Salty Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 So I started trimming today and figured I’d start on the helmet since that seems the most intricate but has trim lines to follow, for the most part. Start with the difficult work and work your way down. I may have made a mistake, but I’m not sure. I’ve followed the lines as best I could, but I ran into some trouble on the dome. At @BikerScout007‘s suggestion I’m asking here after getting their advice for a fix (thank you by the way!) I do have some extra plastic on the other side, as well as some extra plastic strips in general from the kit. I’ve read somewhere that there’s supposed to be a gap, but I’m not entirely sure. This is my first time working with plastic, so I just want to take every precaution possible and get as much advice as I can along the way. How do I proceed from here, and if this is a mistake, what would be a good way to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 That's not that bad. Is the gap area only on the top? Or is it on the curved front part too? If it's just the flat part on the top you can continue with the construction, even with the gap. Have you been saving your scrap trimmings? If so, you can make some abs paste once you end up joining the dome sections together using the flat plastic that came with the kit. The gap portion can then be filled with abs paste and then sanded smooth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledx Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I had the same problem, I glued the round plastic from below and filled the gap with super glue and powder. sanded all smooth down 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 I've been saving the trimmings, yes. I have a feeling I'm gonna need it. Had an extra boost of confidence today so I tried trimming a bit more. It's not pretty, but here's what I got right now. Also ignore the glitter tape. My fiance used all my good stuff and this was all I could find, haha. Also had a casualty. My first of the build, I'm sure. Definitely could've watched that stanley knife a bit better. Still got a long ways to go. Might go back at it today and try to smooth everything out. Once I'm confident it all looks alright I'll finally get to putting it all together. I still got all my trimmings for paste and I got the extra plastic strips for backing, just gotta heat it up and shape it as best I can. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledx Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 here I found some pictures from my build. greetings from germany 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 That helps a lot, actually! I like having visual references, and this will give me something to compare results with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledx Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I have found some more. I will show you the pics later, hope it helps UPDATE: here the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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