Replica Apollo-era A7L Spacesuit Build Thread (pic heavy)

[AKurtz]

Great work. I would have dropped off the boots at a shoe repair guy for the leather work personally. Its cheap to have shoes re-soled.

Haha. That might have been smarter/easier, but where could I possibly find anyone who does boot work in Austin, Texas?

 

[nick daring]

Amazing work as usual.

 

[AKurtz]

Amazing work as usual.

Thanks neighbor - that's high praise coming from yourself!

 

[chameloon]

Very impressive!
How did you do the fingertips? I still didn't find a way to make mine

 

[AKurtz]

Very impressive!
How did you do the fingertips? I still didn't find a way to make mine

Thanks! For the finger tips, I'd recommend you take a look at what fellow rpf member Daszer did for his. We made our prototype fingertips with his technique, but eventually settled on a two-part mold to cast our own silicone tips, (mainly so we can control the color).

 

[Daszer]

Thanks for the mention AKurtz I'm nowhere this level as my gloves are only for use in schools so had to be believable but not museum quality -very nice to know that we all gather ideas from whatever level, I'm honoured. This is them finished and I'm happy with them for their purpose as a teaching tool. The tips you mention have not been applied at this stage - the ones you see are the old thinner tips which were just plastidip rubber gloves.

 

[AKurtz]

Thanks for the mention @AKurtz I'm nowhere this level as my gloves are only for use in schools so had to be believable but not museum quality -very nice to know that we all gather ideas from whatever level, I'm honoured. This is them finished and I'm happy with them for their purpose as a teaching tool. The tips you mention have not been applied at this stage - the ones you see are the old thinner tips which were just plastidip rubber gloves.

Thanks for sharing - your research on the gloves was very helpful. I'm sure the students love being able to interact with those, I know I would have!

 

[lmgill]

I see on ebay there is a listing for a complete set of machined aluminum replica Apollo chest fittings.

 

[Lear60man]

I see on ebay there is a listing for a complete set of machined aluminum replica Apollo chest fittings.

Can you PM me a link? I cant find them. Thanks.

 

[Mikesweb]

Can I ask, where did you get your patterns?