I like tiny doll house hinges here is an example of one I cut down to make even smaller.
I use joints from female new sculpt figures
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| Author: | ben1138 [ Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Tiny Hinges and joints |
Anyone know where I can find very small hinges or joints? I mean VERY small, tiny enough to add pop-out weapons to our 1:18 figures. I've found that Neo Shifter minifigs have appropriately sized ball joints, but they are pretty hard to come by. Thoughts? |
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| Author: | Greyryder [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Dollhouse hinges too big for what you want? |
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| Author: | AdrienVeidt [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Nah, metal's no good when working with plastic figs and vehicles. You're looking for the wide world of Options Kits. |
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| Author: | pluv [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Star Wars medical droids' arms are good for swiping small hinges from. Hot Wheels/Matchbox crane hooks work pretty well too. Lego is fantastic for this kind of stuff too. I know a lot of people use the joints AV pointed out, but personally I just swipe them from other figures. Minimates, Megablocks Marvel or Halo, Stikfas, etc. |
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| Author: | Matthew [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
I've actually used a dollhouse hinge to make a folding stock on a Spytroops era G36. Can't find a pick right now though. |
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| Author: | gijoey [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:12 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints | ||
I like tiny doll house hinges here is an example of one I cut down to make even smaller. I use joints from female new sculpt figures
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| Author: | ben1138 [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Lots of good ideas here, and I think the Star Wars Droid angle might be a profitable one. I think there have been some R2D2 figures with opening doors... |
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| Author: | raptor [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
If you can cut the pieces to overlap, you can drill a 1mm hole through the overlapping pieces and make your own hinge with metal dowling. - R |
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| Author: | Greyryder [ Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
AdrienVeidt wrote: Nah, metal's no good when working with plastic figs and vehicles. I disagree.    
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| Author: | ben1138 [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Greyryder, I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at here... |
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| Author: | Greyryder [ Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
That's the sliding and folding mechanism for the powered scabbard on Greyryder V2's backpack. I was just refuting AV's comment about metal not working on figures and vehicles. |
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| Author: | ben1138 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Where can I see more of it and how it works? |
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| Author: | ben1138 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Nevermind, I found it. Wow... I hope I can live up to that level (and then maybe actually get around to posting my work). |
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| Author: | Suntzu [ Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
Does anyone have any recommendations for tiny hinge swivel joints? I'm using Jada HALO 4 mini figures now but i'd love an easier to obtain source. |
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| Author: | turner [ Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tiny Hinges and joints |
I don't know if this is easier to obtain, but I recently used a transformer part (not generation 1). |
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