I haven't been able to access the forums @ work since the last virus or whatever problems were had recently - the IP is blocked/blacklisted
But that doesn't mean I haven't been moving forward! I finished cutting one of the shins and appear to have gotten the sizing right! It has a coat of resin on it and should be good for fiberglass this weekend (aside from one small fix I need to be done - more on that below).
The helmet is moving along but is going to need a bit more bondo on some of the hard edges - spot putty just isn't sturdy enough to hold them (duh, it is "spot" putty for a reason
). Here's how it is coming along:
I'm having to re-do the "nose"...it is quite a challenge - just a semi-shaped blob of bondo right now. I'll be working on the details & hope to get the angles right...
Here is one of the 'vent' edges that will need to be built back up & smoothed out. You can see that there is some spot putty that needs to be sanded down
The back needs a bit of love to sharpen things up as well
I have the detail pieces that go on the sides/back/under visor, but everything has to be smoothed out much better
Once I get some sanding/bondo build up done I'll primer it to see where else it needs touch-up. It is getting close and I'm trying to be patient...but it's not easy!
The forearms need a LOT of sanding - got bondo-happy again, trying to get a decent layer on before it cured on me...getting the hardner ratio and working time to sync up is still being learned...
I'm also trying to figure out where the forearms are 'flat' and where they need to be rounded - I have seen some that have rounded and others that you can see the flats, but are somewhat smoothed along the seams...mine will probably end up somewhere inbetween
Here's the screw-up on the shin - either I forgot to glue this tab or didn't glue it well enough. I plan on trying to re-glue once I take out the supports and start fiberglass. I didn't see this until after I had already started resining the piece & i didn't want to stop to fix it - trying not to waste batches of resin.
I am hoping to get as much work done as possible this weekend - I was hoping to have the 2nd shin cut & glued by now, but it may carry over to next week...and i'll be cutting v2.0 boots as well. More pictures soon!