PredatrHuntr
Master Member
Thanks to ONEYE (Richard) for giving me a Bio that he got from Bathunter years ago. Kudos to you Richard!
It began as a "Porsche" style P1:
It was called a Porsche due to its sharp defined lines - as opposed to the rounded curves traditionally seen on a P1. Ironically, the Porsche was the very first Bio I ever purchased from Predfann waaaaay back in the day. I got rid of it years ago, so its very cool to see one again since I don't think they are made anymore.
Bathunter then redesigned it to look like this:
When I got the Bio from Richard last week, the jawline was noticeably warped and the plastic added on bits were very fragile:
The original plan was just to replace the LED's, but I had to fix the jawline too. I knew this would be a daunting task, so I asked Richard if I could attempt to restore this Bio even if it meant changing the look that Bathunter gave it. He said go for it.
Then I got thinking that I could redesign the Porsche to be a hybrid between a rounded P1 and the defined Porsche. I drew red lines along where I wanted to make adjustments:
My first task was to fill the cheeks in and give the jawline support again. I got creative and took some plastic cutting board and cut it to fill in all the holes in the Bio:
Then I used bondo to fill over the plastic in order to make them rounded again:
Then I started sanding down the sharp edges on the mouth:
Filled indentations in the jawline and above the eye:
And then began to sand down the paint and bondo:
I marked off the areas that still need sanding or filling:
I added more filler to the brow/forehead to build it up:
More sanding:
Added more length to the laser shroud:
And to show just how much filler I added to the dome, here is a comparison shot with a King Jamie P1 right below:
Added Apoxie Sculpt to the bottom of the right jawline to give it the same angled look that the left side has:
And this is where its at right now:
It began as a "Porsche" style P1:
It was called a Porsche due to its sharp defined lines - as opposed to the rounded curves traditionally seen on a P1. Ironically, the Porsche was the very first Bio I ever purchased from Predfann waaaaay back in the day. I got rid of it years ago, so its very cool to see one again since I don't think they are made anymore.
Bathunter then redesigned it to look like this:
When I got the Bio from Richard last week, the jawline was noticeably warped and the plastic added on bits were very fragile:
The original plan was just to replace the LED's, but I had to fix the jawline too. I knew this would be a daunting task, so I asked Richard if I could attempt to restore this Bio even if it meant changing the look that Bathunter gave it. He said go for it.
Then I got thinking that I could redesign the Porsche to be a hybrid between a rounded P1 and the defined Porsche. I drew red lines along where I wanted to make adjustments:
My first task was to fill the cheeks in and give the jawline support again. I got creative and took some plastic cutting board and cut it to fill in all the holes in the Bio:
Then I used bondo to fill over the plastic in order to make them rounded again:
Then I started sanding down the sharp edges on the mouth:
Filled indentations in the jawline and above the eye:
And then began to sand down the paint and bondo:
I marked off the areas that still need sanding or filling:
I added more filler to the brow/forehead to build it up:
More sanding:
Added more length to the laser shroud:
And to show just how much filler I added to the dome, here is a comparison shot with a King Jamie P1 right below:
Added Apoxie Sculpt to the bottom of the right jawline to give it the same angled look that the left side has:
And this is where its at right now:
