Super8 Mini Pyro 1985

[Django5198]

That was really awesome! But how did you actually make the building explode?

[Beandude202]

@Django5198 With an explosive :D

[reticulan5]

I remember there was a scientific super 8 camera for sale to universities etc that could shoot 250 fps.

[plusplusplusplusp]

That looked really cool -- you should make some more if you get the chance.

[monnie110]

That came out great!

[biffmercury]

I'd love to know how you modified a Super 8 camera to run at 200 frames per second. Nice looking stuff.

[McToddRidesAgain]

Basically, you need a crap Super-8 camera to start with! Mine is a Royal Super-8, a nasty fixed-lens job that was so cheap, it was actually thrown in free when I bought a projector twenty-odd years ago...

All I did was cut the side open where the motor was housed, and fit a somwhat more powerful motor with a gear of the right size to mesh with the main drive gear in the camera. Whereas the old motor ran off 6V (4 x 1.5V batteries), I run the replacement motor off a 9V transformer.

[bluworm]

Looks as good as any 20th century b-movie effects I've seen. I'm thinking about effects in the Republic serials, for instance. Good job!