Ok...i still need to do the bottom caps and finish off th bottoms of the fuel tanks , and make a few more small tweaks but the main body is close to finished now.
However i wanted to get started on the thrusters. Originally i had a styrofoam ball i covered with elmers glue but it didnt work out as welkl s i hoped so i scratched that.
Then i got to thinking ...i wanted to make a mold of a wood ball and carve into the casting to get the details on it...then a lightbulb went off, as i remembered seeing silicone ice ball molds for making large ice balls to put in your whiskey. So i went to e-bay and found a set of 2 for $10 and bought them. That saved me time and mold rubber!
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So i filled that sucker up with resin and got this..
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I then drew the design onto the resin ball. Its not perfect, but its a good approximation of what i wanted to do.
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So i brought it into the shop and went at it with my dremel and a large flat exacto knife.
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I used the Dark-side metal greeblies for the sizing of the areas they go in. I will fabricate resin ones later on, but i want my pack to have the metal greeblies so i wont make those right away. Its not perfect, but i thiunk for a first go it aint bad!
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