Hey guys, thought I would start up a little ole "Work in Progress" Thread. Pronounced "Whip" for you guys out there. This W.I.P. thread is meant to cover all I am working on so different projects will be getting updates at different times. I thought this may be easier to keep everything self contained in one thread, since all the same methods are used to produce everything from start to finish pretty much. Hmm well where should I begin... Helmets
Marine Helmet. Specialized PDO, I know there are some floating around they just didnt have the right quality for me, so I went with this one.
Its a very easy build. Nice and symmetrical, sturdy. So I was getting to work today. The helmet has been built, and did a little pep-to-plastic in the inside. So, I slush casted that perfectly good pep marine helm and I found that some parts were really needing more support. For that I added in some mud to stiffen things up a little bit where it needs it.
I will add this to a pile of things to be done with bondo/mud/spot glazing putty. It still has a long ways to go before being really ready. Hopefully not too long though.
CQB helmet, made a long time ago by a friend. Just getting around to working on it really, just wanted a little something else to do.
Now, I did the same thing. This has had a couple coats of Fiberglass resin on the inside AND the outside for months, wanting to use up the rest of some poly resin I had, I went ahead and slushed the inside of it as well. It came to a nice thickness though I did miss a few spots by not being very observant, so I will have to mud those up to a proper level before anymore work can be done with this helm.
It looks a little tilted, but I am going with the plastic set on one side more than the other. If not... well I will worry about that later with my nice heat lamp.
Moving on....
Marine Back Once again, specialized PDO because quality control and what not factors in. Make sure its something unique.
Got that, a few coats of resin on the outside of it.
Sprayed the inside with some clear enamel to keep it sealed up nice and tight.
Getting ready to now pour poly resin all inside it to get a freaking thick coat!
Then came plastic pouring. I did this is small batches about 4-5 ozs each time. I believe on the back it took 4 coats to get what I justify a fine coat.
But also just incase, I poured in some mud as well to make sure the piece was workable tomorrow.
I actually think that is all for right now, more tomorrow maybe? Comments and all welcome... Questions, well there is a Q&A team for that. Just kidding if you have any, ask! I'll help if I can.
Marine Helmet. Specialized PDO, I know there are some floating around they just didnt have the right quality for me, so I went with this one.
Its a very easy build. Nice and symmetrical, sturdy. So I was getting to work today. The helmet has been built, and did a little pep-to-plastic in the inside. So, I slush casted that perfectly good pep marine helm and I found that some parts were really needing more support. For that I added in some mud to stiffen things up a little bit where it needs it.
I will add this to a pile of things to be done with bondo/mud/spot glazing putty. It still has a long ways to go before being really ready. Hopefully not too long though.
CQB helmet, made a long time ago by a friend. Just getting around to working on it really, just wanted a little something else to do.
Now, I did the same thing. This has had a couple coats of Fiberglass resin on the inside AND the outside for months, wanting to use up the rest of some poly resin I had, I went ahead and slushed the inside of it as well. It came to a nice thickness though I did miss a few spots by not being very observant, so I will have to mud those up to a proper level before anymore work can be done with this helm.
It looks a little tilted, but I am going with the plastic set on one side more than the other. If not... well I will worry about that later with my nice heat lamp.
Moving on....
Marine Back Once again, specialized PDO because quality control and what not factors in. Make sure its something unique.
Got that, a few coats of resin on the outside of it.
Sprayed the inside with some clear enamel to keep it sealed up nice and tight.
Getting ready to now pour poly resin all inside it to get a freaking thick coat!
Then came plastic pouring. I did this is small batches about 4-5 ozs each time. I believe on the back it took 4 coats to get what I justify a fine coat.
But also just incase, I poured in some mud as well to make sure the piece was workable tomorrow.
I actually think that is all for right now, more tomorrow maybe? Comments and all welcome... Questions, well there is a Q&A team for that. Just kidding if you have any, ask! I'll help if I can.
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