Recent content by machzeropoint2

Yes yes and yes. Count me in for the Class 3 ACES gloves and helmet!

Thanks for all the suggestions! I actually had some luck reaching out to the Marshall model shop directly. They are unsure if they can actually help but they were certainly interested. Ill keep the other two in mind though. I have actually been a fan of Scott Lowthers work for a while, I...

I recently acquired this absolutely beautiful model. It is a Saturn 5 model created by the Marshall Spaceflight Center's Graphic Engineering and Model Division. I believe the Smithsonian actually has a few of these on display. Mine is a little worse for the wear, It is my understanding that...

@imgill the wrist fittings were too good to pass up. Gloves are a ways down the project list but I didn't know when I would get a better opportunity!

Hey now, what two consenting adults do in our free time is our business lol. The arm is definitely not fiberglass, I'm not a materials experts but as deduced earlier by Firefox3D its likely some sort of injection molded plastic. I do have some fantastic news though. After almost 3 years of...

I would prefer my wife never find out quite how much it is but I have wanted one of these helmets for yearsssssssss. I was like a kid at Christmas today.

Ahh pictures of the actual helmet makes more sense. Should arrive tomorrow so I’ll keep you updated

The honest answer is these are far less sexy than the vfx models I posted but are theoretically printable at this point. I think using a large scale resin printer would be the best by far, but that makes it considerably more expensive. Its just been a very slow burn in terms of progress. The...

Yeah unfortunately the model was rendered for gaming so it took a separate commission to get it converted. The vaccuformed visors were problematic for me as well. Maybe if there is enough interest we can do a run. Of note the helmet I just purchased was a navy variant. It’s worth way too much...

I was the guy who had it commissioned on turbo squid. I then had it converted to a printable file since it was a VFX model. I never managed to get it printed. This has been a project that’s spanned a few years off and on. I have had to put It down a few times. I absolutely love this helmet, so...

As you stated above the Navy and Marine Corp wear the same wings and they are always gold. At NASA the marines wear the wings over a red background vice blue for the Navy. To differentiate flown vs non flown, there is the "shooting star" that is placed over the shield of the wings

All good. I’m new here but it’s been my understanding that RPF is a place for like minded people to ask questions and share their expertise. Hopefully some of the things I have shared are in some way helpful but at the end of the day the above is just my opinion. I’m an USNA grad and I...

I wasn’t thinking so much stolen valor as it is a very sentimental thing for graduates who might get grumpy. That being said you probably are not very likely to run into any of the above groups while also in costume.

Banzai88 great follow up with the patches! Goose is a Ltjg meaning he is anywhere from 2 to 4 years out of the Academy (probably closer to 4 based on training pipelines). Korrigan I would caution you though, out of all the details in the costume a class ring is probably one that would not be...

In terms of the patches I would guess that the triangle patch is a CAG patch that denotes which airwing he belonged too. The second one I’m thinking is the “anytime baby” tomcat patch.