Question regarding going seamless on tank belt and helmet?

[TD-4395]

I was planning on using bondo over the seams on the biker scout helmet, tank to back, and the belt. So that they each look like one piece instead of multiple, and was wondering if this was frowned upon or normal?

[Darth Voorhees]

Hey Tyler! Glad to see ya here!

 

The helmet and belt its fine, as the seams were different and filled on the screen used helmet (down the center front to back rather than the ear to ear around the back like the KS) The screen used belt fronts were one piece, like MCs, so if yours is multiple pieces like the SC, then filling the seam is fine.

 

HOWEVER...filling the seam for the tank and back is a no-no. There was a seam on the screen used, sometimes fairly large, so id say no go for that. Aslo a 1pc tank/backplate is unacceptable in the Legion, so making yours look like that would likely hinder clearance.

[TD-4395]

Thanks for the quick reply

Got it go seamless on the helmet and belt only

[NegativeEleven]

I wouldn't use bondo alone. It'll crack when the armor flexes and you'll be refilling it constantly. Take the ABS you cut off when trimming your armor/helmet, put it in a glass jar with some acetone. It turns into a paste. Put that into the seams, but be careful because the acetone will melt the armor itself. Then you can use bondo spot putty to fix some little imperfections.

 

That's what I did for the seam on my helmet. I didn't bother with the belt because I didn't want to paint. Paint picks up dirt much faster than bare ABS. My KS helmet came in 2 different colors of ABS, so I had to paint it anyway. After a year, my helmet looks weathered while the rest of my armor looks pretty new.

[NegativeEleven]

I don't know about other makers, but the KS belt is made as one piece and SC makes theirs with 3. The one trooper here in town who has KS armor is pretty skinny, so it was hard making the KS belt look right on him because you can only heat and bend it so much. If he was fat, that would be easie, just adding more webbing in the back. With the 3 piece, you'll get a better fitting belt because you can adjust the space between the front and the last set of "boxes" if needed, but you will have that seam and visible rivets (don't think glue alone will hold it for long).