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10-14-2015, 06:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-14-2015, 06:54 AM by deathproof.)
I ended up spending most of my time last night on the proton pack but I had purchased a sheet of polystyrene for assorted parts and such (plus to start learning to work with it for my R5-D4 project) and decided to try something with WED's eyes.
As I said in another post, all I had to do was turn them upside down to hide the chunk of wood I used to mount the internal eye pieces. But I noticed the back of the eye lens showed the clear plastic piece behind the blue "eye ball" frame. So I cut a couple of small pieces of poly to cover that.
![[Image: n3ZNN9.jpg]](http://imageshack.com/a/img910/8516/n3ZNN9.jpg)
The polystyrene was very easy to work with - sorry I didn't get some sooner! I'd have made the whole head out of the stuff and it would have been cheaper than the balsa wood. I figured what the hell - I'll try making a new eye cover with the proper interior dimensions. And it came out pretty damn good.
![[Image: Mukqkb.jpg]](http://imageshack.com/a/img905/871/Mukqkb.jpg)
Just need to slap a little black primer on there and then a couple of coats of blue.
Of course, I need to do the other eye tonight as well but these couple of slight improvements make it look so much better. Also, in the photos of the OT WED-17 you can see these two little black tabs under its eyes. (maybe it plays football on the side) I remembered I have a heat gun in my shop we use for removing certain types of LCD panels and such that are glued to glass or plastic panels. I should be able to use the heat gun to soften the polystyrene so I can bend it. Just have to remember to take it home with me tonight. Also have to grab the hacksaw to start cutting the PVC for the neck/body.
I had two big components I wanted to finish on the proton pack last night. One needs a few adjustments but once they're done it's nearly ready to bring in for painting. I think it just needs a couple more small boxes. And I really want to get WED's base assembled tonight.
As I said in another post, all I had to do was turn them upside down to hide the chunk of wood I used to mount the internal eye pieces. But I noticed the back of the eye lens showed the clear plastic piece behind the blue "eye ball" frame. So I cut a couple of small pieces of poly to cover that.
The polystyrene was very easy to work with - sorry I didn't get some sooner! I'd have made the whole head out of the stuff and it would have been cheaper than the balsa wood. I figured what the hell - I'll try making a new eye cover with the proper interior dimensions. And it came out pretty damn good.
Just need to slap a little black primer on there and then a couple of coats of blue.
Of course, I need to do the other eye tonight as well but these couple of slight improvements make it look so much better. Also, in the photos of the OT WED-17 you can see these two little black tabs under its eyes. (maybe it plays football on the side) I remembered I have a heat gun in my shop we use for removing certain types of LCD panels and such that are glued to glass or plastic panels. I should be able to use the heat gun to soften the polystyrene so I can bend it. Just have to remember to take it home with me tonight. Also have to grab the hacksaw to start cutting the PVC for the neck/body.
I had two big components I wanted to finish on the proton pack last night. One needs a few adjustments but once they're done it's nearly ready to bring in for painting. I think it just needs a couple more small boxes. And I really want to get WED's base assembled tonight.