Spart Parts Trees for open hardware racks?

DeltaVee · Post by **DeltaVee** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 5:02 pm

Anybody got any 1x2-inch parts trees laying around? There's a tubular framework around the equipment at the ends of the rotating modules on the Leonov from 2010. That's my best idea for replicating them. Anybody know of anything else like that with maybe 1/32 dia tubing? It's very open so mesh screen type products don't work.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:29 pm

Which parts? http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/910GTs5p3jL.jpg

DeltaVee · Post by **DeltaVee** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:24 pm

Oh, now you've done it.

Take a look at these links below, especially the last showing the docked ships. There's a deck of boxes, etc. on the top of the centrifuge modules. Over them is an open grid/rack structure. That's not shown on the cover of the book you posted, which I have, too. IMO, the book provides images of the studio miniature in various states of assembly, disassembly or disrepair. That's about all I can imagine. Anyway, I'm just looking for a similar open grid structure. It just has to be approximate - which would match the rest of my model. Anyway, if you have ideas, I'm all ears.
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Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:06 am

Got it.

Well @ that size you've got a number of options. Evergreen makes styrene rod design to be bent & formed. Very low memory, great for making tubing. Then there's armature wire, usually used in sculpture but available in a variety of widths or lastly fine brass tubing or rod bent & soldered together.

DeltaVee · Post by **DeltaVee** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 7:24 am

Thanks. I might go the evergreen route. No soddering for me. Is the evergreen meant to be formed with no heat, low heat or direct exposure to a flame?

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:52 pm

Yes. It's just styrene formulated to stretch instead of breaking with little to no memory.

DeltaVee · Post by **DeltaVee** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:07 pm

In terms of bending 90 degrees, can I do that with an oven eye or hot water? In terms of the bend retaining its shape, is rod better than tube?

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:25 pm

How tight of a radius? Tighter the radius of the turn the more stress is put on the rod.

DeltaVee · Post by **DeltaVee** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 7:51 pm

Well in a 2-inch box, it will have to turn relatively tight. Would bending around 1/16gh be doable?

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:36 pm

Probably. You could just go with 20g wire.

DeltaVee · Post by **DeltaVee** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:17 pm

That may be the solution. As I look closer, it looks less like a rack and more like piping going in and out of various boxes.

Tankmodeler · Post by **Tankmodeler** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:23 pm

The answer to all those questions is "it depends" and the solution is to try a bunch of stuff and get experience doing it. Seriously. Be prepared to break a few in the attempt, to use a gentle heat source or a candle or wire or sprue.

All of those methods work, depending on exactly the circumstances at hand.