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I am trying to make a scope lens out of a small tub and I can not figure out how to make the ends looks like a lens.

Anyone have any suggestions?

paint wise or construction? Id cut a small piece of card and wrap it around the ends so that each side has the tip slightly higher than the tube.or a slightly larger tube.

Idealy you want to get a tiny plastic bead and stick that in the end. then use two thin strips of card to make each end higher.

OK, sorry I meant to say binoculars and not scope but should be the same.

Here is a small pic of what I got.



Not the greatest pic but hopefully you see what I am workin with.

It's worth practising on a scrap first but using a needle with superglue on it can make you a little "Dot" on a flat surface. It won't work to make it too big though since the surface area will start to make it want to spread.

The cool kids are able to sculpt lenses using putty, but if you're at my skill level you can only make lopsided half-cirlces with fingerptints in them.