Electro-Galvanic Aerator

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The Electro-Galvanic Industrial Aerator with Electrostatic Livestock Motivator! A.K.A.: the Big, Spiky Wheel!

A Victorian Scientific Romance vehicle of my own design. The driver is the gunner from a Pinnacle Entertainment Group [link] GREAT RAIL WARS Velosipede which seems to be out of production , and the Spark is from RAFM's [link] CALL OF CTHULHU miniature line Sinister Scientists RAF02914. The wheel was from a toy wheelbarrow found at a dollar store. The discharge towers were made from craft beads on metal rods. The purple electrical display arcing between them is courtesy of a "pod racer" model. New photos of an older piece.

L = 170mm, W = 90mm, H = 120mm.

Bigger view from the top: [link]

No, it's not steam-powered. There will be more of those later.

A veteran (and occasional winner) of several Le Grand Cirque games run by the ever estimable Mr. Walt O'Hara [link] .


Things I have learned from this project:

Gaming - Being the biggest model in the game makes you an immediate threat in the minds of all the other participants no matter how nicely you play.

Design - People MUST touch the end of the spikes to see if they are sharp. They're not. Trust me on this.

Photography - I need a bigger sheet of white paper for the backdrop.

More of these may be found on my website [link] .