Pepakura RPG7

[erikv]

I've had a couple of attempts at doing some pep's with poor success. I thought I would have a bash at something with a fairly simple shape and used much thicker card (300gsm)
I added the flutes to the warhead as these were not indented on the original pep.

I've got the rest of the launcher to cut out and build but it has been fun so far.

 

[dkaniel]

That warhead looks awesome! It looks realistic and a lot better than most of the paper model versions you can find I can't wait to see how the launcher looks. If you have the pics you should post how you scratchbuild

 

[erikv]

Thanks.
I kinda got into the zone when I started so forgot to take progress pics.
It started out as the pep file printed on 300gsm card (I needed to assist my printer feeding the card)
The glued pep card was then fiberglass resin inside and out, with some fiberglass tissue on the inside for strength.
Then a thin layer of car body filler (bondo for those across the pond) and lots of sanding.
The indents on the front cone are not included in the pep file, I made up a small template in sketchup and these are stuck on the inside of the holes to give the indent.
It has been a good learning experience that's the first time I've used resin.
I still need to work on my painting skills. The writing on the warhead was taken from an image of a real warhead and used to make a stencil.

 

[MG42]

Hey it looks awesome, but where would I be able to find this file?