box o crayons
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yea i doubt well get good weather its been snowing then raining all week and maybe you should print out a size tester before the HD chest it will save a lot of time in the long run and a lot of fustration with it not fitting
Hayabusa Armor Build
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Might just do that, already have the HD Hayabusa printed so hopefully that won't be a waste of 37 pages on my part.box o crayons said:
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I can NOT find the size tester file. And when I try and do a forum search it isn't working for me. If someone could post a link to it that would be great!
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Making some progress on the helm. Got some expanding foam to fill the horns and trimmed it down mostly. (Worked great, got the door and window stuff, expands less) Will do a nice mat/cloth combo tomorrow when I wake up on the inside so I can get started on that. The outside just has a Kilz primer on the outside, no smoothing or bondo yet. Sanding should go well though because I got a mouse sander with a dust bag for my birthday yesterday and I have a nice Li-Ion Dremel that I got for X-mas. I have another project in the works but that will be revealed when I'm done most likely.
Skupilkinson
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Looking really nice! Very smooth considering you haven't used Bondo yet. I had the idea of using expanding fam for the horns/spikes back in my design thread for this, nice to see the results. 
I can see this becoming the best Busa build I've seen yet!
I can see this becoming the best Busa build I've seen yet!
Thank you for the kind words! One trick that really helped was to NOT score all the lines. Just keep an eye on the .pdo so you know where it's really needed. That and the use of tacky craft glue instead of hot glue that keeps it a smoother finish and minimal space between the pieces. Tomorrow should be a really busy day for me with work and getting as much of this done as possible.Skupilkinson said:
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Skupilkinson
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Well done. I rarely score folds these days for curved parts. It gives a better finish to leave it. Not scoring curved parts helps to avoid that polygon look to the build. These days I tend to hide fold lines on all curved parts of my templates.
PVA that glue is called here. I swear by it.
PVA that glue is called here. I swear by it.
JediStumpy
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Looking good! one thing you can do is use the primer to know where to sand the top coat of fb resin. It shows you the "bubbles." I like to sand the primer off (not 100%) and use it as pin filler and then reprime it. Glad to see the door foam worked!
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
MadManInABox
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Rhith said:
I've had the same problem, so I'm gonna try using some spray adhesive to hold the matting in place before soaking it with resin.
You should give that a shot...
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MadManInABox said:
I got it fairly well for the section I just finished. Tore the mat into approximately 1.5" square sections, does not need to be perfect at all. Then laid it all down and just soaked the brush and patted everything down to get it nice and moist. Before I tried a style that someone who does boat fiberglassing suggested with having a thin layer of resin down first and adding the mat, wetting it then cloth over. Did not go well. I can see it working on larger scales but not in a small more complicated areas of a helmet. But at this rate I may even have the glassing done this weekend.
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Well I finished the test build size for the HD Hayabusa Chest. Dimensions are only a few cm's off at best comparing the two but the detail parts make it stick out further in the Hayabusa. Sadly I didn't get a chance to work on the helm though since it was windy, cold and rainy.
adventchildmatrix
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were ppl get all the files from the PEP index (wiki)waterNIG said:
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michaelarby
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really likin the helmet man- not scoring the curved lines turned out really good! ill probably steal that technique if i make any more helmets!
Printing out the hayabusa armor right now. Went with the default scale since I'm a skinny kid. Hopefully it will turn out alright. The test build had way too much space to be a nice fit. Though it's a bit chilly here today I'm going to try and get more of the helmet done. Keep an eye out for updates!
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Got a chunk of fiberglassing done, this section set up nicely. I have some trimming to do and some sections that will need another layer for full strength though. Work four days and school two doesn't leave me much time to work on this but I remain diligent!
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Got a chunk of fiberglassing done, this section set up nicely. I have some trimming to do and some sections that will need another layer for full strength though. Work four days and school two doesn't leave me much time to work on this but I remain diligent!
poosandwees
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Holy Hayabusa!!! my friends would kill me if i built a busa helmet because theyre in this clan called the hayabusa head hunters!!! LOL
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Haha that's great! My neighbor will never use it "because it creates a large white target and a bigger head" but who cares, I'm playing for fun. As if I care about my rank.
And as for progress, finished glassing the inside I believe. Going to trim up the parts I did and see where it might need something else, or if I missed anything. Then I'll get to sanding and bondo work. Might hold of on painting until I get more pieces done and get a true idea of what colors I want to go with.
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JediStumpy
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looking good dude! I wish it wish warm here to fiberglass! keep up the good work!
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