Re: WHAT Is Pepakura, And How Do I Get Involved???
Sorry no mac version yet.
My process for "cardglassing":
1) polyurethane seal the paper model at 3 coats, not too thick.
2) glue/hotglue (seal) obvious holes in the peice where resins will leak through
3) light coat of polyester (fiberglass) resin or smoothcast 300/325 brushed on to about 3 coats.
4) interior resining can now be done roto casting for initial durability or slush in some smoothcast or resin. 2x coats should suffice then if you want add the fiberglass cloth to a 3rd layer.
5) grind off any escaped resins/plastic from holes you missed
6) bondo with a spatula at all seamed areas, be frugal and work in layers
7) SAND repeat to #6 as needed
8) when you get to a point where its smaller than quarter sized areas to bondo, start using a filler putty instead, glazing putty works great.
9) SAND and repeat to #8 as needed
10) Use a leveling resin as the final coating and sand that gradually getting to a finer grit then use steel wool
11) grind off and sand excess resins
12) paint
13) ???
14) profit
Another process:
1) Seal the outside of the model with polyurethane
2) carefully wrap the model as close to its surfaces as possible with tin foil
3) melt plasticine (non hardening clay)
4) pour melted plasticine into model cavity and let cool
5) remove foil and paper and you now have a base clay model to work from!
Sorry no mac version yet.
My process for "cardglassing":
1) polyurethane seal the paper model at 3 coats, not too thick.
2) glue/hotglue (seal) obvious holes in the peice where resins will leak through
3) light coat of polyester (fiberglass) resin or smoothcast 300/325 brushed on to about 3 coats.
4) interior resining can now be done roto casting for initial durability or slush in some smoothcast or resin. 2x coats should suffice then if you want add the fiberglass cloth to a 3rd layer.
5) grind off any escaped resins/plastic from holes you missed
6) bondo with a spatula at all seamed areas, be frugal and work in layers
7) SAND repeat to #6 as needed
8) when you get to a point where its smaller than quarter sized areas to bondo, start using a filler putty instead, glazing putty works great.
9) SAND and repeat to #8 as needed
10) Use a leveling resin as the final coating and sand that gradually getting to a finer grit then use steel wool
11) grind off and sand excess resins
12) paint
13) ???
14) profit
Another process:
1) Seal the outside of the model with polyurethane
2) carefully wrap the model as close to its surfaces as possible with tin foil
3) melt plasticine (non hardening clay)
4) pour melted plasticine into model cavity and let cool
5) remove foil and paper and you now have a base clay model to work from!
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