I both love and hate the fact that I have to work out how this all fits together! There is NO instruction manual on how to do this, just a mish-mash of other peoples ideas and short-cuts. It's SO frustrating!!! What I am doing here is placing all the pieces where they need to be, then laying fibreglass mat on the inside wherever I can see exposed paper.
Layer by layer, working from the inside of the outside layers, they will all be stiffened to the right shape and all fit together.
1. With the outer chest and back shell now fibreglassed inside, it's time to position the collar plates and back brace so I can fibreglass them in shape while they are inside.
2. Bracing the brace. The chest brace needs to be held up against the inside of the chest piece while the fibreglass cures.
3. Back brace in position inside the back shell. Nearly ready for coating the outside with car-body filler and starting the sanding, shaping and detailing process.
Yeah small parts like the joints of the fingers , feet , ankles , shoulder
and it could be made in the correct colour to start !
Matt and gloss black stealth.
Here's a quick video of the next process beginning.
1. Starting to shape the outside of the chest now. First layer of car-body-filler applied in a moderate, yet controlled layer. I mix no more than three teaspoons of filler with a pea-sized amount of hardener at a time to prevent premature curing before I've finished working it. Three is actually pushing it.
2. The waist is fitted inside the chest to keep it's shape while the filler is applied. I'll separate the two later to finish them.
3. Already, with the first sand-back of the rough coat, a very thin re-application of filler is making it look the goods!
Last edited by bloodhound31; 24-02-2013 at 08:37 PM.
1. I've found that a very light spray of colour (and I mean light), can help in the sanding process to clearly identify low-spots. The downside is that if you spray too heavy, the paint can very quickly clog your sandpaper.
2. Rough filler application continues around the left side.
3. Now getting a bit of an idea of symmetry for adjustment.
I've still been tinkering around with theis arc reactor. Finally, I think I have come up with one I am happy with that is bright enough to be seen in daylight.
Night-time project - Iron Man's arms. preparing to cut all the parts out of 23 sheets of 200gsm card-stock per arm, before folding, gluing and hardening.
Have you got RSI or carpal tunnel in your scissor fingers yet?
Not yet mate.. workin' on it..
Here's over 8 hours work last night and today. Upper arm/bicep and shoulder-bells for right arm constructed from card-stock ready for resin hardening. Fits my arm nicely.
1. Had a friend come over yesterday. I bogged up the torso while he applied resin to all the arm components. Today I filled each piece with a 4:1 slush-mix of car-body-filler and fibreglass resin. Rock solid on the inside now, ready for fibreglass matt on the inside then filler on the outside for sanding and detailing.
2. Checking for proportions, this thing is looking MEEEAANNN! Can't wait to put it on!
