First is the final pictures of the cardboard project. If you remember, I posted I was doing an AVLB or armored vehicles launched bridge. I was able to get it to work and have a good level of detail, which I was very excited about.
Next is the styrene part project. I don't have a final image of this, and it appears someone picked mine up by mistake. You can guess what it looks like though, since they all look the same. I was happy that I was able to keep mine looking pretty clean. No pencil marks, weld-on fingerprints, etc. I used 60mil for most of it and 20 mil for curves. This gave me a sturdy part and I was able to hide most of the seams. Some light sanding helped also on the edges.
After that is the vacuu-forming. Mine was modeled after an orangina bottle, but slimmer. I used 80 mil, which was pretty risky but I wanted to try it since the curves made for great draft angles. The first pull was ineffective, probably because I didn't let it heat enough. I was able to reuse it by reheating the same piece. It sagged a lot but this pull came out much better. Then to join the two halves I sanded them to match and welded a few pieces on the inside to make it easier to match up. Then the two halves were welded together and sanded.
Next we have the yellow foam flashlight. I lathed out the form, with the sides of the hole area being flat rather than a sphere. I then used a spade bit to make a hole in the flashlight. Then I sanded until it was nice and round. I used spot putty all over, had to do a few coats to lose the bubbles. I spayed it with filler primer, sanded some more, spayed primer sealer, sprayed it silver, and then used Metalcast electric blue over top. Near the head I used a little red under the metalcast to make a dark purple fade. The head was cut from a real flashlight to add to the realism.
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