DR's KST WIP (Kashyyyk Scout Trooper)

[Death Recon]

LoL, that's Ghost, he is always napping...

ButI have a pug (Pixie) that sleeps more then the cat!!

[LENOX61]

Looking good bro.

[Death Recon]

Testing out my polyurethane glue I bought on some test strips...

 

I cant find the "for sale" signs (they make them out of a new thin paper-plastic material now)

So I found some placematts that are made of what seems like the proper material.

 

I'm useing this for the "joining pieces", either way all the test strips seem to be working well...

I'll find out how strong each piece bonds to the other tomorrow when I try to rip them apart

[Death Recon]

The polyurethane glue didn't work too well so I bought some contact cement... Works well, used it to connect the tank greeb

 

I also connected my helmet visor with bondo so it would fill in the gaps between the inside of visor and the side of helmet...

[miqt]

Looking good!

[Death Recon]

I did the rough trim of all my pieces except the front/back of the legs because I used the heat gun on them to fix it up a bit... (That way I don't need to add too much thy are almost a good fit now)

Oh and I still need to cut the curve in the tank to fit on the back piece (in the process of that now, am I ever sketchy about it!)

Gonna get more done on the helmet after my kid gets up from her nap. (Needs a little more sanding an then I think it will be good for priming)

 

Life keeps slowing this build down but slow an steady I guess... More sporadic really.

[Death Recon]

K everything is trimmed down, I'm ready to attach the tank to the back plate. After that I just need to touch up the helmet a bit more then I'm all good to prime everything...

 

Only issue here is time, I'm leaving Sunday for another 2 months so I'll post more when I return.

[Heatshock]

we'll be waiting mate

stay safe

[Death Recon]

Well I guess I'm leaving home on a good note,

had a few packages arrive today, including the infamous Grumpys' glove's!

 

Gloves and pouches (even some awesome Canuk ones)

 

And separately I received my Father/Daughter t-shirt combo...

Mine - "Coolest Dad Ever, Next To Darth Vader Of Course"

Hers - "Daddy's Little Princess"

 

Thanks again Matt, made my day.

[Death Recon]

This sucks being away from home and family, oh well back at it after May 15th... Still got a lot to do though, hope I get all finished before I'm out the door again!

[Death Recon]

K well I'm finaly heading back home this week to start work on my build again... If I don't finish by mid July I'm taking it up with me to Ontario...

Post some updates on Friday/Saturday (I'm sure I'll be up working all night)

[Grumpy]

Welcome back, Allan!

[miqt]

Good luck!

[Death Recon]

Well I went and got some paint,

Top left to bottom right:

Rust-Oleum grey primer; Krylon Metallica Brilliant Silver; Krylon Ultra-Flat Tan Camouflage;

Green (Ludlow Falls - 90YY 15/279 * A) with BLK-26, LFY-1Y13.5, WHT-21.5, YOX-4;

Black (Dark Secret - 00NN 05/000) with BLK-2Y;

Brown (PigSkin - OR-241) with BLK-14, LFY-1Y13, ORX-36.

I'm going to use the cans of paint with my air brush.

 

Oh yeah, I had some work done by 2 different people while I was away, these two bad boys came in the mail

 

I've been working on and off the past couple days... I fixed my helmet (cut a bit too mich of the visor off so I added a bit to the edges and i made the whole in the visor too big so I filled it back in)

 

Also been working on the tank and back plate, (just need glue them together)

And I've got the bicep pieces nearly ready to put together and bondo

 

Anyways that's what I've been up to guys, time to get back to work

[Grumpy]

Who made the DC-15 Rifle?

Looks real nice!

 

(Ship it to me... )

[Death Recon]

DC-15S Blaster, Heavy

 

DC-15L Rifle, Mr. WoodChuck

[Death Recon]

Got half my pieces all trimmed/sanded and ready for paint but it looks like the sun isn't gonna come out till Saturday (I don't have a garage so I'm doing all my work in my basement, I've been instructed by Mrs Recon that I have to paint outside)

 

Guess I'll just keep sanding all the edges down and try to grab the strips for my cummerbund I still haven't started/finished.

 

Here's the boot caps

 

I still need to pick up some E6000, but I figured I could get away with just bondo... What do you guys think?

I still put a strip of plastic along the inside seem as you can see.

[bselphfsu282]

Boot covers look great. I'm not very experienced with bondo, so you'll have to wait for someone with more know how to give advice on that. Tip though, Home Depot or any handy store sells a little rubber triangle or square that is used for caulk lines, to smooth out. It worked perfect for the tank in getting a good smooth bondo line in the edges. The triangles are only a couple bucks.

[Death Recon]

I have 2-3 medium or large ones but I can only find my small one... Guess I'll need to go out and buy one when I get my Plasti-Dip

[Grumpy]

Bondo is a seam, crack filler.

I don't know why, other than the brand name, that it's called Bondo.

For myself, I wouldn't use it as a bonding agent.

 

E-6000 or this:

 

http://shop.hobbylob...dhesive-238410/

 

You don't need much on this one. It's made for bonding plastic models together.

[Death Recon]

Well... I've already got the armbands 75% finished with pieceing them together.

 

I'm gonna see how this works... I don't see it being much different than useing glue then covering it with bondo. (At least I hope)

 

I'm still trying to get some Plasti-Dip to cover the belt with since I don't think normal paint will hold up the how flexible that thing is...

But it's hard to get a can of grey Plasti-dip in Canada... And if you can it costs 3X more

[bselphfsu282]

I tried plasti-dip on it, and it just rubbed right off! I wouldn't waste my money on it. I don't know the shipping regulation in shipping an rattle can, but if you need me to locate any for you and ship it, just let me know

[Death Recon]

Rubbed right off?! that's disappointing to hear...

I was looking for the can not the rattle spray,

since I was gonna use it in my air brush.

[bselphfsu282]

I'm sure ill run by the hardware store this weekend, so if you don't get one before, I can snag one for you, but like I said, I doubt it will work. Just let me know.

[Death Recon]

Thanks but I don't wanna get you in poop with customs (I heard a nasty rumor up here that it's considered illegal to ship without proper documentation and warning labels and blah blah blah, so they would just decline it anyways)

Thanks for the offer though...

 

I am still waiting to hear on another Kashyyyk from across the pond about a riding patch though.

*wink wink nudge nudge* Heat