Trying to do a Prop-er job

The Syborg aircraft have been causing me some irritation due to the absence of propellers. I thought I'd be able to put up with it, but JF's comment about using a plastic disc for a propeller replacement made me realise it is really obvious there should be something there.

Especially when they are placed next to my Skytrex models which do have propellers.

I ummed a bit about the plastic discs. Cutting perfect circles is a trick business to those of us who are fairly cack-handed. Then I had an idea. What about plastic broom bristle? It squashes flat for spear points after all.

I experimented by hammering a bristle first, but it went too flat and started to curve (??), so I resorted to using the pliers again. That got the size and thickness I wanted, and I was able to trim them into a passable shape and twist them slightly.

The finished version isn't perfect - so little of my stuff is - but they fit in okay with my metal models. That's a Syborg model on the right, and a Skytrex on the left. At first glance you wouldn't know, I'd say. the give away is that I had to glue to propeller flush to the engine housing to make it stay in place.

That'll do.