I read on the 405th boards that you can just use the liquid resin hardner instead of a combination of that & the cream hardener that comes with bondo, so i'll give that a go & see how it works. More practice getting the bondo/resin ratio correct & how much hardener to use. I need to go back and put more over the top - probably overkill, but since the boots will see a bit more stress than most of the armor it makes sense to me.
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That worked a little better, I bought the small can of bondo & burned through it pretty quick. The boots are pretty much glassed - started out laying down resin but the fiberglass cloth kept coming up when I put another layer on top (common occurence). Thanks for checking it out - more to come! Edited Januby boomshakra I am a bit concerned about the 'lean' of the back part - will probably have to shore it up with some popsicle sticks before I resin it: Here's the right boot: (Edit - can't access photobucket from work so here are the links - will change them to images when i get home) I am feeling a bit better with each piece I work on - the left boot turned out better than the handplates, and it actually fit over the boots I am going to use! I'm also getting a bit more comfortable cutting free-hand - for the longer straight lines I still use a ruler, but it is a bit cumbersome to constantly be moving a 18" metal ruler around for the small detailed cuts. What I really dread is getting the chest size wrong.that would be a pain to have to start over/resize.so I will probably go with a LD file/tester to get it dialed in before going HD, although I have seen some LD work that was modified and looks pretty close to HD with the end result.
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I have v3.0 printed out but not started - finishing up the cutting on my left boot currently (right one is glued up) - and will start on that next. When I did my v1.0 I inadvertently used the scaling number for an ODST helmet for the Mk VI and think that had a lot to do with the oversized result For v2.0 I went a little (heh.little) too conservative. Thanks for the link! I have read through a couple of the sizing tutorals and think I have a handle on it. its a little hard to navigate but youll get the hang of it.