Thought it'd be fun to do a quick and dirty project. I saw a couple of great emitter threads and thought I'd "borrow" from the best...
Quick pencil sketch
Outlined on styrene with initial cuts on the "vents".
I got caught up in the build and forgot to take more pics. Basically cut a piece of scrap composite board to the shape of the styrene then glued them together. Then it was a lot of sanding, priming and painting.
The finished prototype:
I wanted to make multiple copies. Prepping for molding:
Mold box
Completed mold
I think a couple of bristles from the brush (when I was applying the mold release) adhered to the buck (grrrr). Otherwise, not too bad...
Next is cleanup and paint...
Quick pencil sketch
Outlined on styrene with initial cuts on the "vents".
I got caught up in the build and forgot to take more pics. Basically cut a piece of scrap composite board to the shape of the styrene then glued them together. Then it was a lot of sanding, priming and painting.
The finished prototype:
I wanted to make multiple copies. Prepping for molding:
Mold box
Completed mold
I think a couple of bristles from the brush (when I was applying the mold release) adhered to the buck (grrrr). Otherwise, not too bad...
Next is cleanup and paint...