Darth Pinhead
Active Member
Yay! Someone else believes in templates, lol. Looking great, brother!
My Guy Manuel (tron)- shape it, fill it, sand it, prime it...Photograph it
Lol, Yeah i do, its been a pretty good system with what is probably minimal clean up after the templates/dams come off. I think i saw thermistor do a method like this first and then sorenzo did his version of it and thats more how ive done mine. Ive adapted it a little for me and when i get more P38 i'll take closer pics of how i'm doing the dams on my helmet.
brulafu
Well-Known Member
Looking good, I recently got one of Sorenzos lids and have just started trimming the resin - turns out I need a workshop and having resin dust all around the livingroom is not a good idea - luckily the girlfriend was out, I had time to hoover and dust before she came back 
struve1976
New Member
That's amazing work and detail. Very professional. Terrific stuff.
Looking good, I recently got one of Sorenzos lids and have just started trimming the resin - turns out I need a workshop and having resin dust all around the livingroom is not a good idea - luckily the girlfriend was out, I had time to hoover and dust before she came back
Yeah man the basement of my salon is covered in dust from the p38, haven't tried sanding resin before so i've that to look forward too. I 've sanded ABS before and its horrible, it balls up into tiny balls of molten plastic and burns like hell if you get i you. Congrats on getting one of sorenzos lids, i hope you post some pics up as you complete it. I'd love to see one finished in chrome.
Thanks Struve, much appreciated but not professional at all, this is my first scratch build (even though Volpin did all the hard work originally and i'm just copying his method). All i've done is take my time and not rush things.
Thermistor
Active Member
Solid job. Glad the templates are working for you.
New update from today, i continued to build up the outer details using the fence/dam method, got loads done, photographed doing the dams, got the back bar added and more of the sides done too. I even managed to chuck a quick coat of primer on it at the end of the day just to see where i was at. Then got home and promtly managed to delete most of todays photos whilst attempting to load them onto my ipad.
So sorry if these pics look like a bit of a jump.
Here's a pic of one the dams i used for the back bar. As it turns out this was easily held in place with masking tape accross the supports, one removed the tape leaves no marks to my shiney dome. these a ABS and the supports were fixed in place with poly weld
The right side. I want to add a little extra to the front facing arch around the ear i think, it's not as pretty as the left side as it looks thinner too. I know its just gonna bug me so.....
The left side coming together nicely
And with primer
There's still plenty to do, will have to spend some time on the chin and im really looking forward to that for some reason....anyhoo comments, critiques and such are welcome etc..
So sorry if these pics look like a bit of a jump.
Here's a pic of one the dams i used for the back bar. As it turns out this was easily held in place with masking tape accross the supports, one removed the tape leaves no marks to my shiney dome. these a ABS and the supports were fixed in place with poly weld
The right side. I want to add a little extra to the front facing arch around the ear i think, it's not as pretty as the left side as it looks thinner too. I know its just gonna bug me so.....
The left side coming together nicely
And with primer
There's still plenty to do, will have to spend some time on the chin and im really looking forward to that for some reason....anyhoo comments, critiques and such are welcome etc..
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Darth Pinhead
Active Member
If you have a roll of tracing paper, just painters tape in place on left side, trace, and place on right side to see where it differs. It's a pretty level plane, so it should work. Other than that, love your dam method (Oh, just had a flashback of an old Simpson's episode of Bart using dam)...
Another sunday, another update from this week. I filleted the back this week and it's nearly finished. I did some more work on the chin and i think i'm happy with how it looks finally. In somoe pics it looks square but from the top you can see how smooth it is. This is i think why the chin on Guy Man always looks different. Hopefully you'll see what i mean in these pics...also i'm adding some extra P38 to the bottome edge to try and even up the symmetry from the back .
Theres still a few tiny holes to fill and once the bottom egde is clean up then it's on to the seam line..
Theres still a few tiny holes to fill and once the bottom egde is clean up then it's on to the seam line..
Here's the latest update. The seam around the back sectioned was next on my list of things to do. This is the last thing i can do pretty much before i start on the ears and i wasn't looking forward to it. Cutting into something that i've spent a lot of time making smooth was wholly unnatural but as it turned out this was the easiest part of the build so far. A piece of styrene taped down as a guide and a fine saw i bought from my local model shop got the jod done easily with a little patience. For the curved part of the seam i also used a styrene template but used a stanley knife to cut gently into the helmet over n over again until i'd reached the depth i needed.
Also a quick photoshop mockup using the drawings i've done for the ears to give. An idea of how it'll hopefully look and fit
Also a quick photoshop mockup using the drawings i've done for the ears to give. An idea of how it'll hopefully look and fit
hey all, Another week another update. Firstly i had a major fail whilst trying to make the ears. Basically i don't have the right tools for the job and i really didn't want to put ears on that i wasn't happy with so i'm going down the CNC route again. In the mean time i did a little more work on the chin and gave it another coat of primer. here's where it's at currently. Still a few minor details to sort out but they'll be done when i attach the ears. After that it'll be wet sanding and prep for the molding process.
VitaminZinc
Member
Pretty sweet build. Can't wait to see it glowing.
The seam areas between the main part at the ears came out really well. Good job.
The seam areas between the main part at the ears came out really well. Good job.
welshwarrior123
Well-Known Member
Absolutely incredible build mate. The piece looks so smooth, I cant imagine the amount of time sanding it took. The results are worth it though and your detailing is fantastic. The wet sanding should really make it like glass.
I love that stage of the build, probably because you know your so close to putting some primer down on the finished piece. Really looking forward to another update.
I love that stage of the build, probably because you know your so close to putting some primer down on the finished piece
. Really looking forward to another update.
