Re: Aliens APC - 1/12 - ** 36th upd., pg 19 **
Okidoki,
Next batch of pics...
What...going pep ????
Well, maybe a bit. As i'm using 400gr/m2 biax carbonfibre, it's good to precut the fibre pieces. You cannot pull them apart and add on the spot, there's a different manual for this stuff.
I made paper templates by using the master, and although i changed them progressivley based on working with the mold, they were a good start.
All the paper templates.
Start cutting carbon with the templates. The roll is 130cm wide, and unfortunately there's only one table in the house suitable for that.
One set done. Most pieces are three layers of carbon.
A few hulls on the table, next to the master. The epoxy resin is pretinted medium grey (-ish), but since the fibre is black, it will tend to show through in places. The insides look not as nice as ones done with fibreglass, which due to it's transparancy fades away in the tinted epoxy. The black carbon simply contrasts, unless i tinted the epoxy black, which i did with a few.
Besides a few airbubbles on corners, overall the hulls come out nice.
Top front.
The front corner has been detailed like the full size APC, which had an interchangeable cornerpiece, to show a completely dented corner (for Acton shoot/ Plant corridor escape scenes), or the undented corner (shot later at Pinewood / Sulaco hangar, APC introduction). You can see the weld beads and bolt holes on the hulls.
More soon.
Cheers,
Wasili
