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Public Information => Imperial Armor => Imperial Work In Progress => Topic started by: CadBane3 on May 11, 2018, 07:16:29 PM
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Hello everybody! I jumped at the chance to be a part of this build group because these guys and gals just look so cool and if we can field a whole unit of them to protect Kylo, instead of trying to kill him, that would be pretty epic. I chose the Samurai because I liked the double bladed weapon he has. I'm not crazy about his helmet, but it still looks pretty cool.
The first thing is that I ordered were the gloves and boots from Imperial Boots before they closed down again. These are probably the most comfortable shoes I own now. Certainly the most comfortable for trooping. The gloves are a L and are a bit tight, but I'm sure they will stretch a little with use.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/948/28175790478_6395561e1d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JVNhT1)20180430_141347 (https://flic.kr/p/JVNhT1) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Our crack team of 3D printers and modelers have been hard at work in trying to get parts that will work and I volunteered to see if I could clean up and assemble the helmet for the samurai. Here are the raw prints for about 60% of the helmet. The flat top piece is still being created, so I'll have it in a few weeks.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/982/27136056997_3535d8b8ec_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HkVokF)20180505_124722 (https://flic.kr/p/HkVokF) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/975/28133154438_1d71250184_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JS2LES)20180505_124725 (https://flic.kr/p/JS2LES) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/963/28133153128_3684d0bf5c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JS2Lhh)20180505_124735 (https://flic.kr/p/JS2Lhh) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/974/28133151638_f1dbf0ba07_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JS2KQA)20180505_124739 (https://flic.kr/p/JS2KQA) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/908/41961302792_d946261e4a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26VYDpN)20180505_124747 (https://flic.kr/p/26VYDpN) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/950/28133150408_1cda6048b3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JS2Kto)20180505_124750 (https://flic.kr/p/JS2Kto) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
The clean up involves removal of all these support pieces:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/972/27136053677_4eeaefe1eb_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HkVnmr)20180505_125720 (https://flic.kr/p/HkVnmr) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
And the clean up on the mask is a bit tougher:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/829/27136052667_c4a13b7921_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HkVn42)20180505_130149 (https://flic.kr/p/HkVn42) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
I used the back end of an exacto knife (ie not the sharp part but the back of that) to gently coax all the extra parts out and then used a very small file on the parts that were extra stubborn.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/826/41961299002_cfd2bd6b93_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26VYChs)20180506_122456 (https://flic.kr/p/26VYChs) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
The one "issue," and I'm not even sure you could call it an issue but more of an area that you need to be careful with is that some of the faceplate print came out a bit stringy and isn't quite all attached.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/973/41961294102_b95b62cae4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26VYAPY)20180508_134343 (https://flic.kr/p/26VYAPY) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Here's a demonstration. At rest:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/904/42005520521_66f233bc76_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26ZTgNr)20180508_134422 (https://flic.kr/p/26ZTgNr) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
And moved with very slight pressure:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/962/41961291792_6240f28a15_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26VYA99)20180508_134431 (https://flic.kr/p/26VYA99) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
I talked with Mike K and Luke who both have a lot more experience with 3D prints than I do and it was suggested I pick up Z Poxy as this is will sort of coat everything with resin and hold pieces together. I bought this stuff (the adhesive next to it will be used later).
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/831/40198167220_c95331762e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24fb7CC)20180508_125119 (https://flic.kr/p/24fb7CC) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
The nice thing about that Z Poxy is that it is truly odorless so I didn't feel like I was killing brain cells in using it (that's what whiskey is for!). The other nice thing is that it totally worked. I gave all the parts a coat and then let them sit overnight (drying time on the bottle is 2 hours, but they still felt sticky). I then gave them a second coat and let them sit overnight again.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/951/28175640918_5f42f31651_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JVMwqo)20180508_144804 (https://flic.kr/p/JVMwqo) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Then, today, I got to the dirty and powdery business of sanding them. Started with the 150 and worked my way up to the 400.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/828/42004783842_06a5c24736_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26ZPuP5)20180511_105201 (https://flic.kr/p/26ZPuP5) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
2 passes with the 150:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/948/41328689984_655c8974c0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25Y5kEq)20180511_113930 (https://flic.kr/p/25Y5kEq) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
After this, I gave them a third pass:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/911/41328690184_1d095259a6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25Y5kHS)20180511_135713 (https://flic.kr/p/25Y5kHS) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Then I used the other grits:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/955/27178963147_f1ea4fa8cf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HpHhQT)20180511_154023 (https://flic.kr/p/HpHhQT) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Ended up at a pretty good point for now. My plan is to get these three parts glued together so that I can bondo the seams and get started on more sanding as I'm certain that I will need quite a bit more sanding once the seams are put together. Then, I need to do all the same with the flat top head piece.
Any input or suggestions are certainly welcome!
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Decided to glue together what I have so far so that I can start filling gaps and finish the sanding. The back part connects to the top part...
For this, I used Mike K's suggestion of Bob Smith InstaCure CA glue, and it certainly does cure quickly!
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/831/41149803485_e7b124cb14_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25GguWr)20180511_192627 (https://flic.kr/p/25GguWr) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Then, before I put on the face plate, I tried to clean up the vision slits a bit more, but there's only so much you can do before you start to hear the plastic make cracking noises, which is it's way of saying "STOP!" This is about as good as it will get. If any other samurai's out there want me to try to assemble your helmet, I'd probably try to clean it up even more before the Z Poxy step, but it's just such a delicate area that real care is needed.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/976/41149803255_4f44d27f0c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25GguSt)20180511_193142 (https://flic.kr/p/25GguSt) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Then, I put on the faceplate and it's starting to resemble a bucket!
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/831/41149803565_5a752dae25_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25GguXP)20180511_194000 (https://flic.kr/p/25GguXP) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
I figure I'll let this stuff dry and then fun with bondo and more sanding!
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Very cool! <chomping popcorn emoji here>
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Very cool.
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Wow, can't wait to see how this turns out!
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Was able to make a little more progress on this over the last week or so. Slow going. Luke got me the top pieces:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/974/40439297190_23020baef0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24BtYaU)20180519_210825 (https://flic.kr/p/24BtYaU) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/905/27376040127_b1a3fbd7ef_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HH8mXR)20180519_210848 (https://flic.kr/p/HH8mXR) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
So, I cleaned them up and added 2 layers of Z Poxy:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/981/40503859520_922e47e320_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24HbSiw)20180523_102703 (https://flic.kr/p/24HbSiw) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Then I gave them one pass through with the 150 grit and then attached them together. Figured since they will have a rather large seam that needs to disappear, it would be better to do most of the sanding at the same time:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1757/41690554454_ac811ed847_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26w3Zn1)20180525_191813 (https://flic.kr/p/26w3Zn1) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
I glued them together with a piece of spare ABS as an additional support since they are not completely flush and there are minor imperfections.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1746/42363981792_df22a9bd12_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27xytRb)20180527_133708 (https://flic.kr/p/27xytRb) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/890/41511289495_e2e71f4f27_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fdd8R)20180527_133716 (https://flic.kr/p/26fdd8R) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
As you can see, the four parts are not completely equal and there are some rather large raised areas that will need attention:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/878/41511291845_61ede3cb1f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fddQn)20180527_133733 (https://flic.kr/p/26fddQn) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1738/41511287195_a02177a20e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fdcsc)20180527_133754 (https://flic.kr/p/26fdcsc) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
This is supposed to be flush:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1730/40605885620_5b7027110b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24ScM7d)20180527_133800 (https://flic.kr/p/24ScM7d) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
To start, I used Z Poxy in the gap areas as I figured that it would be best to add some epoxy to help strengthen the bond from the super glue.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1748/41511283155_08e1128a69_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fdbfx)20180527_173450 (https://flic.kr/p/26fdbfx) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
And on the side of the main bucket, it nearly closed the seam completely. Not quite though.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1728/41511285005_16f032e504_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fdbNr)20180527_173314 (https://flic.kr/p/26fdbNr) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
This put me at a good spot to test the size and finally be able to put the helmet on to see what it would look like:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1738/42363976542_dc523eebd8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27xyshE)20180527_173635 (https://flic.kr/p/27xyshE) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1760/41511278695_4668775752_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fd9VD)20180527_173702 (https://flic.kr/p/26fd9VD) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Visibility is difficult and it is rather large. Definitely going to need some padding in there to keep it up higher so that I can see through the vision slits. That can all wait.
I started sanding down some more:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1750/41511276785_a0cfb98bd5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fd9mH)20180527_175256 (https://flic.kr/p/26fd9mH) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
But, it's starting to look like a pretty cool helmet:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1731/41690541044_e073fb29bc_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26w3VnN)20180527_175308 (https://flic.kr/p/26w3VnN) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
So, now I need to make the seams disappear and make sure everything is as smooth as I can so that I can start the painting stages. Never used Bondo before. Watched a 7 minute youtube video and said my famous "doesn't look so difficult" and just started working on it.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1759/41511276355_1ea9f3dd37_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fd9ei)20180528_104228 (https://flic.kr/p/26fd9ei) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Put it on pretty thick and pretty wide as I really need to build up the area that is sunk in so that it slowly rises to meet the other part of the helmet. The rest of it will be sanded down so that it all is flush and, hopefully, very very smooth.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1721/40605877410_9a56a6f81d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24ScJEE)20180528_105924 (https://flic.kr/p/24ScJEE) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/894/41511269825_ac29282e8a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26fd7hH)20180528_105939 (https://flic.kr/p/26fd7hH) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/878/41690536874_506e54d6ff_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26w3U8U)20180528_105942 (https://flic.kr/p/26w3U8U) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
So, that's it for now. Letting the bondo cure and I'm going to go see Solo. By the time I get home, I should be able to sit on the back porch and sand for awhile and see what it looks like.
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Saw Solo and loved it. Came back home and the bondo was ready to be sanded. Hit it with the 150 grit, 220 grit and then 400 grit:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1748/40612696320_e9e0f0de6c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24SNFG5)20180528_165744 (https://flic.kr/p/24SNFG5) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1731/42420710391_2eab922c67_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27Czeht)20180528_163851 (https://flic.kr/p/27Czeht) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Getting pretty smooth by the end.
Couple areas that I may need to apply bondo to again and do the process over:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1751/41697637054_5868899c69_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26wFhLN)20180528_175834 (https://flic.kr/p/26wFhLN) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/885/42420706341_daa68271b9_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27Czd5D)20180528_175840 (https://flic.kr/p/27Czd5D) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1740/42420706531_a00c097431_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27Czd8V)20180528_175852 (https://flic.kr/p/27Czd8V) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
But I'm wondering the if the Z Poxy would do the trick or if the filler primer will take care of those. Anyone?
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Added a bit of Bondo to the areas that needed it and then did a bit more sanding today. Figured now was as good a time as any to finally glue the pieces together.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1721/28569282618_be13423c34_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Kwz3of)20180529_153454 (https://flic.kr/p/Kwz3of) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Then, I gave it one coat of filler primer:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/881/42391866862_9b539d4528_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27A2p7f)20180529_170703 (https://flic.kr/p/27A2p7f) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/898/42391867142_e284b92639_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27A2pc5)20180529_170729 (https://flic.kr/p/27A2pc5) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Starting to look pretty cool! I think the filler primer will expose areas that need more sanding, so I think I'll still be doing a bit of that but it's really coming along!
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Primer, sand, primer, sand, primer, sand, primer, sand... You get the point. Each time, the helmet looked better.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1738/40670090360_623644b0d5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24XSQWu)20180530_094916 (https://flic.kr/p/24XSQWu) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1737/42427712752_62381d9a76_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27Dc7QQ)20180530_111822 (https://flic.kr/p/27Dc7QQ) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
And eventually, I got to a place I was somewhat happy with:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1740/42478184771_be3185e183_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27HDNq4)20180530_145130 (https://flic.kr/p/27HDNq4) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
I ended up using almost 2 whole cans of filler primer and many hours of work, but it got to a point where I didn't think I could make it any better, so I moved on to the next step:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1738/42427709582_7c5ff44f33_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27Dc6Ub)20180531_102202 (https://flic.kr/p/27Dc6Ub) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1731/42427709552_47389f8278_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27Dc6TE)20180531_104526 (https://flic.kr/p/27Dc6TE) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1741/42478182451_cc0b664c82_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27HDMJ4)20180531_104529 (https://flic.kr/p/27HDMJ4) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
So, that's one coat of paint on it and I need to wait 48 hours to put another coat on, so I'm going to let it sit until Saturday. Once that is done, I'm going to add a lot of foam to the inside to see if I can get it to sit properly on my head and then I'll share some photos of what it looks like. I would estimate that I've put roughly 10-15 hours into getting it to this point.
Is it perfect? No. There are still some imperfections and bumps, but it's much better than it was and I can live with that. Will a GML be able to live with that? I dunno, we'll have to see once I get the final coats of paint on it and see how good it really looks.
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I think it's looking good! Two cans of filler primer, you're a sanding machine.
One of these days we'll get a CRL... In the meantime thanks for being our guinea pig beta tester on the helmet file! Like we talked about I'll probably scale the file down a few % and see if someone with a smaller noggin can fit into it ok.
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It is quite roomy. I can do the work on the smaller one if you want as well (if the eventual owner is ok with that). Kind of out of projects until Chris gets me the Rose City gun that needs work. Again, it's not perfect and it's not flawless, but show me a TK with a symmetrical helmet...
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Brought the helmet to Starlight and some folks saw it, but forgot to share it here.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1737/27702850737_614288a5de_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Jd1mnx)20180601_113241 (https://flic.kr/p/Jd1mnx) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1752/42572712291_eb90a94831_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27S1h9T)20180602_101909 (https://flic.kr/p/27S1h9T) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
It's not flawless and seeing is difficult once it's on but I'm happy with it. Looking forward to continuing with this build! Anybody else in the build group that wants a samurai, if you want help with your helmet, let me know. I'm happy to assist (or just do it).
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nice work Mike. you are def a sanding machine. now the question is orbital or belt.. :tongue:
didnt know you had it at starlight! oh well ill see it soon enough.
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Figured I may as well put this up here as it is a part of a build, just not for myself. I was given this double blade and asked to repair it and prep it for raffle at Rose City. The print got wobbly in a few parts so I figured I may as well see what I can do to repair it and it'll be good practice for me when I build one for myself.
As you can see in this picture, some of the detail pieces near the blade are missing on the one on the right:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/833/43447186132_e39bdbd93f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29chbL5)20180716_130727 (https://flic.kr/p/29chbL5) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
It still looks pretty cool when put together!
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1801/42590315005_8371715aec_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27TyuPX)20180716_130753 (https://flic.kr/p/27TyuPX) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Here's a close up of where it was missing the largest part:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1824/42778308544_d653fcfb4d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28bb1KS)20180716_133059 (https://flic.kr/p/28bb1KS) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
So, I built a replacement piece out of two layers of craft foam, which came to almost the perfect height:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1801/29623992928_55a100bb5b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/M8LH1L)20180716_152140 (https://flic.kr/p/M8LH1L) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Going to need to blend it and remove any transition points, but here is a rough draft of what I came up with:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1786/42778307144_27f315c22c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28bb1kJ)20180716_152237 (https://flic.kr/p/28bb1kJ) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
And you can see in this pic, there were a few other areas that were missing parts that needed to be built:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/839/28608375397_74bfd40318_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KA2piF)20180716_152958 (https://flic.kr/p/KA2piF) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Then, I added the "bullet" details and the greeblies. I'm missing 4 greeblies and those will be received soon, but I may as well chug forward:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/847/43447179952_a125157b71_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29ch9Vw)20180718_120754 (https://flic.kr/p/29ch9Vw) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
Lastly, I added the first coat of Zpoxy to coat all of it and fill in some of the smaller gaps.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1804/28608371587_ee4631abc8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KA2oaZ)20180718_132010 (https://flic.kr/p/KA2oaZ) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
This will need to dry overnight and then I will add a second layer and then the sanding begins!
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Kind of forgot to update this as I went so this will be brief. I'll leave out multiple layers of filler primer and the hours and hours of sanding that I did and we'll jump straight to the painting stages.
Gave it the base coat of red:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1772/43283262014_3c3355ee0f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28WN2Qb)20180810_081605 (https://flic.kr/p/28WN2Qb) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
And then had to hand paint all the silver. In hindsight, I would tape it off better or spray the silver first and then tape that off as this hand painting stage takes about 4 hours per each half blade and was about 6 coats:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/940/43096045135_3a5bebd56c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28EfuLX)20180810_155525 (https://flic.kr/p/28EfuLX) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
And, today I finished it:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/939/43096044965_d0b20a8e12_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28EfuJ2)20180812_135233 (https://flic.kr/p/28EfuJ2) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1815/42192669190_db7a3bd1c0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27hqszC)20180812_135301 (https://flic.kr/p/27hqszC) by Michael Halstead (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150894402@N05/), on Flickr
It's not perfect and I see flaws in the print as well as my work, but for a raffle prize at RCCC, it should bring in some money for Magic Wheelchair. Not bad considering we may have just thrown it away. I've learned a lot about how to build and paint these in the future, so I'll have to have another go at it. Perhaps painting before final assembly would be much easier. I'm eager to get my hands on another and have another run at it.
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But still looks good for a first run.
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