TK50166[TK] Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Posted December 3, 2015 Day 16... Picked up a 2 part kwik epoxy to fill in the seams and try to make them more even... then peeled off the tape before it fully dried... Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 I used JB weld, left for 24hours, sanded then applied ABS slurry, let dry another 24hrs, sanded and applied bondo for any small holes or indents. Quote
TK50166[TK] Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Posted December 3, 2015 Day 15. I tackled sanding down the thermal detonator, calf greeblies, and also the seams that I epoxied to make them more even. Sanding from sun up to sun down... hit all the seamless areas with this epoxy to even them out and then sanding to make them smooth. They are much smoother than they appear.. Tomorrow means 2 weeks left! The clock is ticking!!! Quote
TK50166[TK] Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Posted December 9, 2015 We are down to single digits, 9 days left and soo much left to do! I started work on the dreaded rubber gaskets, first by cutting them out... Then I glued the shim pieces, the elbows and knees came together easily once they dried, i then glued the other side to form the gasket Now for the miserable shoulder gaskets...I started by glueing the shims in the sleeve portion of the shoulder gasket Once dried, i then began forming the shoulder gaskets Once I thought I was done, I realized that the shoulder was too big to fit the bicep, so I trimmed out alot of the upper middle portion, used a ton of glue and basically reshaped the whole piece, i put in another strip to hold the newly trimmed parts together, and will have to do a fair bit of cleanup on the glue, but a sharpie should fix most of it! You will also notice in the picture that I combined the shoulder and elbow gaskets into 1 sleeve piece similar to the screen used suits...I trimmed the shoulder and made sure the seam where they are glued together will be completely hidden by the bicep. I then glued in some straps with CA glue directly onto the rubber to pull the two gaskets together when they are being worn WIth the shoulder gasket chewing up a massive amount of time, they will do for now... Now back to the armor... I still wasn't happy with my seams, so i hit them all again with the sander and filled in some more... I also finally split my ab piece down the back now that i am happy with the side seams I created a bunch of 1" snap plates using some leftover styrene, and starting adding in snaps using e-6000 so they can be removed/repaired more easily down the road Here are the shoulder snaps Im 9 snaps in so far, was able to add snaps for cod, cod connection in ab, and both shoulder bells Quote
TK50166[TK] Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Posted December 13, 2015 Force awakens in 5 days, its getting real, working on strapping now, will paint very soon.. more snaps in yolk to attach the chest plate to also adding the greeblies finally, these ones required no cooking... more snap plates added to the butt plate also added snap plates to the ab/kidney girtle... nipple greeblies also added added velcro to the knee gaskets it didn't stick very well so i added CA glue and clamps to the velcro thigh and spat greeblies require 60 seconds in boiling water and some bending....greeblie soup! and they are glued afterwards added some snaps into the yolk to attach the shoulder bells and here is the yolk and shoulders together....alas we have our first pieces actually strapped and connected together! got a little creative with some leftover ABS on the thermal detonator and extended the hook on the back so it would be more stable... glued down the resin thigh holster, hope to upgrade this down the road but for now, this will do... more strapping, the ab/kidney pulls together nicely kind of like a corset, added in some more snap plates for the butt plate to attach to.. added in a snap to attach the chest plate to a strap running across the yolk piece.. added in strapping for the cod piece... spats are built, just gonna add some velcro... 5 days left ....hopefully will start to paint today! Quote
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