General Red chest display plastic

[markbass]

I'm uk based and I'm struggling to find red clear acrylic or plastic for the chest display. I've brought some and it's 3mm thick which is the thinnest I can find, can anyone suggest where I can get anything thinner as im struggling to get it to sit right with the curvy-ness of the RS armour

-Thanks!

 

[Mr Fett]

Red plastic? Most Boba's I know use black tinted plastic. The red lights inside the chestplate still shine through red.

 

[ShortFuse]

I have seen red used before. You could use a red transparent folder found at an office supply store. Not sure about availability in the UK.

 

[01Hawk]

I used the plastic sheet that came with vintage transformers as their decoder thing for the spec sheet

 

[Bounty1138]

I just used the red plastic that came with my TK409 chest display and it works well.

 

[dv8r]

I'm uk based and I'm struggling to find red clear acrylic or plastic for the chest display. I've brought some and it's 3mm thick which is the thinnest I can find, can anyone suggest where I can get anything thinner as im struggling to get it to sit right with the curvy-ness of the RS armour

-Thanks!

I thought the plastic was found to be smoke/brown (but I can't find the reference for that; 501st simply says "translucent"). In any case you may be able to find what you want at an auto parts store -- red commonly used to "repair" broken tail lights or as in my case a window tint plastic. Then you can adhere the covering to a clear plastic trimmed from any blister pack, that plastic is usually pretty thin but durable.

 

[norgs79]

Would a sheet of acetate work? Plenty on eBay or Amazon

 

[markbass]

It was mentioned to me previously on here and by my 501st armourer that it was red plastic. The RS armour came with a dark green welders plastic and it was so dark that my fett tonics was hardly visible.
Thanks for the input - if someone can find a definitive answer then I'll happily alter the chest display accordingly

 

[Armydad]

I used a clear piece of the plastic from the packaging from one of my action figures.

 

[Gregory]

I got mine from a music store, the kind that sells instruments and gadgets. It's red plastic for stage lighting.

 

[Stlfett]

I picked up a red camera flash tint piece from a local camera shop that looks nice.