Is there any Fire Hydrant model kits or anything similar?
I want to try and replicate this. I might have to scratch build it and make castings but I would rather buy a kit.
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Funny,
I had/have often thought of making one.
All the different components and such would be a fun project.
The top is really only the hard part (I think....)
What size?
-Marty
I was hoping at least 4". I want to try a bunch of weathering techniques and I think a Hydrant would be a good platform.
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Your dog will think so too.
Yeah, he's a miniature Schnauzer! Rimshot please!
Try the "Toys-Rape-Us" store, or whatevere its called... IIRC I have seen small hydrants packaged with kids cheap plastic fire trucks or "firemans sets".
...or maybe something like this hydrant cup would work:
http://www.birthdayexpress.com/Fire-Hydrant-Cup/49642/PartyItemDetail.aspx (http://www.birthdayexpress.com/Fire-Hydrant-Cup/49642/PartyItemDetail.aspx)
Seems like it would probably wouldn't be too difficult to scratchbuild one, especially in such a large scale.
How about "full size" ?
http://homegardenpets.com/Doggie_Dooley_Fireplug_Storage_Container_P5461.html
Not big enough for your project ... but for the 1/35 modelers, Alliance Model Works makes a nice one (photo below, and I have a sample in hand):
http://www.am-works.com/store/lw35052-drainage-manhole-covers-fire-hydrant-p-78.html
Doozy Model Works make them in 1:24 scale:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10178322
Try a web search for "scale fire hydrant" (in quotes to get exact phrase) ... there should be some out there in 1:12 (dollhouse) scale ... saw a crappy looking one in 1:6 scale ... maybe some better ones with a little more surfing.
Cheers,
Dallas
Hmm ... turns out you can get die-cast fire hydrant-shaped pencil sharpeners inexpensively at amazon.com, ebay, etc ... looks like they're about 3" or so tall ... cost around $3 or so. Search "fire hydrant pencil sharpener" and/or "die-cast fire hydrant" searches. AND ... curiously, there are lots of other weird little items that have been made into pencil sharpeners ... some oddball neat stuff. -- Dallas
Thanks Dallas, would never have thought of looking under pencil sharpeners ......... now found a British pillar box which has solved a problem ;)
Tim
here is another one, no idea on size though ............ shop is in NY
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Boyds-Bears-Fire-Hydrant-Treasure-Box-4022179-/310329575888?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48411589d0
and I am almost tempted to bid on this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLOW-FIRE-HYDRANT-PAPERWEIGHT-ADVERTISING-SALESMAN-SAMPLE-METAL-FIGURAL-REPLICA-/330708135607?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cffbdaeb7
Gordon --
For some reason, I thought of you when I saw a little popcorn wagon pencil sharpener ... made me think, "hmm ... that's the sort of interesting/unusual (and/or weird) kinda thing that Gordon would model." ;)
Cheers,
Dallas
Hi Dallas thanks, I think ;) for the compliment ................
Although think it might be better for abandoned junk in Mr Hamilton's "arcade"
Thanks for all the links and ideas!!
This seems like it would be a great candidate for someone with a 3D printer.. any takers?
Oooo...Oooooo...I want one of those popcorn machines....!
Food for thought - Another area to look at is refrigerator magnets,
which is how the stove on the left side of this photo of the Rainbow
Motel diorama started life:
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Further to Ken's suggestion ... there were a variety of Coke-machine (and/or cooler) refrigerator magnets that scale close to 1/24 ... Dallas
I was chatting with my friend about wanting to find a model and he said another on of our friends actually made a hydrant a while ago and he might actually still have the molds so I might be in luck!
It is not the desired scale, but it shows a great model implementation of a German fire hydrant in scale 1:22,5.
Leo documented his way from the drawing to the cast white metal model here (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buntbahn.de%2Fmodellbau%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D7278) (google translated).
The original German thread can be seen here (http://www.buntbahn.de/modellbau/viewtopic.php?t=7278&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=hydrant&start=0).
I was in Chicago for a few days and took a bunch of Hydrant pics. Here are a few:
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Hi Jester,
tidying up my front garden from the "presents" some nice school kids occasionally leave for me came across this .............. thought it might be of interest
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Believe it is the top off a Krispy Kream Doughnuts package , with a piece of scrap pipe it might be the start of a hydrant ?
Looks like an ICEE lid to me.
Mmmmmm..... ICEE........
That would be a huge hydrant!!
Here's the one my friend made. I hope I can get the original molds!
It was made in Solid Works and printed on a 3D printer.
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That's sweet. How big is it?
It looks to be about 4 inches tall. I don't have one yet but judging from the mouse and the phone it's close to 4 or 5 inches.
It must have cost a fortune to get something that large printed up.
The same question like Ray, what does it cost to prototype such a big part. What about the strength of the material?