Night-time project - Iron Man's arms. preparing to cut all the parts out of 23 sheets of 200gsm card-stock per arm, before folding, gluing and hardening.
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Here's over 8 hours work last night and today. Upper arm/bicep and shoulder-bells for right arm constructed from card-stock ready for resin hardening. Fits my arm nicely.
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Right arm assembled, ready for hardening with resin.
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Hope you can complete your project before Iron Man 3.
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Trial fit. Looking alright so far....
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Looking good. Can't imagine how complex it was. But in the movie, what can't be done in hardware can be done in CGI.
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Re: Bazza's Iron-Man suit build
Had a friend come over yesterday. I bogged up the torso while he applied resin to all the arm components. Today I filled each piece with a 4:1 slush-mix of car-body-filler and fibreglass resin. Rock solid on the inside now, ready for fibreglass matt on the inside then filler on the outside for sanding and detailing.
Checking for proportions, this thing is looking MEEEAANNN! Can't wait to put it on!
Checking for proportions, this thing is looking MEEEAANNN! Can't wait to put it on!
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Seems someone was spying on my top-secret project with an iPhone..... ;)
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Fitting finished pieces together is proving quite difficult. The pepakura files show you how to make the pieces, but not how to fit them together.
I've now filled each arm-piece with slush-cast, but not yet reinforced them with fibreglass mat. I wanted to check for fit first.
I put the shoulder bell on, upper arm, forearm and wrist with the elbow pivot plate in between. Bent my elbow and promptly broke the pivot plate. I think I might make one (temporary template) out of cardboard, fit it and get it working, then make one out of aluminium plate.
It fits well though. Nice and snug with just a little room for padding inside.
I've now filled each arm-piece with slush-cast, but not yet reinforced them with fibreglass mat. I wanted to check for fit first.
I put the shoulder bell on, upper arm, forearm and wrist with the elbow pivot plate in between. Bent my elbow and promptly broke the pivot plate. I think I might make one (temporary template) out of cardboard, fit it and get it working, then make one out of aluminium plate.
It fits well though. Nice and snug with just a little room for padding inside.
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Just having some fun with the phone camera.
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