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Old 02-10-2012, 02:54 PM
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Been looking at more of James P's designs as upscale targets. Other than styrofoam balls which I think might be hard to fill/finish, what other hollow, light, plastic sphere sources are there?
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Old 02-10-2012, 03:00 PM
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Been looking at more of James P's designs as upscale targets. Other than styrofoam balls which I think might be hard to fill/finish, what other hollow, light, plastic sphere sources are there?
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Snow globes, Christmas ornaments, plastic eggs (not round, obviously), etc.
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Old 02-10-2012, 08:50 PM
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How about those hollow plastic balls used for children's 'ball pits?' They are kind of soft sometimes. Also, plastic soft balls, baseballs, etc. A walk around a Wally Fart sporting goods dept. of Toy dept. might help with some variety?

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I would say find a Michael's or Hobby Lobby and start wandering. We do that when we can.
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The SmoothFoam http://www.smoothfoam.com brand of styrofoam ball has a smooth and hard outer surface. It does have a seam along the equator that would have to be removed and a small hole at one of the poles which is unlikely to be an issue if you drill it to insert a body tube or you use that as a gluing point. The Hobby Lobby stores carry them.

I like to build 1.67 upscales and the 2 1/2" ball is a perfect counterpart for a 40mm ping pong ball.


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Plastic eggs are a good source. We used to take two l'eggs containers and use the bottom (hemispehrical) sections to make Sputniks.
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Go to Ebay, under "search" type in "clear plastic balls". They come in many different sizes. I used them for the crew compartments on my BT-80 and 4.5" Josie And The Pussycats In Outer Space models.
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