Me? Did I double post?
Should I build a helmut or not???
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Me? Did I double post?
Ral Partha
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No. I quoted Master Beef in my post so I was referring to him.
yeah what coolc said! I'm terrible at giving directions XD.... Pep looks good, be a waste not to at least practice on it, that way you have a better Idea of where you're going... and with all of the things you're going to do to reinforce, are you going to have enough room to actually fit in it?? I don't know I'd go with either or...
wiyumishere
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After you are done pepping and making the helmet I vote that you make a whole suit 
I am leaning towards building a whole suit..but really want to focus on the helmet for now to make sure my techniques are good.
I tore apart the top of my original pep. I didn't want the UA unit to be a part of the helmet and it was missing the visor. So tonight I'll be hand-cutting and gluing in some new cardstock to create the visor. So far I've got most of it rebuilt- just the top of the visor is left. It's looking nice and I think I'm keeping true to the images I see in the game and elsewhere.
I'm really hoping that tomorrow I can harden it with the first round of resin! The weather's supposed to be in the 70's here, would be a perfect day to wear my disposable OV respirator and brush on some resin.
Should I post a newer picture of what the same pep looks like sans UA with the new sun visor extension on it???
I tore apart the top of my original pep. I didn't want the UA unit to be a part of the helmet and it was missing the visor. So tonight I'll be hand-cutting and gluing in some new cardstock to create the visor. So far I've got most of it rebuilt- just the top of the visor is left. It's looking nice and I think I'm keeping true to the images I see in the game and elsewhere.
I'm really hoping that tomorrow I can harden it with the first round of resin! The weather's supposed to be in the 70's here, would be a perfect day to wear my disposable OV respirator and brush on some resin.
Should I post a newer picture of what the same pep looks like sans UA with the new sun visor extension on it???
Well, I just finished Rondoing the inside of my helmet with two layers of Rondo. This weekend I'll fiberglass it with fiberglass cloth and then give it yet one more thin coat of slushcast Rondo inside to minimize the fiberglass cloth texture. Then the sanding begins! I'm getting anxious to smooth this thing out!
I did manually modify the sun visor on this helmet to extend it further than the original pep file did- so that it was like the visor I've seen when combined with the UA element.
This is going to be fun!
I did manually modify the sun visor on this helmet to extend it further than the original pep file did- so that it was like the visor I've seen when combined with the UA element.
This is going to be fun!
oh, I cut that UA thing off the top of this helmet and manually glued in an extended visor. I'll see if I can't post a pic of what it currently looks like. I will model the UA attachment and include it on the helmet, but I feel that it should be a separate pice and the ones I see in pep files don't do it justice- they look to rectangular and the one I see seems more rounded. So, I'll probably make one out of balsa wood and then cover it with fiberglass and bondo.
So, here's what the same helmet looks like all hardened and with Rondo inside and the UA element removed and the front sun visor extended....
So, here's what the same helmet looks like all hardened and with Rondo inside and the UA element removed and the front sun visor extended....
Well, I'm all fiberglassed inside the helmet now! I used fiberglass cloth by 3M, the package of 8 square feet, plus about 1/4 of another package. So, I probably have anywhere from one to four coats of actual cloth in various parts of the helmet. I tried to concentrate the cloth in the areas like the "jaw hinge" to give those areas more strength. I'm sure it's stronger than I'll need it to be, but after I sand it and cut out the visor hole, I may add more fiberglass once I can see things more clearly through the visor opening.
I'm assuming that since I've put two coats of rondo in the inside and now various coats of fiberglass cloth, the sanding process can begin- and I can cut out the visor opening anytime, right?
Oh, the fiberglass cloth was done around 3pm this afternoon. It's now 6:42 and I the entire inside feels bone dry...though it's still outgassing some. So I guess I'll start the sanding process tomorrow night. Does anyone use Stanley Sureform to knock down all the high points first? When I was a kid a buddy and I did some custom autobody stuff. We'd always start the bondo shaping with Sureforms. Made less dust and was quicker to cut through the Bondo. Everyone here seems to just jump in with sanding...anyone try to use a Sureform first???
One last thing. The fiberglass ends are rather sharp where they didn't lay flat inside the helmet. Is it okay to sand them inside surface of the helmet to knock down the sharp ends of the cloth that are currently needle sharp shards sharper than any purple needle fired by a grunt or a jackal.
I'm assuming that since I've put two coats of rondo in the inside and now various coats of fiberglass cloth, the sanding process can begin- and I can cut out the visor opening anytime, right?
Oh, the fiberglass cloth was done around 3pm this afternoon. It's now 6:42 and I the entire inside feels bone dry...though it's still outgassing some. So I guess I'll start the sanding process tomorrow night. Does anyone use Stanley Sureform to knock down all the high points first? When I was a kid a buddy and I did some custom autobody stuff. We'd always start the bondo shaping with Sureforms. Made less dust and was quicker to cut through the Bondo. Everyone here seems to just jump in with sanding...anyone try to use a Sureform first???
One last thing. The fiberglass ends are rather sharp where they didn't lay flat inside the helmet. Is it okay to sand them inside surface of the helmet to knock down the sharp ends of the cloth that are currently needle sharp shards sharper than any purple needle fired by a grunt or a jackal.
Hyperballistik
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I always sand the fiber glass points down in the helmet, belive me you dont want to get stabbed in the head, so I would strongly advise that you take that step, On knocking down bondo or raised resin spots, use what method works best for you, its just like doing body work, Its the same process, but put bondo on thin and work it up its alot easier to add then sanding thick layers of bondo for hours
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