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Continued from part 3 Day 16 Is there no end to the filling and sanding?

Continued from here Days 10-14 Nothing terribly exciting here. More filling and sanding than you can shake a stick at. Something noteworthy, though. This is obvious, but it’s still worth saying: The better the original paper model, the less work is needed to make the fibreglass model look good. I’ve had to do so much… Continue reading Pepakura Iron Man helmet – part 3

[Continued from here] The Internet is full of stories of skilled people making awesome stuff. This isn’t one of those stories. Day 7 I sanded the whole helmet to a matt finish. This made it much easier to see all the spots that needed further attention. And there were quite a few. Plenty of fiberglass… Continue reading Pepakura Iron Man helmet – part 2

So, I stumbled upon something called “pepakura” while browsing the net. Seeing as it was pretty much described as “easy process, awesome results”, I decided to give it a try. I am, after all, an avid maker of things. A brief browsing through The RPF showed me that the hip thing that the kids these… Continue reading Pepakura Iron Man helmet