Vacuum Form + Fiberglass?

[GreenMartian]

Hi everyone,

I've been preparing for my first build and after doing some research I think I will be using vacuum form to create a set of armor (mainly because I will be making two sets for my friend and I). I realize that plastic is supposed to be weaker than if you were to pep and resin a piece. I was wondering if it was possible to resin and apply fiberglass mats to a piece of formed plastic or will the resin react with the plastic?

On a side note, I seem to be having an issue with the forum where if anyone posts a link or an image, i will get the all the HTML tags associated with it. Anyone know what I can do to fix this issue? Makes it a bit hard to read posts :\

Thanks!

 

[UNSC Leatherneck]

If I recall right Sean Bradley's vac-formed ODST armor is strengthened that way. He uses high-impact polystyrene. Go ahead, give it a shot.

 

[H1rg0n]

I do believe the technique that Sean suggest is the same thing as rondo-ing pepakura. You just do it inside the plastic. You will have to sand the inside of the plastic so the rondo has something to stick to.

 

[RoxyRoo]

I don't see why not.

 

[Boba Fett]

the only problem could come from the heat during the fiberglass reaction softening and messing up the vac-formed plastic.