very impressive!!!
That is hot. Congrats on the build. It looks pretty good.
I can’t wait until I get home, get my prop materials out of storage, and go to work on mine.
I know that a few members sell the holders, including one Irricanian. Shouldn’t be too hard to find one.
Leather tape measure holsters are carried by Ace Hardware for about $5.
Or you could do that. I actually had a ridiculous amount of trouble finding a holder. They are not common items up in Canada (or so it seems). I did manage to find one just before I moved though, and I’m looking forward to working on my gizmo when I get home in June.
Absolutely superb!
Very impressive build.. you took the time and effort to detail that to an amazing replica of the real thing.
Thanks very much…
I’ve already made a start on the 2nd one (always intended to be a pair, one for me, one for my friend who is also working on a GB costume) and for my next trick…
Using my new found leathercraft skills (see my belt-loop thread link in my sig) I decided to have a go at making my own leather holster. So far so good… I was only able to source enough leather for two holsters. I had intended on buying one but MMM were out of stock and didn’t give any indication as to when they expected to start doing them again so I took the “if in doubt, do it yourself” approach and this is progress so far…
Awesome!! Are those Holsters custom built?
Reading is funduhmental. :sigh:
I’ve only ■■■■■■ well gone and made another one! 
Woah… those are fantastic. Incidentally, where have you been purchacing your diodes and resistors from? I’d like to get some accurate ones, especially for the daughter card.
Cheers Bob.
I got them all from Maplin. The resistors were just in a mixed bag that they sell for a few quid and the diodes were from the same place, I just showed the guy in the shop what i wanted and tolf him “find me the cheapest ones you have!”
Hehehe!
Nice one! I’m off to Maplin tomorrow to pick up some LEDs for my ecto goggles, i’ll be sure to keep an eye out for these bags of components
Bloody hell great build Cheex 
You’ve convinced me to go with Nicks kit after seeing what can be done with it.
all i need now is some disposable income 
…and several week worth of patience while the nixies arrive from mother Russia! (I bought “IV Numertron” nixies I think… it was ages ago now!)
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My best advice:**
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Get the resin kit first (you lucky dog, you get the daughter board with it now)
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Get a cheap tape measure from pound-land for the clip on the daughter board!
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Search for “curly guitar lead” on ebay for the wire (or just look up item number 250700137079 **£5 delivered **in the UK)
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Dont buy any rubber grommets, I’ll send you a bunch as a thanks for the n-filter mesh (PM me your address)
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Nixies need shrink sleeving on the wires… again I have tons of the stuff so holla if you want it!?
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Get yourself a drill bit as small as your drill chuck will take (probably 1 or 1.5mm) and mark out and PRE-DRILL all the holes for the resistors and transistors prior to painting. I can post my sketch of where I put each of the components if you’d like… but it is just a sketch.
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Dont buy any resistors (as shown on my main gizmo)… I still have loads left over and they are yours if you want them, but you’ll have to source your own transistors and bigger resistors for the DB. maplin is where I got mine from (there are 3 stores in Glasgow) but I have no idea about part numbers, sorry! (I might have one left over you can take in and show them?)
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Spacing the holes for the grommets will be easier as Nicks new improved belt gizmo board promises to have additional fixing blocks for gluing the backet on (a luxury I didnt have so I had to shorten the bracket, thus putting the holes closer together…) precision drilling is still required and a good centre punch and pilot hole is the key along with the correct drill bit to suit the grommets (just slice one in half and measure if you dont have a , a mug of boiling water, a screw driver to ease the softened grommets in and asbestos fingers as those little things get HOT!!!) If the kid hasnt been revised by the time you buy it, make sure you stick a couple of blocks in place BEFORE you paint it.
Again I’ll send/post all the details if you need them! Just let me know!
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Actually I just had a look in my “bits box” and I have enough parts for most of one gizmo… you’ll still need to buy a few bits yourself but if you PM me your address I’ll get this little care-package in the post to you tomorrow!
Awesome build fella!
could u build me one
Sadly not, it was difficult enough building one, then a 2nd… but to do a thrid (that isnt even for me) is unthinkable!
But I’ll take your request as a compliment! (Thanks!)
Outstanding gizmo’s mate. Very very nice.
Adam
what are the round orange resistors called so i can find some