Tambo Fett
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Looking forward to the first pull pics...I hope it comes out perfect.
Scratch-made Helmet - Pics and Updates
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trooper rushmore
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FT-This is an awsome job! Makes me feel like I'm cheating by getting a fiberglass bucket. Thumbs up!
Darth Flan
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Keep going.....Show us the finished pics!!!
TBone
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OK...Well, I decided to finally lay some resin in this bad boy...And boy did I have a lot to learn about resin! The outside of these babies look great, few air bubbles, but the first 2 are way too thick. Will couldn't get them on his head. By the time I made the 3rd one, I think I had it worked out. It went much better.
phantom viper
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They look great. You did one heck of a nice job.
:cheers
:cheers
propsculptor
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That looks like a Rangefinder Ice-Cube!
TBone
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This clear stuff has a brand name of Pour-a-kast. I do not know who makes it. I used to work for a company that made air bag inflators. We used to make cross-sections of inert ones, and poured this stuff in it so you could see the components. It has very good optical properties. Bondo would not translucent, but either reddish or blue tinted.
sithlord23
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That is amazing work FT! Keep us posted, awesome project you there!
phantom viper
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Wow You have one lucky son. Great job. That clear resin looks great. Nice and clear.
You have one lucky son. Great job. That clear resin looks great. Nice and clear.
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Darth Mule
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Wow neighbor!!! That is f-in cool. I have a nephew I'll be having to do that for eventually. You did an awesome job.
The por-a-kast is made by syntek. They are another of our many plastic resin providers, and used to be the most cost efficient. In recent years tho, Smooth-on has moved up. They are now less expensive and have, in my opinion, the better products. Especially when it comes to their mold rubbers.
I just cast my new helm out of resin. I started off by painting the first couple of layers in with a brush. Just to make it even and bubble free. I then slip cast it with the resin. I only put it in about a mouthwash cup sized portion at a time. and kept it moving till it set up. The resin is much nicer than the Fiberglass. Stronger too.
-Chris
The por-a-kast is made by syntek. They are another of our many plastic resin providers, and used to be the most cost efficient. In recent years tho, Smooth-on has moved up. They are now less expensive and have, in my opinion, the better products. Especially when it comes to their mold rubbers.
I just cast my new helm out of resin. I started off by painting the first couple of layers in with a brush. Just to make it even and bubble free. I then slip cast it with the resin. I only put it in about a mouthwash cup sized portion at a time. and kept it moving till it set up. The resin is much nicer than the Fiberglass. Stronger too.
-Chris
TBone
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Thanks guys.
I got the stalks back from the Machine shop today. I didn't really like them at first, but when I got home from work, I put a little sandpaper to them. I sanded with a heavy grit a little, then a finer grit, and finally polished it off with some steel wool. Looks a lot better.
I got the stalks back from the Machine shop today. I didn't really like them at first, but when I got home from work, I put a little sandpaper to them. I sanded with a heavy grit a little, then a finer grit, and finally polished it off with some steel wool. Looks a lot better.
