Recent content by Mr. Nagata

Hi everyone! I haven't posted here in a very long time (mostly doing NASA spacesuit stuff), but I recently got back into Ghostbusters after many years of being away. I wanted to share the super-accurate Ghostbusters flight suit I've been working on the last few weeks. I borrowed Adam Savage's...

Nice job! Looking forward to seeing the finished piece.

Been a while since I posted here. I've done quite a bit more spacesuit work over the last couple of years. You can see some of it here: http://www.ryannagata.com I also did some work on the new Neil Armstrong movie, "First Man,"...

I did some work on this film: https://www.tested.com/art/makers/852492-adam-savage-meets-spacesuits-first-man/

This has nothing to do with the glue itself, but I think the Gorilla Glue brand CA glue bottle is genius. There's a little metal rod in the top that inserts into the tip to keep it from clogging. The cap always seals tight and I can use the entire bottle to the last drop without it ever clogging...

@lmgill Beautiful!!!

Welcome to the RPF, David! The velcro was pretty tan originally, not white. It varied quite a bit (the Apollo 11 suits were fairly light), but still not white even back then.

Sorry, I don't remember the number and I haven't had the hair for years.

Cool! I think I have the file for the decals I made somewhere if you want it.

That particular piece was purchased from another builder somewhere. I was only planning to make one suit then. When I revisit the Mercury suit, I'll make my own master.

Yeah, it's supposed to be a white cable, but the one in that picture was cast in urethane and turned that yellowy brown color very fast. I have a cable that was cast just like that and it's brown now. When I redo my mercury helmet I'll cast the cable in silicone.

You may want to try stitching the patch to a larger piece of velcro and then trim the excess off after you sew. That way you don't have to be super precise. That's what I'd do.

Have you thought about paper mache? I've seen some people get very smooth finishes with it. You could form it on a large balloon.

Yeah, that's not the material of the one I saw. Probably a nylon pack cloth or cordura.

This stuff looks pretty good for the basketweave-type beta cloth: https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/white-420-denier-coated-pack-cloth-.htm?gclid=CjwKEAiA6YDBBRDwtpTQnYzx5lASJAC57ObM40z5p3OPjfqwYV4toop4rFsKHvLIYRZG7K1yyWx3HRoC5vTw_wcB And it's super cheap. I use it a lot. I've seen one of...