Source for 6mm, 1/300 Helicopter Rotor Discs

[irishserb]

Is there a company that sells clear rotor discs for 6mm, 1/300 scale miniature helicopters?

I need them for about 80 helicopters, so hope to avoid the time and tooling to make them myself.  The models that I have with metal rotor blades haven’t held up well over the years, so I want to replace those, and add rotors to models that never had them.

I’ve searched around, but links from various game forums have been taking me to a lot of dead ends.

Thanks,

irishserb

 

[Darkest Star Games]

I couldn’t really find any either (though once I purchased from Hurlbat, whom is no longer around) so I ended up buying a couple of scrapbooking punches for my 1/600 helos, as well as using them to make clear disk bases for my 1/100 plastic railroad civilians.

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[McKinstry]

I also use scrap booking punches for both rotor disks and propellers. The punches aren’t expensive and cheap clear plastic such as virtually all blisters supply an infinite amount of raw material.

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[Don Glewwe]

This came to mind: clear protectors/caps/lenses for flashlights and such? …maybe camera filters? …something along the lines of cheap/meant-to-be-dinged/disposable?

Dunno…all the cheap flashlights in the house have such a disc, but buying 80 flashlights is obviously no solution.

my google fu is very weak so I didn’t come up with examples, but perhaps a talented search could find something?

[irishserb]

Thanks for the ideas.  I talked to my wife about scrapbook punches, and she also has a Scan & Cut that might do the job.  I figure I’ll also look through some industrial supply catalogs for disks and lenses and whatnot to see what off the shelf options might be out there.

Thanks again.

[Rob Heath]

i made my own , printed on acetate sheet and laminated and cut out

https://www.amazon.co.uk/clouddrive/share/XtnEwy1yiI8Fw8nCRAHa0mbhGMonnT2OnUy2gLSeC15

[irishserb]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for sharing the PDF.  Why did you need to laminate the sheet?

Thanks again,

irishserb

[BravoSix]

Irishserb, I have a bunch of  3mm scale Pico helos and I found that clear sequins work for both main rotor and smaller variants for tail rotors. Maybe something similar?

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[sangerinski]

hi

check out madaxeman.com  tim sourced some rotors last year and posted on his website

[madman]

I bought a few sets off this company a couple years ago. They show nothing available but maybe you can contact them. I seem to remember another internet site. Not much to go on but……..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/lazerlinedesigns

[6mmwargaming]

I’m a little late replying, but i made my own 3D designs and printed them out. I use rare earth magnets to glue to the helicopter so I can take them off for storage. Because they are plastic they are bendy so they are less likely to break.

https://www.thingiverse.com/kmahony/designs

 

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[Rob Heath]

it made the rotor disks a little more substantial and protected the print surface

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