- October 3rd, 2012, 11:07 pm#415929
A while ago AJ had a sale on the Lights for the Slime blower.
So I picked up a couple and slowly starting piecing things together for a build.
I still have a couple things needed but I'm pretty confident on how I want this to look.
A special thanks goes to FunkPunkTwang for all the inspiration and help thus far.
Thanks man!
Now, On to the picture show.
-MMM Boxes and Mounting Plates & Tank Greebles
-Hobby Lobby Plastics
-Home Depot Concrete Tube and Acrylic Globes
-Gun Fittings from Jack ( I think I went with the ones everyone else was getting)
-NES Advantage Controller
-LC-1 Shoulder Straps, LC-2 Kidney
--On a side note the Buckle is incorrect for the LC-2 I have...
...Its supposed to be the more modern one so that kidney will be used on a future pack.
-The King Sword Lights that started it all.
-Large BUD Project Box
-MMM BUD Box Tank Greebles
-AME Grips
-Some of the lenses I've found.
-Small BUD Project Box
-More lenses
Those drill points changed several times after this picture.
Cut to size for the Bud Box
Minimal clean up, some glue, and they are ready for electronics.
I ended up repainting the green pieces as well.
Not perfect but I kinda like it..
Some cheap alternative hose I found.. $20 shipped for 10 ft of the stuff.
Parker Fittings.
More fittings.. I have the Elbow for the Red Ball on order.
I decided on layers of Foam and Fiberglass resin to get the PVC to the same thickness of the Hemispheres.
First Layer..
Not thick enough..
So Another..
Honestly, I should have done one more layer on the 5" tank.
Prepping to attach the ends.
This was after adding a bit of resin and rolling it around in there.
You can see what I mean about he extra layer needed here.
See that Lip around the whole thing.. I feel the extra would have helped with that.
Two ends attached and starting to get a feel for it.
I use this from here on out for the fiberglass resin.
First Layer, I used fiberglass window screen for this one.
More resin and a layer of Fiber Cloth
Sanding, Resin, Repeat.
Some problem areas
Rondo is your friend.
So is the orbital sander.
More resin and another layer of cloth later and we are onto Bondo..
and more Bondo..
AND more bondo... again, the orbital sander is your friend.
Knocked this one over
So, we fix it!
Not sure about the color of these..
I'm going to continue painting tonight and hopefully get some tanks mounted tomorrow.
Catch you on the flip side!
So I picked up a couple and slowly starting piecing things together for a build.
I still have a couple things needed but I'm pretty confident on how I want this to look.
A special thanks goes to FunkPunkTwang for all the inspiration and help thus far.
Thanks man!
Now, On to the picture show.
-MMM Boxes and Mounting Plates & Tank Greebles
-Hobby Lobby Plastics
-Home Depot Concrete Tube and Acrylic Globes
-Gun Fittings from Jack ( I think I went with the ones everyone else was getting)
-NES Advantage Controller
-LC-1 Shoulder Straps, LC-2 Kidney
--On a side note the Buckle is incorrect for the LC-2 I have...
...Its supposed to be the more modern one so that kidney will be used on a future pack.
-The King Sword Lights that started it all.
-Large BUD Project Box
-MMM BUD Box Tank Greebles
-AME Grips
-Some of the lenses I've found.
-Small BUD Project Box
-More lenses
Those drill points changed several times after this picture.
Cut to size for the Bud Box
Minimal clean up, some glue, and they are ready for electronics.
I ended up repainting the green pieces as well.
Not perfect but I kinda like it..
Some cheap alternative hose I found.. $20 shipped for 10 ft of the stuff.
Parker Fittings.
More fittings.. I have the Elbow for the Red Ball on order.
I decided on layers of Foam and Fiberglass resin to get the PVC to the same thickness of the Hemispheres.
First Layer..
Not thick enough..
So Another..
Honestly, I should have done one more layer on the 5" tank.
Prepping to attach the ends.
This was after adding a bit of resin and rolling it around in there.
You can see what I mean about he extra layer needed here.
See that Lip around the whole thing.. I feel the extra would have helped with that.
Two ends attached and starting to get a feel for it.
I use this from here on out for the fiberglass resin.
First Layer, I used fiberglass window screen for this one.
More resin and a layer of Fiber Cloth
Sanding, Resin, Repeat.
Some problem areas
Rondo is your friend.
So is the orbital sander.
More resin and another layer of cloth later and we are onto Bondo..
and more Bondo..
AND more bondo... again, the orbital sander is your friend.
Knocked this one over
So, we fix it!
Not sure about the color of these..
I'm going to continue painting tonight and hopefully get some tanks mounted tomorrow.
Catch you on the flip side!
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