Introduction... and a New Build

yorkshiredad

New Hunter
Hi Folks;

I've been lurking on these boards for a while after finding my way here from the RPF. The Mrs always had a thing for The Fett, so I've been working my skills up to starting a bucket project of my own.

I'd like to thank Wizard of Flight for the fantastic templates; AntMan for the awesome step by step tutorial, and the rest of you for having such a great resource here.

So, whilst I'm waiting for the filler to dry, (and having a well deserved beer, lol) I thought I'd register and show you guys the progress so far.

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Thanks for the kind words of encouragement; I just hope that it comes out as good as many of the others I've seen posted on this board, :) Although, I have to admit, this is addictive. I'm already thinking about what I'd do different... next time, lol
 
Thanks again, :) I've been at it again today; again following in AntMan's steps... Hard to believe that these have taken the best part of all day.

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You're doing an awsome job so far. Keep it up like this.
I also made a helmet using WOF's templates with Antman's building tips. But now I'm working on my own build made with templates from scratch.

Respect!
 
You're making your own templates? I'd love to see how that is going.
One thing I have noticed is that no matter what grade sandpaper I've used, it furs up the cardboard. I'm thinking of painting a thin coat of resin on the surface and letting it soak into the card after the pieces have been filled, sanded and shaped. Hopefully I can then sand to a smooth finish. I'll give it a go this evening after work.
One again, thanks for the support. :)
 
Hullo :lol:
Always nice to see another UK'er join up. I must say your off to a great start, the basic shape of the helmet looks spot on, the ear pieces look great as well.

I love watching these scratch builds :)

Welsh
 
Thanks for the welcome WelshWarrior123. :)

Just spent another couple of hours sanding... The resin I painted on them the other day didn't work so well. Either I used too little hardner, or it just didn't want to set properly, and ended up soft and tacky. I've cleaned it all off, repaired with P38, sanded again, and given them a coat of primer so I can see where any further imperfections are.
 
Well, I've been sanding, filling, sanding, priming, filling sanding... all day long, but it's beginning to take shape.

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I've also put some fiberglass inside the dome and behind the cheek plates to help it keep it's shape during the sanding & filling.
 
I got a little further today; Rangefinder Stalk & wiring and the keyhole slot cut and fitted in the back.

The switch I decided to do a little differently, with a single point of contact, only switching the +V line.

The pictures should explain better.
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It's obvious that you have lot of patience and put passion in what you're doing. I like what you did so far.

Respect!
 
Thanks Raf; I like how it's coming together, but it's been a lot of work so far. I've switched from using decorating filler to car body filler for the added strength and smoothing when sanded; the down side is that when I'm filling small imperfections, I have to mix many small batches; it sets too quickly.

I'm still debating with myself whether to try painting some fiberglass resin on the exposed cardboard surface; something that I can sand and polish up to give a better texture for painting later. I may mix some and try it with a scrap piece of card first.
 
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