ModelRailroadForums.com is a free Model Railroad Discussion Forum and photo gallery. We cover all scales and sizes of model railroads. Online since 2002, it's one of the oldest and largest model railroad forums on the web. Whether you're a master model railroader or just getting started, you'll find something of interest here.
First pic with the penny .. the beads you see to the left are the Ultra Fine Micro Beads and the ones to the right are the 'larger' Mini Micro Beads ..
Close up of the larger Mini Micro Beads (they are .35mm size)
and finally the Ultra Fine Micro Beads .. slightly larger then a grain of sugar
Well since I did a swimming pool out of a bottle cap, I was thinking the neighbor's house needed a hot tub. Let's see, one smaller cap and these beads for bubbles! Let's PARTY!
Russian pool – 68 mm (2-11⁄16 in)
Carom – 61.5 mm (2-7⁄16 in)
American-style pool – 57 mm (2-1⁄4 in)
British-style pool – 56 mm (2-3⁄16 in)
Snooker – 52.5 mm (2-1⁄15 in)
Let's see .. the one's I got (larger) are .35mm in dia (.0138"). In HO that is 1.2" .. so would be too small.
Their Micro Beads (no micro tacked onto the front) are .5mm (.0069"). Those would be 1.715" in HO .. still too small. (I find this funny that they are too small .. ha).
Working in the other direction .. the American/British-style pool/Snooker all range from 52.5mm to 57mm. In HO that is .6mm-.65mm. The difference between .5mm and .6mm/.65mm .. that .1mm/.15mm isn't very much .. only about .004"
If you want some message me with your address and I'll send you enough for a bunch of tables.
Edit: Same goes for anyone else that wants some .. I have plenty
They'd make a fine detail for some spilled lading along the tracks, especially a few small piles where covered hoppers with leaky gates may have sat awhile.
Hmmm, this looks interesting...
- Various kinds of fruit
- O scale gumballs
- Eggs
- Croquet Balls
- Those... puffy balls that hang from curtains
- Live load for grain hoppers
- Marbles
- Big buttons on a dress
- Fat fish in a bowl
- Gobstoppers
- Acme Eyeballs (as in a scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
- Various knickknacks on a shelf
- Rice balls
- Matzo balls
- Hamsters
Problem is.... you'd be painting that with a single brush hair!
I dont have any suggestions for those beads. The first thing I thought of was that wheat penny. What year is that penny?
I think if you do find a use for those small beads, you will likely discover that they may be more trouble then thier worth. Using them for making suds wouldnt make much sense when there are other easier ways to do that. Too bad they couldnt be melted down and used somehow that way.
The whole point is that they are small 'balls' about 1.2" and .6" dia in HO. Granted there is probably a limit to the number of uses for them, but I posted up about them since .. who knows? Example though, stick one of the .35mm balls on the top of a railing post .. something like the Post Ball Caps. The 1-1/4" ball would be almost an exact match.
Just saying .. never can tell when you go .. "OH. That will there ..."
