About a year ago, there was a link posted in the SM forums to a website that sold tiny glass hemispheres about 1mm in diameter. Great for simulating starship running lights without having to light the model. Does anyone know the address to the site? I think it was somewhere in the continental U.S.
Sorry if this is asking for something already posted elsewhere, but have tried scanning all seven pages of topics in 'Construction' and also can't find it no matter what key words I type into in the search function. Plus have tried googling it for the past several days. (Sniff, I really tried hard.)
The search engine for this site works really well, by the way. Found lots of cool stuff I wasn't even looking for.
Help - looking for tiny 1mm glass ball halves (hemispheres)
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MV lenses might be what you're trying to find. They're pretty common in model railroad shops and those who cater to armor modelers. They come in a wide variety, so do some lookin'
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I appreciate your help, thank you Terry - but a lens shape is not what I'm looking for. Checked a few sites offering MV lenses out but no hemispheres and nothing as small as 1 mm. This was a perfect half of a ball, a hemisphere, made of glass. The back side (the flat part) was painted silver which acted like a mirror, and could simply be glued to a surface the way it is. Not sure, but I think it was an arts & crafts hobby site that sold glass beads of all different types. Does this help?
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I don't know if they have it in the size you need, but Wave's Option System has eyes for mechas in several sizes and colors...
[edit]: Found it! A set has 1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.5 and 2.8mm.
[edit]: Found it! A set has 1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.5 and 2.8mm.
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