but at least here's a Norwegian supplier selling what you're probably looking for:
http://no.frederiksen.eu/nettbutikk/felles-laboratorieutstyr/flasker--bokser--dunker/dramsglass
FutureMarty
Member
Agreed, it should work out. However I don't think I took into consideration the perspective of the photo. If the vial was inline with the length of the Ruble we would be all set, but the image has some foreshortening. If someone wants to fool around with it the length of the bill is 102mm and the width 53mm.
-wade
FutureMarty
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Just discovered "vanishing point" filter and measuring tool in photoshop, I had no idea. Mixed results, will keep at it.
Mike J.
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FutureMarty
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Thats great Mike! I was hoping he stayed a little longer on the display. Maybe they will do another video down the road. Wish I could get out there to see that.
DarylMorning
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Adam Savage was in the process of creating a bunch of these kits in a Wired video I saw, why reinvent the wheel? He's probably got a researched answer to everything in the kit already. 
I sent him a pm but he's Adam Savage. Busy has GOT to be his middle name.
I sent him a pm but he's Adam Savage. Busy has GOT to be his middle name.
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Conqueror_Worm
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I went to the exhibit yesterday, here are the pics I took:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zlldhkliyupm1as/Strangelove Survival Kit.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zlldhkliyupm1as/Strangelove Survival Kit.zip?dl=0
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SquidMan
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This isn't a prop from the survival kit per se, but it's displayed alongside it in the exhibition so I thought I might as well ask here:
I bought the Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer on eBay and when it arrived I found that it looks a lot more green than the more blue looking ones in the exhibition.
It's definitely an original from 1962, just like the screen-used prop. I thought that maybe it looks greener because it may have yellowed from sunlight over time or something, but the white parts of it aren't yellowed very much at all.
When I did a google image search for these, the majority of the results look like the blue ones but a few are green too. Does anyone know if a greener one was just also sold alongside the blue one, or if there's some other reason for this?
I bought the Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer on eBay and when it arrived I found that it looks a lot more green than the more blue looking ones in the exhibition.
It's definitely an original from 1962, just like the screen-used prop. I thought that maybe it looks greener because it may have yellowed from sunlight over time or something, but the white parts of it aren't yellowed very much at all.
When I did a google image search for these, the majority of the results look like the blue ones but a few are green too. Does anyone know if a greener one was just also sold alongside the blue one, or if there's some other reason for this?
FutureMarty
Member
Awesome!! thank you for posting those. Wish I could get out on the west coast to see the exhibit.
FutureMarty
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SquidMan
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Conqueror_Worm's high def photos of the Holy Bible & Russian Phrases book prove what I'd assumed: it's not an existing book, but rather a modified Langenscheidt's Lilliput Russian-to-English Dictionary, as is visible by the spine (53: Russian-English) and the noticeable seam along the edge of the spine that reveals that the Holy Bible & Russian Phrases cover was simply pasted on top of the dictionary. The background of the front cover (plain brick red) also differs from the crosshatched linen pattern of the rest of the cover.
Since I couldn't find a Lilliput Russian-English dictionary, I got myself a 1950s English-German one instead (since I'll be displaying it closed anyway) and made a custom wrap-around cover. The details are fully accurate screen-used prop except I chose to remove the visible seam and make the background of the front cover have the linen pattern, so it's kind of an "idealized version" of the prop:
If anyone would like the file to print and wrap around a Langenscheidt's Lilliput dictionary, I'd be happy to share. PM me your email address and let me know if you'd prefer the version I made above or the "technically accurate" version with a flat red color background for the front cover and a visible seam. The thicknesses of the dictionaries all slightly differ, so I can't guarantee that it will fit every Lilliput.
Since I couldn't find a Lilliput Russian-English dictionary, I got myself a 1950s English-German one instead (since I'll be displaying it closed anyway) and made a custom wrap-around cover. The details are fully accurate screen-used prop except I chose to remove the visible seam and make the background of the front cover have the linen pattern, so it's kind of an "idealized version" of the prop:
If anyone would like the file to print and wrap around a Langenscheidt's Lilliput dictionary, I'd be happy to share. PM me your email address and let me know if you'd prefer the version I made above or the "technically accurate" version with a flat red color background for the front cover and a visible seam. The thicknesses of the dictionaries all slightly differ, so I can't guarantee that it will fit every Lilliput.
