Space Foil?

Hi Jaysun,

 Most of us space modelers use gold foil from candy wrappers, like "Rollo's".  This gives us an excuse to buy candy without feeling guilty about our ever-expanding waistlines.

Welcome, and enjoy (pun intended).

Mike

Thanks guys, those are great tips. Thank goodness Easter is coming up. (you know? us modlers are pretty good for the environment with all the re-cycling and re-using we do!)

Jaysun

Ps...great job on that dio Pete. What scale is that, if you don't mind me asking?

Some other good sources:

-- Cadbury's chocolate bars come in a gold foil that replicates the yellowy-golden color you find on a lot of gold-insulated spacecraft. (And I like the foil on the Rollo candies for replicating the Mylar that is a bit more reddish in color.)

-- Also, be on the lookout for those foil "emergency" blankets (like the ones used by marathon runners) because they can be a good source of gold foil. And one blanket will last a lifetime.

-- Check out your local florist or balloon shop for Mylar helium balloons. Some of them are gold in color. I found one shop that had plain gold and silver balloons (with no "Happy 40th Birthday" lettering or anything...) and I was able to buy a couple of each.

And yes, that is a GREAT looking diorama.... 

Hahaha...believe it or not I've used one of those "survival" blankets before...they're not much good for anything else! Hahaha...that's a good idea though!

dcaponeII wrote:

Another good source (because the pieces are bigger) are the large Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Bars.

Get them while you can.  Around here the Special Darks have been switched to plastic wrappers.  My son and I discovered this when looking for "supplies" for his lunar landing scene.

Yep!  That's already happened in California as well.  Supposed to keep the chocolate fresher, longer.  Plus, when the store owner doesn't turn on the air conditioning and the store temperature gets to 90-plus (that's 33 C for those of you on the metric system), it keeps the melted chocolate in the wrapper and not all over the candy shelf.

I believe the Cadbury brand has a good source of gold foil also.

Mike

Just found out Kit Kat also went to plastic.

The people selling foil made specifically for kits must be REALLY happy about this.