Well, Gondor, given that you are falling into the "Black Hole of Detail" = I
> think that what I might try is:
>
> 1. Acquire a 1/32 or .7mm drill bit, 1/32 or .7mm rod stock and styrene
> stock of maybe 60 thousands (thicker is better if you can get it to work)= .
>
> 2. Drill 1/32 holes in the styrene in enough places such that when you cu= t
> out the holes (now you have little donuts), you thread them on to the 1/3= 2
> rod. =A0Get enough of them on the rod to make (at least) the length of on= e of
> the required missile tubes.
>
> 3. A small (Dremel?) belt sander would come in handy here. =A0Hold the ro= d
> with the skewered styrene donuts up to the fine grit belt sander and allo= w
> the donuts to spin merrily evening themselves out to the desired OD of yo= ur
> missile tube. =A0Hand sand may work but you would lose the lathe/evening > effect.
>
> 4. Once you get to the desired OD, use the smallest amount of liquid plas= tic
> solvent to make your tube. =A0Now do it again lots of times until you get= a
> sufficient number of sufficient quality tubes to make your launcher. >
> Just an idea.............:
> Tom
>
>snip
Thanks Tom as that was another posability I thought of. It would be a lot of work but certainly the cheepest way to produce the item.
Just such a pity that I would need to scratch build the item in the first place.
Gondor