09-16-2011, 09:54 PM
Thank you! The two kinds of engines are (and were on the original) made from L'Eggs egg-shaped pantyhose containers, and the 4 smaller engines were made from small measuring cups like the kind nurses put medication in to give to patients in hospitals.
The L'Eggs eggs are vintage, so they are hard to come by, otherwise I wouldn't have used clear ones. On the original filming model, these eggs were recast in a material that could withstand the intense heat of the bulbs. Since LEDs give off no heat, I'm saved the trouble of recasting them.
The mixing/measuring cups are still around. Last year my wife had a long hospital stay (she's doing well now, thank God!), and she saved all the cups from her medications for me to use on my build. Most of them I used to mix resin in, but I saved enough for use on these engines. The cups are dressed up with sections of battleship railings around the outside, with parts from a truck kit and a ring of detail from the Centurion kit on the inside (Jason is sending the Centurion part to complete these engines. Thanks Jason!).
The L'Eggs eggs are vintage, so they are hard to come by, otherwise I wouldn't have used clear ones. On the original filming model, these eggs were recast in a material that could withstand the intense heat of the bulbs. Since LEDs give off no heat, I'm saved the trouble of recasting them.
The mixing/measuring cups are still around. Last year my wife had a long hospital stay (she's doing well now, thank God!), and she saved all the cups from her medications for me to use on my build. Most of them I used to mix resin in, but I saved enough for use on these engines. The cups are dressed up with sections of battleship railings around the outside, with parts from a truck kit and a ring of detail from the Centurion kit on the inside (Jason is sending the Centurion part to complete these engines. Thanks Jason!).