agordon117
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more pictures!
dang, look at dat ass!
if I didn't take this last pic it would have seemed like I didn't do a lot of work today but I was working on the thighs till about 2:00pm and then moved to the codpiece. the codpiece is much easier than the thighs because you really only have to worry about the upper and lower tiers on the butt plate and even then you are only worrying about applying the bondo around it, not in between two raised spots. school tomorrow and home depot (need more sanding pads for my hand sander and I need some more activator for the bondo).
I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there seems to be a lot of "gunk" on the non bondoed areas of the piece that can't be sanded (or they will gum up your sandpaper beyond being salvageable) and they can't really be scraped because there is only a thin layer of resin between it and the paper. and it isn't just appearing as I'm working, it was there to begin with. I have a feeling I mixed lots of bad batches of resin or something when I first started this project because short of that I have no clue what it is. and, none of the pieces I resined and fiberglassed after the helmet (chest, boots, shins, hand plates, forearms, biceps) have that. the only thing I can think of to get rid of it is some kind of chemical (either lighter fluid or lacquer thinner depending on what it's made of) but that will start removing the resin coat. hopefully I'll come up with something. it's just preventing me from getting a totally smooth surface sometimes and it's really annoying.
/rant
@ T117, I honestly don't know where I got the straps and buckles (my uncle ordered them for me way back) but just type in 1.5" parachute clips on ebay and check usa only (so you don't wind up getting something on the slow boat from hong kong) and you should be able to find everything that way.
1.5" parachute clips
1.5" nylon strapping (get a big roll of it)
1.5" tri slide gliders (pretty sure that's what they were called)
same stuff for the 1" strapping
dang, look at dat ass!
if I didn't take this last pic it would have seemed like I didn't do a lot of work today but I was working on the thighs till about 2:00pm and then moved to the codpiece. the codpiece is much easier than the thighs because you really only have to worry about the upper and lower tiers on the butt plate and even then you are only worrying about applying the bondo around it, not in between two raised spots. school tomorrow and home depot (need more sanding pads for my hand sander and I need some more activator for the bondo).
I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there seems to be a lot of "gunk" on the non bondoed areas of the piece that can't be sanded (or they will gum up your sandpaper beyond being salvageable) and they can't really be scraped because there is only a thin layer of resin between it and the paper. and it isn't just appearing as I'm working, it was there to begin with. I have a feeling I mixed lots of bad batches of resin or something when I first started this project because short of that I have no clue what it is. and, none of the pieces I resined and fiberglassed after the helmet (chest, boots, shins, hand plates, forearms, biceps) have that. the only thing I can think of to get rid of it is some kind of chemical (either lighter fluid or lacquer thinner depending on what it's made of) but that will start removing the resin coat. hopefully I'll come up with something. it's just preventing me from getting a totally smooth surface sometimes and it's really annoying.
/rant
@ T117, I honestly don't know where I got the straps and buckles (my uncle ordered them for me way back) but just type in 1.5" parachute clips on ebay and check usa only (so you don't wind up getting something on the slow boat from hong kong) and you should be able to find everything that way.
1.5" parachute clips
1.5" nylon strapping (get a big roll of it)
1.5" tri slide gliders (pretty sure that's what they were called)
same stuff for the 1" strapping