My First WIP (Grenadier Helmet Build//Picture Heavy)

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Martin Onagan

New Member

• May 21, 2011

• #1

My first pep build so go easy on me , comment, suggestions, and constructive criticism are welcome

Grenadier Helmet Pepfile by: raziel1981
Unfolded by: Brandon McClain

Grenadier Helmet Pep.

Applied Resin & Surface Mat

Cutting pep visor off

 

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workbook51

Jr Member

• May 21, 2011

• #2

looking good what color are you going to paint it?

 

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Swift

Member

• May 21, 2011

• #3

Very clean pepping for your first go! Crazy clean, actually.

It seemed to have warped a bit, if it were me I would've filled the inside with plastic bags, then resinned the outside first. THat tends to help keep the shape.

Looks good though

 

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cfh935

Member

Midwest Regiment

• May 21, 2011

• #4

NOt bad on a first attempt

There are a few things I see that I remember doing and had wished someone would have helped me out with. First thing I saw was it looks like you need more resin on the outside which should be your first step; I generally go two to three coats. On the inside, I use to live by fiberglass cloth but I found that the rondo method works a hundred times better (in my opinion). It will then be very hard and then your good to go as far as cutting parts out.

Heres a visual reference of what I'm talking about

So here is what it looks like after three coats of resin

Then here is the inside after the bondo / resin mixture aka rondo

And then heres what it should look like after its all hardened

This is the point you can start changing things, sanding things down and basically progressing forward.

Sometimes its hard knowing where someone is coming from by just reading text so I hope this helps

Edit: and this is good for reference on rondo

 

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Martin Onagan

New Member

• May 22, 2011

• #5

UPDATE: I'm about to apply bondo, any tips?

workbook51 said:

looking good what color are you going to paint it?

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Thanks! I was thinking of using Blue as my primary color and then apply Steel and Black on the details

Swift said:

Very clean pepping for your first go! Crazy clean, actually.

It seemed to have warped a bit, if it were me I would've filled the inside with plastic bags, then resinned the outside first. THat tends to help keep the shape.

Looks good though

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Thanks for the tip! I'll keep that in mind

cfh935 said:

NOt bad on a first attempt

There are a few things I see that I remember doing and had wished someone would have helped me out with. First thing I saw was it looks like you need more resin on the outside which should be your first step; I generally go two to three coats. On the inside, I use to live by fiberglass cloth but I found that the rondo method works a hundred times better (in my opinion). It will then be very hard and then your good to go as far as cutting parts out.

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Thanks for the references Awesome stuff you got there!

 

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Swift

Member

• May 22, 2011

• #6

Martin Onagan said:

UPDATE: I'm about to apply bondo, any tips?

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Don't cover the entire thing, only what you plan to smooth out. I'd also suggest sanding down the vertexes in the resin before-hand so you don't have to use as much bondo, as it can get a tad expensive. If money isn't an issue though, it would be better to just go right int othe bondo.

 

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SkullBoy13

Active Member

• May 22, 2011

• #7

Nice one my friend. keep it up!! and uhm...... its nice that you finally posted your project

 

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Martin Onagan

New Member

• May 25, 2011

• #8

UPDATE: Applied bondo and started sanding the Grenadier helmet (my first time to apply bondo on anything ._. ) I had to do the sanding manually because i have no mouse sander or a dremel tool. Any tips?

That big clear spot on the helmet is fiberglass resin :| my sister accidentally poured some on, i had to sand it down -.-"

Here is my facebook photo dump album if you'd like to see more pictures of the build! Thanks for viewing my build! Keep building 405th!

 

anhtrung

Member

Pacific Regiment

• Jun 6, 2011

• #9

oh,it's really good.ah, can u tell me what kind or resin u used?

 

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Swift

Member

• Jun 6, 2011

• #10

Very nice sanding so far Martin! As for tips... get a mouse sander Seriously, best thing EVER

 

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SkullBoy13

Active Member

• Jun 6, 2011

• #11

yo dude!!!! pretty nice considering your the fastest in our group ) gl!!