[DarkSpectre]

So, I've gotten quite a taste for building GB equipment with the foam flooring plates. I recently completed an RGB pack and last year a movie pack and myself and all my SEOGB's carry foam belt traps. 1 thing we've been sorta missing is a solid, more accurate pair of Ecto Goggles. Now we have the classic welding goggles that do the job but I've been wanting to tackle a more accurate pair using the foam. Well the build is underway and I have to say the results are making me very happy.








So far, super light weight. I need to seam the edges where I plated the foam and I'm trying to decide if I want to platstidip them first and then paint. Any one have any thoughts on that?

[SpaceCoastGBs]

That's how I made mine. I used 3mm EVA foam as the base with some styrene as the base plate. It came out great and the entire thing was under $30, where almost $20 of that cost was getting a head strap to use.

As for your plasti dip question - Plasti-Dip should be your step immediately before painting. I use Plasti-Dip (or really I use a rubberized undercoating for trucks), then primer, then paint.

[DarkSpectre]

SCGB, thanks for the input! And you're totally right about the cheapness of the build, so far it's cost me like 10 bucks and that just a few plastic signs and some wood filler. Getting back to the Plasti-Dip, what type of primer and paint did you use? I'm looking to avoid tacky, sticky paint.

[SpaceCoastGBs]

I use Rustoleum Filler Primer, and I'll have to look up the paint, but it was likely a Rustoleum satin Olive. I love their spray heads. I chose satin because it's easier to do a wash with matte paint for weathering, but the result wasn't sticky at all.

[Alex41]

Goose?

[DarkSpectre]

Alex, did you just drop a Top Gun reference?

[Alex41]

Lol...no, are you Goose from the Ohio Garrison?

[DarkSpectre]

Oh, no lol. I'm not

[jason407]

How are these coming along?

[DarkSpectre]

Done!