I guess I must be crazy or love to go blind making miniscule objects but does anyone have an idea how I can make shotgun shells? Don't need a lot, maybe about half a dozen so I can pin them on my 1:35 SF figure's vest.

I could use pencil lead or stretched sprue but how do I make the slightly flattened and wider end at the cap?

Thanks a bunch, a shotgun pellet bunch of course.

Contrail rod.

Simply roll your #11 blade back and forth, and it will cut nicely, leaving a very tiny raise edge, along with a flat end. Then just simply remove the raised edge from one end of each shell.

Contrail Rod comes in different diameters, I usually buy a few packs at a time, along with the Contrail tubes. I get mine mail order from :
http://www.aeroclub-models.com/Aeroclub


Hope that helps

Turn em' on a lathe.

Cody

Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a lathe, or talented enough to use one............. LOL

1/35 scale shot shells on a lathe????? HA

that's like a number 74 drill bit in diameter.... .021

Tiny

Matt,

I've made HO-scale tire valve stems with a stem diameter of .006. One customer repeatedly ordered large quantities of 1/43 tire valve stems which had a stem diameter of about .012. It's really not too difficult just so long as you keep the tool sharp and don't take huge cuts. Visit my selected link.

Cody

I would use stretched sprue or styrene rod and heat one end, like when you do the stem thingy's on vinyl track, mushroom it out, then after it cools, sand the mushroom head to shape. You might also use a dremel tool as a mini lathe and mount the sprue in it to turn.

Rob

I use my drill press as a lathe and a round needle file point as a cutting tool! I can usually mill stuff (wood, plastic, soft metal) to a very small dia.

Cuhail

Cody is probably one of the finest machinest in the hobby, turning out turned and milled parts that are beyond belief.

Well shucks, Dave.

Thanks,
Cody

Thanks for the input, guys. Unfortunately I have no access to a lathe. Two options, dig around the kitchen for something I can use (without the little woman's knowledge of course) or get the creative juices going and figure something I can modify like parts of a superstructure of a 1:700 scale ship.

Thanks again.