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Well, 8 months later, kit in hand, I don't feel hosed at all
Particularly at tier 1 pricing, and getting in before the CAD collapsed against the USD? This was a freaking STEAL. Now, serious assembly question - in scoring the neck of the chest plate, I slipped slightly with my exacto and I think may have at least lightly scored into the chest piece proper (not sure if if did any damage past the protective plastic). If there is a significant scratch there, will polishing with something like Novus take it out, or is there another way to fill it without making a giant mess?
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Secondly, the bucket - got some more quality time with it last night, and more importantly, got to look at it from a bit of a distance, which shows me the shape I thought I was seeing was just because I was too close; YAY! No need to pull the bucket apart! I would however like to trim the eyes a little bit (anyone post some nice closeups of what they've done there? please please please!) to get rid of the flimsiest part of the plastic, and more importantly, want to REINFORCE the thing from the inside to give it some more weight and rigidity (may also, sometime down the road, want to put in fans and a voice changer with static burst...but that's more cash than I can spend right now). Does anyone have any opinions on what's the best choice between the Plastidip-with-cheesecloth method or fiberglass-resin method or fiberglass-resin-with-Bondo methods?