Recent content by FlyinPhil

Meant to talk to you further about that. I think I’m going to have to head down Thursday morning first thing. Alex didn’t realize the expo was 4 days long, so I’m going to have to help her out that evening with the kiddo. As well, by the time I get off work, get the trailer loaded up, etc, it...

Looks fantastic! I haven’t made much progress since my last update, but I did pick up some fibreglass tools and a 10m roll of fibreglass for the project.

Still have a metric boatload of work to do on this thing, but it’s starting to look like a turret!

I’m too cheap for epoxy (and have a ton of polyester resin on hand lol). I’ll probably use a combination of wood glue and masking tape on the foam buck before fibreglass. Then I still get a bit of a bond between all the layers.

It’s been about a week, so here is another small update. Still plugging away with some foam work before I hit it with fibreglass.

Thanks for the info FANGS ! Viper 466 , I know you wanted some updates now that we are in February. I recently picked up some supplies for the MG, and will start crushing some late nights to get it done for expo.

Second part of my turret build is up on the YouTube! I go over the ABS work in this video, explaining the methods I use as I go.

That’s intense haha, nice work!

Thank you very much! There was a LOT of head scratching after trying both the jig saw and mini band saw with less than stellar results. I think I also considered using my angle grinder with a flap wheel hahaha. Then the idea to just draw a boatload of tangent lines and cut them with the skil saw...

It’s been a hot minute since I posted here guys! Not a huge update, but I threw together a full video of the tripod construction, and I’ll be posting somewhat regular video updates in the future as well!

Thanks man! Yesterday was my last day of isolation, so all good there. Just had a minor sore throat, which meant a 10 stint of cosplay and house renovations haha. So shortly after my post there, I wasn’t happy with the scale of the upper plate that runs all the way around the head and in front...

I know you are into the painting stage now, so this is a tad late, but I just wanted to chime in for your future projects! You do not want to add water to body filler. It will absorb into the talc powder (which makes up a good portion of the “filler”), and can cause issues with cracking...

Small update! I’ve been on self isolation for the last nine days, so I’ve been able to plug away at my chest piece between renovations haha. As per a suggestion from @Viper466 , I finally brought my little band saw inside to try it out on foam ( it’s a tiny unit that struggles with even thin...

Lookin awesome! Keep up the good work!

Angle grinder and a zip disc! I just mark my perpendicular cuts in 4-5 places around the pipe, then wrap a piece of masking tape around it to follow as a guide. For the long cuts, I just mark it with astraight edge and cut freehand. Comes out perfectly straight, but after flattening the pieces...