Y-wing / A-Wing helmet ROTJ scratchbuild

[ywingfighter]

Looks fantastic,Rich and I am sure it had the correct scale!

 

[superjedi]

Hi Dex, any more work on this? Are you considering doing a run?

 

[Dex]

Hi, Im just doing the finishing touches on the buck for the vacuum formed goggles. I want to do some orange some pink. I'll add a picture of the buck shortly and hopefully I can get some done soon!

To answer your question, a small run yes! The 2 I've made are both fibreglass. Slushcast resin would be neater, but not as tough...
I'll upload some pics again soon!

 

[Heatshock]

Hey Dex - nice to see u still on the project

btw tough is a relative term IMHO. PU resin isnt as intrinsically hard as FG/PE resin, but it has a little more give; ie flexibility. I have tried with my own GM and have had stories of other makers, with dropping of slushed casted helmets that they do literally bounced with little or no damage. What they are though, is a little heavier than FG helmets.

give a go mate, the way you have made your mold you could easily experiment with slushing! Add to that the 1hr -1.5hr from 1st pour to demold time is a big bonus too.

 

[superjedi]

Cool, look forward to seeing how your visors come out.

I don't know anything about molding and casting, so I will say. . . make them out of high carbon steel! That's as easy as resin, right?

 

[Dex]

I have no idea! I'll stick with GRP though! With these being 3-4 layers of resin and matting they're pretty tough! Carbon fibre mat looks cool though I grant you!

Thanks Heatshock! Oh yes still on the case, just been doing a bit on the dalek & University deadlines so been delayed a little bit. I may still have a go at slushing one yet...this cold weather isn't making me feel like doing much though...bring on the Spring! Brrr.....

 

[BactaWork]

Wow, you really did an excellent job capturing the look. I always liked this style helmet a bit more than the other rebel pilots for some reason. It's about time someone did this helmet some justice. Please add me to the list of interested.

 

[skynet]

That's coming along really well! I've managed to find the correct mic tip although I'm still in the process of finding the correct military connector which sits under the chin. ywingfighter did find the correct female connector which is attached on top of the bucket. The part under the yamaha greeblie is something I think will never be discovered and therefore will have to be made from scratch. Unlike the RA kit, this has quite spot on dimensions!

 

[Dex]

Thanks for the nice comments people!
I know I'm a bit slow, but I get there eventually!

The dimensions, and shapes I've tried to get as correct as I possibly could and although I was only ever going to build one, I will do a small run!
Here's a few more update pictures (complete with action figure!) The former is now as good as done with quite a good return on the inside of the helmet, so it looks like either me or someone over here in the UK is going to be vacuum forming soon!







Soon as I get some done (in both colours) I'll upload some more....

 

[superjedi]

Ooooh, shiny!

 

[jimslob]

looks outstanding! I love that you're doing the A-wing, don't see it done often.

 

[ywingfighter]

Found the military connector!

 

[skynet]

The ribs on the right part are too tight together, don't think this is the exact one which was used on the prop.

 

[ywingfighter]

Yes skynet your right,but found the correct Endpart!

 

[Dex]

Thanks ywingfighter (Frank) for hunting these bits and pieces down!
Between us we'll have all the greeblies to complete the helmets (or 1 variant of the helmets at least) with all the common, buttons, mic tips, connectors and Yamaha engine cover pieces, so that's cool.

I'm hopefully doing some vac forming Tuesday, so I'll let everyone know how that works out!

Dex

 

[lowbacca]

Whoa! Cool markings, Ywingfighter. Did you do the artwork yourself?

SuperJedi, those helmet decals are MY work, not ywingfighters, I made those decals in fireworks8 on my pc almost a year ago, hand cut them out of tamiya tape and airbrushed them onto my helmet...

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whole build is here...

Rebel Legion :: View topic - my Y-wing helmet

and here !

 

[ywingfighter]

Hey lowbacca,
the Artwork are my own work!!!! Not a copie of yours! I didn't see yours!

SuperJedi, those helmet decals are MY work, not ywingfighters, I made those decals in fireworks8 on my pc almost a year ago, hand cut them out of tamiya tape and airbrushed them onto my helmet...

Sign In - The Emerald Garrison

whole build is here...

Rebel Legion :: View topic - my Y-wing helmet

and here !

 

[superjedi]

Hi Lowbacca,
Your stencils for the markings came out excellent!
Back in post #34 Ywingfighter explained that he used photo reference of the screen used helmet to create waterslide decals of the markings.
I can see several differences in the proportions and shapes of the markings to believe that is actually what he did.

 

[lowbacca]

Hi Lowbacca,
Your stencils for the markings came out excellent!
Back in post #34 Ywingfighter explained that he used photo reference of the screen used helmet to create waterslide decals of the markings.
I can see several differences in the proportions and shapes of the markings to believe that is actually what he did.

I didn't use all the stencils on my helmet, I changed some of them to get the proportions right. sorry if I'm wrong guys but they look suspiciously like my originals, although set out differently. anyway, great work on the helmets. I wish this thread was active when I started mine.

 

[BactaWork]

Soon as I get some done (in both colours) I'll upload some more....

I can't wait to see how these visors turn out. Having two color options is going to make it difficult to decide which version to do.