I am a little confused on this question "are you planning on doing further molds/pulls in other mediums?" The helmet is too be moulded in silicone. Once finished I will be casting it in urethane plastic. It is cast as one piece.
As for the visor I am not sure yet what I will be using because I have never vacuum formed before. I will cross that bridge when I get closer to doing it
Ah I see. Just a simple poured plastic. If I am guessing right a HJC install is a motorcycle visor right? If so I would have liked to do it that way but it would cost me £60 for the 2 visors which is far too much. I know it would probably end up costing me that to build a vac machine and do them that way but once its all set up it will cost a lot less to make more than one and seeing as I will be doing a run of the helmet I would like to give the option of having the domed visors at a lower cost.
depending on which plastic your using and thickness. some details of the helmet may need to be added seperately. some details may need to be resin cast and glued on such as the front nose piece on a star wars biker scout.
id cut the helmet into several sections to be glued together and assembled.
by HJC i meant the motorcycle visor sorry for the mixup.
feel free to pm me if you want to bounce ideas for vac stuff. id be more then happy to help.
depending on which plastic your using and thickness. some details of the helmet may need to be added seperately. some details may need to be resin cast and glued on such as the front nose piece on a star wars biker scout.
id cut the helmet into several sections to be glued together and assembled.
by HJC i meant the motorcycle visor sorry for the mixup.
feel free to pm me if you want to bounce ideas for vac stuff. id be more then happy to help.
Hehe lol, cheers man! It's all siliconed up now but I am waiting on some more resin catalyst to turn up so I can get my mother mould done. Hopefully updates at the week end
Progress has been slow because I have been working on my new kitchen but managed to get bits done here and there on the helmet. Got the silicone all done and mohawk ready for the mother mould. Should have it done in the next few days hopefully
Cheers guys. I hope to get it all cleaned up in the next few days (just bought a ton of sand paper) then I will get it all painted up. I really wish I had enough money to build my vac machine so I can start on the visor. I guess I will have to get the master made first ready for it.