Captainlonestar
Jr Hunter
Is this the same Gino from Papa Ginos? If so, he owes me money
Various ESB Casts discussion.
- Thread starter intwenothor
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Where did you assume this?
All his helmets look white gelcoated. I assumed it was this way. He's invited to comment otherwise if it's not the case, as everyone else. Instead, posting that kind of questions like "where did you get that info?" "why do you think you're correct?" and that kind of childish sentences, when you clearly know the answer, doesn't help anyone.
Wasted Fett
Literally Asian
Wasted Fett
Literally Asian
Thank you for the reply WF! I'm too european to understand all the real life things
So the master is epoxy. The same goes for the casts?
My helmets are all going epoxy. Skyfire GMH helmets are also epoxy. Better quality. Less shrinkage.
And doing an outer polyurethane and backing it with polyester is just wrong since they’re incompatible. **** falls and those materials will separate.
intwenothor
Well-Known Hunter
See! Nino knows!
As a more generalised, and boring, statement; assuming that two 1st gen or 2nd gen castings would have exactly the same attributes would be just that - an assumption. Especially if made via different sources and, possibly, different materials. I'm not speaking of the RS versus the Machine per se but in the more general sense.
The earlier the generation, the more likely the similarities. It always seems that the further you get from the source that the issues tend to compound; a very minor distortion in generation 3 might be very obvious by generation 6. The headline issue tends to be shrinkage but things don't always seem to shrink in a consistent and uniform way. At least, that is how it has always seemed to me.
RafalFett
Well-Known Hunter
I repost here (as quotes) some of my posts and responses in the Wasted Fett Fugly Helmets thread to not totally hijack it:
#freethedome
RafalFett
Well-Known Hunter
Wasted Fett - I'm sure you are correct regarding cracks in fiberglass, but we are talking about a helmet (a boat is much larger) and the crack is in a sensitive spot, especially that it is located at the left temple right next to the T slot. Also this helmet was made in a different style (with fiberglass cloth - possibly made 1st from the 6 helmets) than the rest of the helmets (made with fiberglass chopped strand); this helmet is thinner and its structure weaker, hence the crack and the bulge in the right upper cheek, the wavy brow and possibly the so called flare. More of this in this thread ==> Helmet Flare?.
RafalFett
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MachineCraft
Active Hunter
And how do you know that exactly? RS hasn't shown any high resolution pictures of their cast, and you have never actually handled one of my helmets. Furthermore, are you suggesting the brush bristle isn't something that I could fix before we ship the final product? I guess you think it's OK to come in and try to sway people's opinions in retaliation for me pushing for your recast to be removed from the site. Very very sad.
What I'm interested in are these marks that appear to be bondo/sand marks in RS's G1 helmet. They can clearly be seen as well in their video.
Are these modifications by Gino? My hero in these areas have raised bumps/marks so it would be interesting to see once we have high res pictures of their offering.
Are these modifications by Gino? My hero in these areas have raised bumps/marks so it would be interesting to see once we have high res pictures of their offering.
MachineCraft
Active Hunter
No. The material in question turns white where it is cut, drilled, or sanded. Sanding looks likely in the picture above given the directional striations.
I’ve yet to see one of these 1st gen castings that didn’t have some pin holes.
Thank you! I didn't know that.
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