Recent content by Malaxor

1. I really didn't take pictures during painting, but I was basically using a layered painting method that lot's of people of have used here. I used RafalFett's stencils with a lot of custom scaling to make them fit. 2. I have not yet finished the range finder, as I was wanting to solve how...

For hinges (which were the long piano hinges, cut to length), I first just clamped them in place to make sure that when the hinge closes it the top and bottom shell mate together the way I wanted. I actually had to do some adjustments on the left gauntlet. Once I was sure everything was ready...

After I had gotten to this stage, the rest of the flamethrower parts were going to take some more thought. While I worked that out, I went ahead and began the finishing process on every completed part that I had. All the parts were filled with wood filler and sanded as smooth as possible down...

Now, moving on to actually adding the flamethrower shafts. Here I decided to use brass tubing that I could get at my local hobby store. It is sold in telescoping sizes. Brass was more widely available in more sizes that aluminum. The aluminum sure would have been lighter, but I just couldn't...

For the ESB flamethrower, there just isn't as much really hard info. From what I can tell across various versions I have seen, there's quite a bit of variability. Anyway, I did continue my use of the WOF templates to get me started. I then deviated based on what I think I am seeing in the...

Hello all, I have been remiss in posting my latest progress for a while. Continuing from the last progress pics I showed, I next attached the two halves together. I decided to use a long hinge here. I know that some may not like that choice as it is visible on the inside edge of each...

I appreciate the interest. I have been working on them a lot and they are pretty much done except for some flame thrower details and painting. just haven't gotten all the new pictures together to Post. I'll try to get my current pics up this weekend. Sent from my iPhone

Thanks for the props guys... IG88death: The only pdfs are the templates I started from, in this case the WOF templates that are in a sticky in the helmet forum and the stencils (also in a sticky).

Well, I've spent quite some time working on getting this lid painted up, so I thought I'd go ahead and show the results. I am pretty happy with it as this is first helmet. I still have a few minor details here and there in addition to possibly using the 0000 wire wool to tone down a bit of...

I know the stuff I'm using I got at Hobby Lobby. It is grey and comes in 32 x 40 inch sheets. It might be called mounting board or chipboard. It's in the same section as the framing mats. But keep in mind it isn't perfect as it still composed of two layers, but if you don't get it too wet...

Oh man, that stinks! Generally speaking, it's probably a result of the edge getting a little too wet when bending combined with using a cardboard that is composed of layers as opposed to being solid (it looks like it may have as many as 4 layers). The only way to completely avoid it would be...

Triton, to do a build like this, 2mm cardboard has worked out best for me. It's stiff enough to build with, yet can be bent by misting lightly with water. In my case, I've used 2mm-thick Crescent Chipboard I could get at a hobby store. The only thing with this cardboard is that it is actually...

The next challenge with the left gauntlet was getting the top to marry up properly with the lower curve. Keeping in mind that the straight part needs to end up virtually flush with the outside of the gauntlet, as it will eventually hold the flamethrower, it became clear that the curved side...

The next piece I worked on was the rocket cradle. The template comes with a piece that could be cut out with cardboard, moistened and the coaxed into shape. However, this just happened to be the perfect size to just re-use a cardboard tube I had on hand. I think this came from an aluminum...

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone. I thought now it would be best to show some of the initial build-up of the left gauntlet. The left gauntlet is a bit different in that there is only a curved section on the bottom half to which the upper part attaches. Again, laying out the initial...