Raizo's ESB GMH paint up
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toofastrobot
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Boy did it ever! I used this tiny drill bit and used the holes as a guideline as I dragged it from one side to the other, a lot easier than using a cutting disc in my opinion.
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Cyris
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That may be how I attempt to do more of my slots then. I'm nowhere near brave enough to attempt the cut-off wheel, and I'm sick of spending hours filing those tiny suckers by hand! lol Thanks for the suggestion, catbread, and good luck!
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superjedi
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That's just how I do the keyslots on my helmets, too. I square up the edges afterward using some small jewelers files.
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toofastrobot
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That's exactly it! Awesome.That's just how I do the keyslots on my helmets, too. I square up the edges afterward using some small jewelers files.
Here's the updated placement of the mq1 board btw. I had to cut a little bit from the bottom for it to fit properly. How's it look?
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toofastrobot
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Reprimed with ESB damage added. First coat of 247 going down momentarily. It's technically NOT 247, but a custom mix I had to come up with.
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intwenothor
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247 or 147? i thought it was 147...
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toofastrobot
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Nope! Humbrol 247, or RLM 76 as I think it is better known. 147 is what we were using before, but I think it was agreed that the blue grey of 247 was a better match.
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intwenothor
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Interesting. I'll look into that. Was that a TF update?
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toofastrobot
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TF and DVH, I believe. I know for certain DVH was the one who suggested it to me during my previous paint up when I was trying to color match paints.
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toofastrobot
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Found the post! He used 147+96 in humbrol enamel to come up with the blue, I've inserted his picture here. I used XF-2 and XF-18 to come up with with mine.
Oh! I also was using Ponte's recent FPH2 paint up for some paint ideas. The main color I stole directly from his paint up aside from the base color, is the red he used for the mandibles, TS-33. Tamiya Dull Red in a spray can.
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intwenothor
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Looks like I'll need to do some extra reading when I do my next helmet paintup...
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Yes RLM 76 is what i have been using, and i got that from the master...Ponte lol Good to know theres a Humbrol mix as well 
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toofastrobot
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Alright, so I got the base coat down, I used a custom mix of Tamiya Acrylics XF-2 and XF-18.
After about a half an hour of fighting with my printer and it's ink, I started to size and cut the templates out. I found out that the lower right (if you're looking at it) cheek and the lower left cheek are of different sizes, by only about 2%. But other than that it was a lot of trial and error to get the right percentage for the helmet without using Superjedi's template sizing tutorial (my Paintshop program was a bust and I actually ended up getting EXTREMELY close with this simple method. Not precise! But CLOSE.)
ALSO, ALWAYS wear gloves when touching your helmet, not sure if that's common knowledge already or not. But you definitely don't want to get any oils from your hands on the helmet as it might affect the paint. I used painters tape as a guide to cut a straight line along the bottom of the some of the templates if they needed it, like on some where the bottom of the template is floating in the center of the page. I also like to cut little frillies to allow the template to move a little more freely around curved areas.
Aaaaaand I brain farted so there'll probably be more later... haha. I'm stenciling in the back panel base color tonight.
After about a half an hour of fighting with my printer and it's ink, I started to size and cut the templates out. I found out that the lower right (if you're looking at it) cheek and the lower left cheek are of different sizes, by only about 2%. But other than that it was a lot of trial and error to get the right percentage for the helmet without using Superjedi's template sizing tutorial (my Paintshop program was a bust and I actually ended up getting EXTREMELY close with this simple method. Not precise! But CLOSE.)
ALSO, ALWAYS wear gloves when touching your helmet, not sure if that's common knowledge already or not. But you definitely don't want to get any oils from your hands on the helmet as it might affect the paint. I used painters tape as a guide to cut a straight line along the bottom of the some of the templates if they needed it, like on some where the bottom of the template is floating in the center of the page. I also like to cut little frillies to allow the template to move a little more freely around curved areas.
Aaaaaand I brain farted so there'll probably be more later... haha. I'm stenciling in the back panel base color tonight.
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toofastrobot
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Got the silver down today. Testors diamond dust.
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toofastrobot
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Finally got around to starting the silver stencil/ mask since I took the day off of work.
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