Guy Manuel Build

[rabbit]

With Random Access Memories being released in less than a week, i thought it was never a more apporpriate time to start working on a new guy manuel build. I've tried it before with less than stellar results. I feel like this time will be a little different i have no time restrictions and a new space to work in so anyway on with the pictures, the first bucket is my first attempt, i realized where i went wrong and why.

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it was too rushed and i had literally littl to no idea what i was doing.

Sorry for the webcam quality pic but this is the new pep model, Dung0beetles model, unfolded by hifat-555




If anyone has any tips or pointers I posted this here as well on the DaftClub i've seen amazing Guy builds from members of both sites please feel free to comment. Any criticism is welcome!

 

[Richard Archer]

Will keep my eyes on this as I'd love to do daftpunk helm's

Good luck with the build

 

[rabbit]

i keep running into a problem with my edges of the visor is there any good method of making a nice even lip? Everytime i do a new pass with bondo i lose the edge of the visor. pics incoming soon to show what i mean.

 

[rabbit]

sorry for the slow update but heres how it looks, still sanding and bondoing the shiz out of it. I keep running into a problem with the edge of the visor, i cant seem to get a good defined lip all the way around. I was thinking of doing a really really heavy batch of rondo on the inside and then sanding down to the rondo and making the edge. Anyone have any other advice?

 

[rabbit]

How it stands at the moment. using cardboard to make little channels to fill with bondo and sand down to make the lip.

 

[rabbit]

not much to report.

As for MDF for the ears, i have no way of shaping MDF its too dense to cleanly use a coping saw by hand. and i dont have any sort of table saw or ribbon saw.

I am however willing to pay for a set of ears, because no matter how many tries i take at getting the ears symmetric i cant. If anyone is willing to part with a raw cast, or vacformed set of D ears, circuits and maybe some pucks i would definitely appreciate it!

 

[rabbit]

so after a few weeks of neglect i spent a few solid hours baking in the heat sanding and filling and sanding and filling, received a set of fancy 3d printed circuit details and inserted them into the bucket and well how do yous think it loods ?:happy:

 

[addshoe]

Lookin good! Can't wait to see the progress.