OK started my first bucket

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Hi everyone, I'm kind of new here, been lurking 4 a long time, then a few post's, now I'll put my $ where my mouth is... I have started my first bucket, it's gonna be a custom Metalic black dome, Dark purple mandables, silver cheeks, and maybe some really dark red. I used WOF's AWESOME templates, and FREE priority mail envelopes (thanks USPS), a lot of tape, and now began to 'glass it. So, here's a few progress pics... been working on this for about 2-3 weeks, should finish in another 2-3 before painting. Tell me what you think.

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Dremel died while cutting out the visor. Gonna finish cutting in a couple of hours then glass the edges of visor and interior, should be done with glassing today, and start bondo tomorrow.
 
Kandosii!!! I love the colors!!!

How are you going to get the red visor?


saw a guy on flea-bay who sells them in red and green, gotta wait til next payday to get the visor. Gonna put mirror tint behind the red to make red mirror.
 
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gonna make 1 for my 8 yr. old son too, I guess using WOF templates @ 80% size should work. Headed to pick him up from school right now, then off to wal*mart for Bondo and sandpaper... Anyone know if I can just use standard primer.... Never mind, it's like painting a car repair (isn't that what bondo is for ?!?! lol) I'll post pics of my trash can armor a little later today too.
 
Okay, update: First layer of Bondo and 1 dead drimel later, and my begining stage of my trashcan armor. Gonna attempt to glass the armor too, anyone know if the glass is gonna stick?

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Looks great!!!

I've fiberglassed onto sintra after roughing up the surface and it stick fine...I'd just take some course sand paper to the armour, then glass it.

Also, totally go with the EL! I got mine from www.thatscoolwire.com. It's the 0.9mm kit (Item#WY-GH-86-3V). It's like $12 with shipping, I think...

Hope that helps! Keep up the great work!!!
 
Vor'e for the info, will rough up the armor first. I think I'm gonna use red EL wire around my t-visor to match the red visor. I'll keep ya' posted, but for now gotta sleep, working for the next 4 days, so wont have time to work on the bucket till tuesday.
 
AAARRRGH Disaster strikes.............. It hit the floor from like 4 feet... :cry
Cracked the bondo on all sides around the T-Visor. Pics arent that good. The fiberglass didn't crack, I can just sand the bondo down to the glass around the visor and do it again. had to put the armor update too, this is just a color test, haven't glassed it yet.

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