Different perspective

So I've had recent discussion with one of my professors and he suggested I make large vacuum tubes since the vibe from my dioramas gives off a 1960's feel with how they are setup. I really like that idea and of how I can give each one individual character based on common ideas, motifs, representations to form a 60's nukular family. I now need to contact a glass blower to see what kind of cost a two liter sized vacuum tube shape would cost. In the mean time I am going to use Sketchup to make some mock ups and see what I can make.

Here are some links!

http://members.chello.nl/~h.dijkstra19/page3.html

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=oB9&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1355&bih=725&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=audiophile+analog+amplifier+tube&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

recycling recycled recyclabes...?

Onwards and forwards. I'm going to be spending the next few months refining my project and ideas. I'm going to try to get some more diorama construction in and take some decent photos with good lighting (probably outside light in the afternoon). Then do some collage assembly. I also want to find some more vacuum tubes so that I can make permanent dioramas to show instead of just posters though if I can't I'm going to have to stick with the poster idea.

Of course reusing stuff is one of the aspects of my project so I might just stick with the poster collage idea, though having physical pieces would be really awesome.

So if anyone has or knows where I can get some of these for cheap (or free) I'd really appreciate the opportunity to get some and used is perfectly fine for my purposes (and is preferred).
Thanks.
Dan out!