{"id":3155,"date":"2013-06-05T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2015-07-15T13:26:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T17:26:48","slug":"proof-of-concept-and-the-challenge-of-scratch-built-16-scale-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2013\/06\/05\/proof-of-concept-and-the-challenge-of-scratch-built-16-scale-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof of concept and the challenge of scratch-built 1:6 scale stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have recently developed the useful and somewhat surprising facility for making my own serviceable 1:6 scale stuff. I go through the following process, demonstrated for example’s sake with an electric wheelchair:<\/p>\n

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  1. I want a 1:6 scale electric wheelchair.<\/li>\n
  2. Let me search for a commercially produced one.<\/li>\n
  3. There are no commercially produced ones, or they are too expensive.<\/li>\n
  4. I’ll have to make one.<\/li>\n
  5. Let’s break down the electric wheelchair into its simplest components, which I may be more likely to find in 1:6 scale.<\/li>\n
  6. An electric wheelchair looks like an office chair on top of a lawn mower.<\/li>\n
  7. I have procured an office chair, but I can’t find a lawn mower.<\/li>\n
  8. I will have to use a 1:18 scale ForTwo Smart Car instead.<\/li>\n
  9. [Construction ensues.]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The key steps, I think, are 5 and 6. I’m currently planning to scratch-build two 1:6 scale things, not necessarily because I need them, but because I want to see if I can.<\/p>\n

    The first is a tape dispenser, which is basically a block with a channel down the center and a roll of tape half-submerged in the channel. I know exactly how I want to make this; I just need to sit down and actually do it.<\/p>\n

    The second is a grandfather clock. I started coveting a functioning 1:6 scale grandfather clock on the Doll Page Show and Sell site, but $33.00 for something I don’t really neeeeeeed seemed too rich to me. Even when I got the idea that the dead version of Isabel could come and go in Isabel’s room through the door in the clock, I still couldn’t bring myself to spend north of $30.00 for one.<\/p>\n

    I’m perfectly willing to make one, however. A grandfather clock is basically a clock face on top of a locker, so, once I find the appropriate 1:6 scale locker\/narrow cupboard with working door, I have the base for a modern grandfather clock!

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    This entry was originally posted at http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1521675.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I’d prefer it if you’d comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I have recently developed the useful and somewhat surprising facility for making my own serviceable 1:6 scale stuff. I go through the following process, demonstrated for example’s sake with an electric wheelchair: I want a 1:6 scale electric wheelchair. Let me search for a commercially produced one. There are no commercially produced ones, or they… Continue reading Proof of concept and the challenge of scratch-built 1:6 scale stuff<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[746,704],"class_list":["post-3155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-16-scale-stuff-i-made","tag-sets-16-mine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4796,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions\/4796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}