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MinerAl:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 16, 2004, 02:29:42 am ---
 it might be better to petition happ's to make the blue handles available instead.  they already have the design shape molds...  as well as all the parts.

 also, i think some nice concave translucent microswitch buttons to match would be great  : )

 

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The problem with Happ's handles is the same as a straight repro from anybody, they don't fit anything but the original giant Tron/Gorf joystick mechanisms.  As long as we're having them re-molded anyway, it'd be cool to make them more hobby friendly by making them fit Supers or T-sticks or something we can all easily get and use.

Translucent buttons would be awesome.  Translucent ball-tops would be cool.  Once we get somebody set up to cast things in translucent, it'd be cool to have transluscent everything! :)

Oh... and TRON COCKTAIL TRIGGER BALL TOPS.  Maybe translucent...

Khenemet Heru:

--- Quote from: Gamecab on March 16, 2004, 01:47:39 am ---Ok,  I know the molding process he used.  I had the same problem with my Road Blaster molds as I used a heavy duty latex.  The problem I ran into was the latex ripped after the 3rd try.  It wasn't cost effective to keep making the RB molds because the Latex would have cost more than the actual sale price of the grips.
I don't actually see a mold modification being a hard thing to do in order to mount to the replicas to Happ handles.   New molds could be made through the use of Woods Metal.  Their has got to be a better way to make long term molds, if this can happen than the Sticks could be sold at a much cheaper price.

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I'd be interested in any info you can give me regarding that process, I was thinking of doing it myself; my thought was a process like the resin casting used for the japanese model kits, but my only experience with this sort of thing is metal casting (green sand or investment plaster type molds). I have 3 or four handles right now that I don't mind using for molding, all black Xenophobe type... You can PM me if you like, thanks!
-Shadowhawk

mushmouth:
If you have the ability to make them, I REALLY think a LOT of people would like to be able to have the tron cocktail-style balltop trigger sticks. They're the most difficult to find of all...

Khenemet Heru:
Hey Gamecab,

would this stuff work?

http://www.alumilite.com/howto.cfm?ID=6

my guess is the mold would break down like your latex mold, but maybe not as quickly? The finished product here looks awesome, but i imagine it's a hell of a lot of work...

-Shadowhawk

Gamecab:

--- Quote from: ShdoHawk on March 18, 2004, 01:43:43 pm ---Hey Gamecab,

would this stuff work?

http://www.alumilite.com/howto.cfm?ID=6

my guess is the mold would break down like your latex mold, but maybe not as quickly? The finished product here looks awesome, but i imagine it's a hell of a lot of work...

-Shadowhawk

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Sorry, I've been under the weather for a few days. and YES, that will work, it's what I use and it's really not that hard to do.  I also use an injection molder for the smaller parts but that takes a lot of time.  Try the Alumilite,  the started kit cost me about $70 and It really is easy to learn.  Be advidsed, if you are going to mold a set of tron grips you will need about 5LBS or #2 Latex ($100) and just cross your fingers that you do not get air bubbles.

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