ThatNasaGuy
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Hello internet!
I am a huge and I mean HUGE space fanatic. For years now I've wanted a spacesuit replica more than anything. Well I'll finally try to get to building one of my own (hopefully). I am really interested in Soviet technology, but I also wanted a lunar suit, so after long consideration I decided to make a krechet-94 replica. I thought that since it had way less parts that moved or detached than on the apollo a7l suit (like the gloves or the LEVA) it would be easier to make. The most intimidating things for me however are the hard-body (picture below) and the silver sun-visor (I chose the "For all mankind" design since I liked it more, also picture below). I have an idea on how to make said visor but I'm still pondering on the main body. The only reasonable thing that I came up with was to make a mold of the body from styrofoam and then cover it in fiberglass (or cloth) and cover it in resin. Any other ideas on how to make such a rigid body? Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you dear reader for your time,
ThatNasaGuy
I am a huge and I mean HUGE space fanatic. For years now I've wanted a spacesuit replica more than anything. Well I'll finally try to get to building one of my own (hopefully). I am really interested in Soviet technology, but I also wanted a lunar suit, so after long consideration I decided to make a krechet-94 replica. I thought that since it had way less parts that moved or detached than on the apollo a7l suit (like the gloves or the LEVA) it would be easier to make. The most intimidating things for me however are the hard-body (picture below) and the silver sun-visor (I chose the "For all mankind" design since I liked it more, also picture below). I have an idea on how to make said visor but I'm still pondering on the main body. The only reasonable thing that I came up with was to make a mold of the body from styrofoam and then cover it in fiberglass (or cloth) and cover it in resin. Any other ideas on how to make such a rigid body? Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you dear reader for your time,
ThatNasaGuy