Q's ROTJ Build Begins

[DarthShu]

Hi Glen,

Ambitious project. I look forward to follow your build.

Bold move with the helmet resizing. I would have prayed every millimeter of that cut. And probably only dare to have one eye open at a time (which would be a problem in it self).
Looks like you managed famously.

This will be a very educational build for me.
Thanks for sharing the progress.

///Maxim

I second that thought. I would have been a nervous wreck cutting into the helmet! Nice job!

Darth Shu

[gmrhodes13]

Thanks guys, I'm pretty handy with tools and building, firbreglass is one of the few things I have not dealt with much over the years, hence my friend coming to help on the weekend, shouldn't be too much work, then I just have to add some bondo, I've panel beaten cars in the past so it should just be a walk in the park :;)

[gmrhodes13]

Gloves done

[gmrhodes13]

Fibreglass applied



Now to add some more fibreglass to the inside of the back ridges of the rear sides as the taper will need to be re-aligned due to the added space.

[Toddo]

Raw deal on the bucket sizing, but you are undeterred Glen. I was a nervous wreck just trimming my Shadow Guard buket. Keep rocking!

[gmrhodes13]

Raw deal on the bucket sizing, but you are undeterred Glen. I was a nervous wreck just trimming my Shadow Guard buket. Keep rocking!

Thanks, not much scares me lol

Not much more done, just ground down the extra fibreglass and prepped the area to have filler (bondo) applied

[gmrhodes13]

little filler (bondo) added, just getting the lines right.

[LeMaxim]

Looking good.

Really envious of you guys with skills, tools and a workshop.
It's also inspirational so please keep the updates coming.

[gmrhodes13]

Lines are just about right, a few low spots to go over

[gmrhodes13]

This one has been a long time coming, finally finished with all the filler work but the bucket has turned out too heavy and my shot neck won't be able to carry the weight, I decided to totally rework the bucket so I it all flowed better and emphasized all of the edges and vac form a new one, then cut it in half and added some internal supports.



Here are the two halves ready to vac form.



Here are the vac formed pieces



Next step will be trim the two halves, join them and add some bondo to the joint.