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Got the plates glued and sealed tonight. Used construction gap filler for the edges and general purpose glue for the middle, just for strength.
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no more gaps, the prop makers friend!
Wow, that's really out there dude. Keen to see the final outcome.
P.S. I'm very happy with my Dremel router.
Today I applied one coat of primer over the whole body. It showed where the plates were not completely sealed and I filled these gaps with more 'no more gaps' ☺
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The neck got some blue applied too. I'm going to mask the parts I want to keep blue and will then apply the next colour.
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Starting to look nice!
:D The force is strong with this one :)
And here we go with 2x coats of white.
With tape still on:
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And tape off:
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And the back:
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Pretty happy so far. Some clean up to do once it's dry but managed to get the tapes off without tearing too much paint off
This axe is looking really great.
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Junior should be a happy little vegemite when you are finished.
This is gonna look cool
Are you planning on leaving the inserts in relief or do an acrylic resin or epoxy fill over them?
I'm planning to leave them in relief. Didn't think of filling them over actually... I'm going to think about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
I was thinking i'll seal everything with gloss acrylic once i've weathered it. But I need to test that the white knight acrylic will work on the rust-oleum paint.
But if someone's got good suggestions for a better way of sealing this I'd love to hear about it!
With the weathering, I went to Hobbycos yesterday and the very knowledgeable sales guy sold me some very cool products I think!
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The weathering kits are semiwet material that you apply with a small brush, similar to make up.
And the small jar is a smoke colour transparent acrylic. He said it looks a lot more realistic than watered down black paint.
I feel like I'm 16 and working on some jet fighter or tank model again! [emoji1]
Did some painting on the neck yesterday:http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...4391947a73.jpg
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Removed the masking tapes from the headstock. Need some clean up and fine details but pretty happy so far!
The aluminum paint looks amazing but i'm not sure how the gloss clear is going to impact...
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looking good, it is
That'll do the kessel run in 12 parsecs. your boy will be the talk of school. Very creative awsome
That reminds me...I've got a Focke Wolf FW 190-A6 lurking in one of the unpacked boxes that needs finishing. Will have to squeeze that in between guitar builds.Quote:
Originally Posted by FredA
I was merely curious about the fill, if you are going to go over the whole thing with spray acrylic then you probably don't need it.
Depending how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go you could always get a sheet of panel edge decals and lay those in around the inserts to simulate hull panels on the Falcon. Or you can etch/draw those in separately.
If that's the stuff I think it is, it'll work like magic on a white surface.Quote:
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Edit: Yep, I see the X-19 on the label. Should look fantastic.
Panel edge decals???? Oh no! I didn't know they existed... where do you find these?
I'm trying to find the forum thread from the aircraft modelling site I was frequenting. All of the ones I had bookmarked at now seem to point at Star Trek hull decals, which would just be a travesty!Quote:
Originally Posted by FredA
I'm thinking I've put you on a bum steer here! this is R2 in guitar avatar form not the Falcon! I had in mind the Hull panels etc, for which there are a bunch of resources on the modelling nets. These were the decals I had in mind:
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Apologies, my bad!
Lol! That's okay, I think I actually like the white look anyway now
Progressed a bit today.
I shielded the pickguard, loaded it up and glued the LEDs in place.
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I had to add plastic spacers on the single coil as the blank pickup cover was pushing the magnet poles.
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Should look cool and match the Star Wars theme.
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Also did some painting, highlighting the Star Wars logo with a sharpy
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I was finding the blue lines too thin, so I tried the burnt blue from the weathering kit... not sure I like it but it does give it some more 'presence'... I'll try to add some black and / or rust
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Great idea and nice implementation. Looking really good.
Some great progress, awesome themed guitar
Pretty happy with the weathering kit so far!
The body is ready for clear I reckon.
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Junior will be the coolest kid in school when this axe is completed.
Yhep and on the forum
Fred are you going to do some weathering on the pick guard and PUP Covers?
Humm.. no I wasn't...
I'm concerned the paint's not going to hold on the plastic without clear coats.
Could I actually clear coat the plastic???
Probably could clear coat the plastic but reckon there is a fair chance it will wear off through playing. Just gotta look at a 5 year old axe played with a pick to see what I mean.
I've started clear coating the body. 2x coats last weekend and 2x more this weekend. I think i'll stop after these as it doesn't need to be thick.
Not much to show for this step, but in the meantime I thought I'd try to darken the fretboard as it was a bit too light brown.
So I mixed some keda dyes black in water and after a nice sand I applied over the fretboard.
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During:
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And after:
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Should look better with the theme. I'm considering applying a very thin coat of wipe on poly to seal it a bit... still thinking
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Originally Posted by FredA
This is coming up well, looks amazing
That darker shade on the Fret Board looks great Fred.
So, I've progressed the neck while the body cures.
I had to make an 'eye' for this droid... so I cut the top of a plastic spray bottle:
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I painted it black and red and glued it on one if the blue rectangles :
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Then applied a logo leftover from my first guitar and the 'guitars' part of the pitbull guitar logo... (sorry for cutting it! [emoji1] )
I added the location the guitar was made, the year and serial number (#5 already!) to the back.
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Nice Fred! Your offspring will be wailing in no time!
And then I used my weathering kits and smoke wash to make it look like it's spent some serious time in space or on some adventures at least!
And I applied the first coat of gloss.
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I've got a gloss run on the back of the headstock... always have to go too heavy handed even though I know I should stop before! Anyway... we'll fix that later
All too easy to do. Also easy to flatten off with sandpaper. I'd apply a couple more gloss coats and leave the flattening until you've got some clear coat depth, otherwise you are liable to rub through to the silver.
So I decided that the clear coats are cured, and I polished the body and neck.
Looking quite shiny now
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Also tackled the wiring, I had to connect the 2x test pickups sent by Adam which was pretty basic, and also the 3x LEDs.
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I still have to decide if I reuse the little control unit that was driving them to keep the flashing functions, or if I just hook them up to a couple batteries with a resistor...
Here's the control unit, it should fit in the trem cavity.
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