A Bridge Too Far....
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A Bridge Too Far....
While shopping for supplies for my daughters pet Guinea pig today, I ran across this plastic bridge that is intended for use with aquariums and terrariums. It looked pretty neat, and it appears to be a very good match for 1/32 scale stuff, and it even has "shell holes" in the top of the bridge, and all for only $12.99. What do you guys think??
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Cool, Gotta get me one of that! I think my 1/35 models will fit real nice on and around it. Great find!! Did you find it at Petco, Pet Smart or at a private store? Thanks for sharing.
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Hey Bill, glad you like it. Yeah, for 12 bucks, what the heck, I think it has real potential, it just needs a little paint here and there to cover up that fake "algae", I mean it is an aquarium piece after all. I got it at Petsmart, and they had several other items that looked like they had modeling applications as well. Take care,
Scott
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Wow!
That is one of the best of its kind! I often check that stuff but this piece really works.
Btw, put finds like that right in the 1/32 Forum...for a second I thought it was a new 21C playset.
That is one of the best of its kind! I often check that stuff but this piece really works.
Btw, put finds like that right in the 1/32 Forum...for a second I thought it was a new 21C playset.
I went to Petco looking for the bridge but they didn't have it. They did have some Greek and Egyption ruins, including a Sphynx(sp). If someone ever release some British figures or vehicles, they cold be poised in front of the ruins. I thought about modifing some modern figures into SG-1 and poising them with the Egyption stuff.
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The price was hard to beat on the bridge at under $15 including tax, and as you said they have other stuff that has modeling/diorama potential as well. My guess is that if items like this were being sold by Build-a-rama or one of the other outfits that sell diorama accessories, the price would be way higher, probably at least twice as much. Back when I purchased the bridge I tried a google search for the manufacturers web site (the name escapes me now) but came up empty handed, I wanted to see what else they had that might be suitable for our purposes, but I guess I'll just have to stop in to Petsmart once in a while and see what's available. Cheers,I found several of those (plus some other interesting items) in my local Petsmart store as well. I'm tempted to pick one up.
Scott
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I saw these at my Pet Smart too!!!Pretty cool---I also saw a bag of what looked like black sand in the fish departmant!!!!It might work pretty good for a USMC IWO JIMA dio????---RED---
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