Scratchbuild a UFO

Narfan May 5, 2014

  1. jimk

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    This made me chuckle a bit thinking of an "N scale" UFO. How big would one be in N scale, does anyone have measurements? I understand what you mean though, I don't think anyone want an "Independence Day" UFO hanging over their layout!
     
  2. John Moore

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  3. JMaurer1

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    The government says that there have never been any UFO's so where how could there be any plans?
     
  4. mtntrainman

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    How can you tell that a politician is lieing..............their lips are moving !

    R O F L M A O !!!!! :frustrated:
     
  5. mtntrainman

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    http://www.dudeman.net/siriusly/ufo/tech.html about halfway down the page.


    A UFO is 40' in diameter. That is 3" in N scale. A cosmetic case is roughly that diameter. Just sayin...LOL :cool:
     
  6. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    No it isn't! The one I have in my garage is not that big... Err, oops. Never mind. I didn't say that.
     
  7. Kenneth L. Anthony

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    I would suggest you create your UFO not as a hard-edge plastic or metal shape made of some solid material, but as a holographic projection. That way, it can be both "there" and "not quite there" at the same time. Specialists in the field of hypergeometry and UFOologic physics all know that UFOs exist somewhere partly in our space-time continuum and partly in another dimension, which contributes to the sense of Strangeness, to those who observe them.
     
  8. mtntrainman

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    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...so you have a 'sub compact' (pun intended) in your garage...LMAO !!!
     
  9. CHARGER

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    Even though you said scratch build, lots of UFO kits on the auction site...
     
  10. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Stardate 68354.9: I should not have said anything. Black helicopters. Strange noises all night. Men in black suits on the sidewalk. They're after me. Coming to take me away.
     
  11. mtntrainman

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    Maybe the NMRA Compliance Ninjas are really Aliens who arrived by flying saucers ... hmmmmmm
     
  12. BarstowRick

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    We all might be our own aliens. But...that's another discussion for another place and time.

    So, do we get to see pictures of these nomad's from outer space?
     
  13. JMaurer1

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    I think it's safe to say that we won't be hearing from Boxcab anymore...
     
  14. Grey One

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    Two lids of the same size from Folgers coffee. You can use either size. You could also use two large lids and fasten one small one concentrically.
    Find a way to fasten them together, (I'm thinking masking tape.
    Paint flat black - maybe using Krylon.
    Mount on something large enough to hide a pack of AA batteries
    Run wires into the saucer and light up LEDs
     
  15. DrMb

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    On a related note, how many people have put crop circles on their layout? Bonus points if they can be switched on and off.
     
  16. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    I think this was a kit and not scratch built.
    [​IMG]
     
  17. nscalestation

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  18. Locomotion

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    Ah the Jupiter 2 from "Lost in Space", a classic 60's series.
     
  19. Grey One

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    First one must have crops. Maybe at some point on the GandG.
     
  20. JMaurer1

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    I finally got off of my butt and looked. Here's a 1/144 scale plastic model kit of a UFO

    https://www.google.com/shopping/pro...=X&ei=I0FyU8KpLcWwoQTLw4HADg&ved=0CPkDEPICMCE

    Another 1/72 scale kit (how can they call it 'scale'?). Even though it's HO 'scale' I think that the size is more important:

    http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/pgh/pgh9100.htm

    From Lindburg and glows in the dark:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/LINDBERG-UFO-PLASTIC-MODEL-KIT-GLOW-IN-THE-DARK-KIT-NO-1152-/221434553459

    Another that says 1/72 scale but is 5 1/4 inches long so it could work as well:

    http://www.hobbylinc.com/atlantis_t...tic_model_space_craft_kit_1:72_scale_amc-1002

    Not in stock at this place but 1/144 scale War of the Worlds space ships:

    http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/pgh/pgh9202.htm
     

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