So I started to work on the right gauntlet. This was my first time building the ESB style right gauntlet. Once again this is the Man of War ESB set. I built it pretty much the same way I have built his RoTJ gauntlets.
I did install some Quest Designs darts, and inset them farther back as in the reference photos. I also started the pilot hole for the light up front but have yet to widen it out. I plan on using just a regular bulb that looks the part and hooking it up to a button cell inside. So the switch on the side is just a facade.
I also used CStallard designs resin cast dental file replicas, highly recommended. I have purchased his rangefinder parts too and they are all superior castings. Juat about perfect. Find him on Etsy! You will see the range rinder parts once I get tk the helmet.
So I once again used the hinge and neodymium bar magnets for closure. I will line the inside with foam and velcro, and have velcro sewn onto the sleeves of the shirt that way the gauntlets will close and also be secured to the flight suit via velcro, a method I haven't seen anyone use but it is excellent for keeping them in place and securing them solidly.
You can see on the inside where I used a steel reinforced epoxy plumbers putty around the hinges and magnets. The hinges have screws driven straight through them and the gauntlets, which I then grind down and putty over on the outside of the gauntlets. Super glue was liberally applied to the hinges and screws as well. I glued the magnets and then used the putty to further bind and smooth them. This will then be all covered with a layer of black Eva foam ( fun foam from hobby lobby) applied with contact cement to make a smooth, professional look to the inside as well as creat an additional binding layer to keep everything together.
This is all just bascoated, no weathering g yet, I used Duplicolor silver, then masked with Humbrol maskol and sprayed with Tamiya maroon. I then hand painted the various details and used thin sheet plastic cut to shape and glued to the whip cord housing( easier than masking and painting it). I oversprayed red on the sides of the white to replicate the same overseas seen in the references.
So I will run this over with some black through the airbrush to lightly shade it and enhance some of the finer details. I'll I'll snap some pics of my hoses and ITT cords for both gauntlets when I'm done. Enjoy!