Sacks

[nachoman]

I know these are pretty cheap details to buy, but sometimes we have some scraps laying around, or jut want to make something, or there is no LHS close by.

I took a piece of scrap brass tube and made some sacks. I simply used a scale ruler and diagonal cutters.
   

Just mark off the tube in appropriate scale increments, I used 18 scale inches, and then cut with the diagonal cutters. The cutters crush the end of the tube as it cuts. Be careful, the cut sacks tens to fly, so direct the cutters downward or into a box.

   

I glued them together in a small stack, and painted them with craft paint.

   

Sorry the photos aren't the best, I used an old point-and-shoot camera. Ambitious fold could probably try and simulate some kind of label or lettering on the sacks.

[Charlie B]

Kevin, that is a great idea, they look really good, now I have to go see if I can get something similar from old plastic sprues. I have a bushel of them, there has to be something useful for them. Details are what makes the scenes.
Charlie

[Ralph]

Absolutely brilliant! They look real good!

[faraway]

A great idea. Thanks for sharing.

[teejay]

Ingenious! I have a lot of brass tube on hand and wouldn't have thought of that idea in a million years . Good thinking !

T

[AF350]

Neat idea and very convincing once painted
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Charlie B.

I can think of a few uses for sprues, 1) conduit and drain pipes on structures
2) may be you can make sacks and large cans
3) If you save enough of them you could scratch build a Borg cube

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I have 4 boxes (actualy more than that) that I collect bits of metal, plastc, wood and cardstock reclaimed from dry food boxes all for scratch building and kitbashing, they need reorganizing at the moment.

[Charlie B]

tried a sprue, no good, but the tubing is a great Idea.
Charlie

[Schraddel]

Great!

Lutz

[zstripe]

Good idea with the brass tube. Old school version of years ago, would have been to roll up clay crimp the ends and paint. Little cheaper and faster than brass tube. But they do look good.
Cheers,
Frank,zstripe

[sailormatlac]

It's sad to "scrap" brass tubing like that, but must admit it works just fine and without effort! Nice idea.

Matt

[nachoman]

Clay would have worked well, too, I just didn't have any But I did have a length of brass tube that I had no other use for. I think I probably bought two feet at ace hardware for about 2 bucks, then used about 2-3 inches for whatever project I bought it for, and the rest just laying around. You can probably buy pre-made sacks from a detail manufacturer for not much more, so this method doesn't really save much money unless you happen to have some scrap tube laying around. Or, maybe you just like to scratchbuild :geek:

[zstripe]

Nachoman,
That's where I get my most enjoyment out of this hobby, is the craftsman/scratch built side. I used to use the gray looking strips of clay that you would get from insulation. They were about 1/4 inch wide took one off and rolled it on a flat surface to get the dia. I wanted. Your way is great also.
Frank,zstripe

[modelsof1900]

A great idea and fast realized, I think. Thanks!

[Tyson Rayles]

Excellent idea and it looks very realisitic!