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# Now this I approve of!
Woo sir!

Molto woo!

How long have you been working on this bad boy? ANd what are you using?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 0:52, archived)
# the saucer is steel
the pilot and cockpit is milliput.
oh ive had the bits made for ages i just stuck them together last night
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 0:54, archived)
# Milliput?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 0:54, archived)
# epoxy putty
useful stuff
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 0:56, archived)
# Ah!
Well woo!

How long has it taken you? Is it the first thing you have made since, was it a steampunk R2?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 0:58, archived)
# i started making three of them round about the same time
the others i finnished ages ago this ones been hanging about for a couple of months, my new job fucking sucks just takes up to much of my time
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:02, archived)
# Oh cool!
Are you selling them then?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:03, archived)
# my missus claimed the first
the second is a prototype for a desk lamp, im trying to get together, i will eventualy be flogging these
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:08, archived)
# Any idea of a price yet?
Or will it be an eBay jobby?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:22, archived)
# dunno realy
it depends, on the ammount of work involved couple of hundred if i have to make em by hand, it takes ages to beat out the profile.
there is a guy in dudley i need to speak to about getting some dishes turned, if hes cheap enough the price will come down a bit
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:33, archived)
# Ooo
Desk lamps are fun.

(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:33, archived)
# I just googled it. Looks like interesting stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:08, archived)
# I used to use Milliput for far less noble ends.
2-part modelling clay-like stuff. Putty that becomes Not Putty.
Sets as hard as (*EDIT* nearly) steel. Providing you don't bash it hard with, for example, things made of steel.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 0:58, archived)
# Please amend your statement to say
sets as hard as nearly steel ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:04, archived)
# AS HARD AS A FUCKSTICK?
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:06, archived)
# Sorry, I don't remember.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:17, archived)
# excellent!:-)
one question- how do you fabricate the steel saucer?

Do you have to fundamentally beat it out on an anvil, or is there a source of blanks somewhere...... :-)
(I helped save b3ta! Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 14 Jan 2009, 1:58, archived)
# it looks like
a bottle opener. i have one similar

edit *looks at picture again* oh. it's not that big.
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 2:01, archived)