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source for grooved hose?

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Hi all,
I´m in search for a grooved, bendable hose for the neck of my RoG At-At. It must have an outer diameter of 3cm, and needs to be bendable as I´m building my At-At in fallen down position, an in this position the neck is bent.
I know the Blue Moon At-At came with such a hose, maybe a 3cm hose is available from the same source? I´d be very grateful for any advice. :)

And another somewhat strange request, could someone provide a pic of dymo tape, not the package, but a piece of the tape itself? I need to know what kind of tape that is, as I guess it´s a product available in the US and I need to find a European substitute for it for scribing on round parts (At-At feet). Thanks! :)
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Dymo is sold in Australia but may be hard to find. I can post a pict in a bit.
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Is this what you have in mind for the neck? I think they make it in different sizes, I've seen various sizes used in cars.

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As a last resort, find a smooth wire smaller that you want the hose e.g. 12 or 14 ga. house wiring. Wrap the outside with smaller wire e.g. 18 or 20 ga. couple drops of super glue along the way, quick paint job and viola.
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Post by darth_daniel »

Thanks a lot for your replies.

As for Dymo, I need to know what the tape itself looks like, so i can find a substitute for it. My previous attempts failed miserably, with too low adhesion, so the blade pushed away the tape, or the tape was not thick enough, so the scribing tool ran over the edge of tape and cut through it. :x

About the hose, thanks for the link kenlilly106, it is basically what I need, but with finer grooves, and unfortunately this one´s the wrong diameter. I´ll go to a hardware store tomorrow and see if I´m lucky. If not, I think I´ll ask John and/or Linda for the source of the hose that came with the Blue Moon At-At, and if I´m not lucky with this either, I´ll resort to what you supposed, b5ranger99. Actually a very good idea, thanks a lot! :)
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darth_daniel wrote: About the hose, thanks for the link kenlilly106, it is basically what I need, but with finer grooves, and unfortunately this one´s the wrong diameter. I´ll go to a hardware store tomorrow and see if I´m lucky.
That was just an example to see if that's what you were looking for.

I'd try looking at auto parts stores and computer stores, especially the latter.
This type of tubing is pretty common in the "case mod" hobby.

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You remember those old school self adhesive embossed letter labels? The ones used to label everything up until the 80's (and laser printers)? The ones that were "printed" using a remarkably phaser-like device (my dad would have to tell me time and again that it was "not a toy"). It went clicliclicliclickety clack... clicliclicclickety clack... clack... clicliclicclickety clack... ka-chunk and you had a label which read "BOOB", you peeled the vinyl backing and stuck it in some boob (not a tit, a nitwit).
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Sorry, lost track. Well the phaser-like device used a plastic tape made of thick PVC (I think) with a vinyl backing to protect the adhesive. That tape is Dymo tape. It's very thick, so you can use it as a guide for scribing. Its adhesive is not all that strong if you don't rub it down hard or keep it in the model for too long.
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