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Resources The members of the NZBG are gradually accumulating resources such as plans, hulls, materials. Places to buy model warship material. As with most things, try (whenever possible) and go
directly to the supplier rather than buy items from a model shop. |
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Surplustronics Trading ltd 520 Queen St Auckland (09) 302 0688 |
Before you go buying new motors, switches, resistors, anything, go and have a rummage through this place. You WILL get a bargain! |
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Mega Distributors Ltd Robert Pokorny robertpo@xtra.co.nz (09) 418 1292 025 585 684 Brochure for Electra-Seal Prime
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This product is about NZ$30 per can. Members of the NZBG spray it on electrical components (servos, Rx, motors and connections) to protect them from water. This product was demonstrated to Stuart Calvert by the sales rep who sprayed a normal light fitting with Electra-seal prime, plugged it into the wall socket then put the siwtched on light in water. He then put his hand in the water with the light going - he survived, so hopefully our ship electronics will also. |
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Modern Plastics 190 Victoria Street West (09) 379 0399 |
0.5mm, 1.0mm and 1.5mm sheet styrene. |
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Mulford Plastics 5 Arthur Brown Place Mt Wellington (09) 573 0145 mpnzigg@mulford.co.nz |
These guys have 3.0mm sheet styrene at about $20 for a 900 x 1200 sheet amongst many other items. |
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| Plastics | |
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Ceelon Plastics Ltd 12 Henderson Place Onehunga 0800 808 809 www.ceelon.co.nz |
Many different types of plastics and extrusions for engineering applications. PVC rod that can be turned to make magazines for Indiana style cannon. |
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| PVC pressure pipe and fittings | |
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Mastertrade Ltd Electrical and plumbing supplies 64 Cook Street Auckland (09) 379 0669 |
PVC pressure pip for accumulators. 2 part "HOT" cement for pressure pipe, as well as many conduit fittings and boxes for waterproof radio boxes. |
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Plytech International Ltd. 27 Bowden Road Mt Wellington 0800 900 905 plytech@clear.net.nz |
2.5mm model aircraft ply (1270mm x1270mm sheet for NZ$65) 4.0mm marine ply (2400 x 1200 for NZ$53) They also sell veneer if you want to plank those decks. |
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| CO2 bottle refils and bbs | |
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Young's Airguns Dominion Rd (09) 620 9417 |
$5.00 to fill a 7oz bottle and $8.00 for 1500 bbs (January 2002). |
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| Brass compression fittings | |
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Brass-fit Engineering supplies Ltd 295 Church Street Onehunga (09) 634 2167 |
1/4" Brass compresison fittings for making the o-ring breech piston selector guns. |
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| Metal tube and sections | |
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Mico Wakefield Ltd 314 Neilson St Onehunga (09) 633 0300 |
Brass, Stainless Steel, aluminium tube, sheet steel and extruded sections. Don't have small diameter SS tube. See below. |
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Teltherm Instruments Ltd 295 Neilson St Onehunga (09) 630 9573 |
The only supplier I have found that has 1/4" OD (Outside Diameter) Stainless Steel tube for barrels. WT (Wall Thickness) of 0.71mm) ID of 4.9mm (about perfect for bb and 3/16" rounds) |
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Ullrich Aluminium Co Ltd 29 - 37 Great South Rd Otahuhu (09) 276 3789 |
0.5mm aluminium sheet (900 x 2400) for NZ$30 |
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| Engineering tools | |
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Trade Tools Ltd 9 Nelson St Auckland (09) 379 3240 |
drills, taps, dies, milling attchments. You want a cutting bit, they'll have it. |
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| Clippard parts | |
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SMC Pneumatics 8 Sylvia Park Rd Mt Wellington (09) 573 7007 admin@smc.co.nz http://www.smc.co.nz |
It is however much cheaper to order clippard parts from the US. Even with the freight it works out to about half price. Try BDE or Clippard (see links page). |
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| Bearings | |
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SKF New Zealand 20 Sylvia Park Road Mt Wellington (09) 573 1154 |
Rotational bearings not individual ball bearings for firing. |
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| Fibreglass and resin | |
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Nuplex Industries Ltd. 32-38 Patiki Road Avondale (09) 820 1250 www.nuplex.co.nz |
Resins, gelcoats, fibreglass cloth and matt and tools. |
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Adhesive technologies Ltd 17 Corban Ave Henderson (09) 838 6961 |
West System epoxy products (the cheapest place in New Zealand to buy West System) and other polyesters and vinylesters as well. |
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High Modulus (NZ) Ltd 9-11 Rothwell Ave Albany (09) 415 6262 |
Fibreglass cloth and matt as well as composite cores such as balsa and close cell foam. |
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Plans owned by members: Allied USS Artemis (attack cargo ship) Axis DKM Z-32 (German destroyer) 1/96 Scale hulls available from Art (Note: while these hulls have been used to build the ships of the NZBG Fleet, they have no detailing and there are some imperfections in the hulls) USS Artemis available now IJN Shimakaze available now |
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