- January 9th, 2012, 3:14 pm#370178
I've seen a lot of guys trying this method and it has pushed me to get my own build thread going.
Here are some progress pics of the build up to where I'm at right now. Comments and pointers are welcome
Heres a good shot of the tools-of-the-trade and mid process of the Thrower.
The bumper.
That about all the good pics I took up the build process. This next one is of my Pepakura build by a Venkman71 shell I bought.
Getting ready for resin..
..and post resin
A little thick in some spots I know but here are the final results:
-Thrower-
-Bumper-
-Ion Arm-
-Pack-
And now the bad news ea. the problem areas:
A lot of this was caused by masking tape tearing the paper. So don't do what I did and take your time pulling that stuff off.
This is where when putting it toghether i had an issue with alignment:
Here are some progress pics of the build up to where I'm at right now. Comments and pointers are welcome
Heres a good shot of the tools-of-the-trade and mid process of the Thrower.
The bumper.
That about all the good pics I took up the build process. This next one is of my Pepakura build by a Venkman71 shell I bought.
Getting ready for resin..
..and post resin
A little thick in some spots I know but here are the final results:
-Thrower-
-Bumper-
-Ion Arm-
-Pack-
And now the bad news ea. the problem areas:
A lot of this was caused by masking tape tearing the paper. So don't do what I did and take your time pulling that stuff off.
This is where when putting it toghether i had an issue with alignment:
Spring-loaded acrylic tip? Yes.. have some:
http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... 42&t=31992
http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... 42&t=31992