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>>189617 The whole thing is resined, with the big black tube at the back fibreglassed on the inside as well to make it extra strong. Let it dry and then spraypainted the whole thing. Ideally I should have then given it a coat of varnish, but time was against me and the only one I had made the paint run :(
>>189626 I used Fibreglass Matting and Fibreglass resin, the only place I could find any was at a boat shop, but then I live in the UK, so... If you just want a piece to be resined then basically you mix up the resin and additive which makes it set (don't mix up too much because it solidifies very quickly and becomes unusable) and then slaver your pieces in the resin, making sure that the paper/card is fully soaked in the stuff. Let it dry. Easy.
If you want to use the fibreglass matting (which makes it unbelievably strong) then repeat the process above but after soaking the paper/card in resin you then apply strips of the matting to the inside of the model (not the outside because it won't give a smooth texture and you do NOT want to sand this) and slaver more resin on to make sure that the matting is soaked as well. Let it dry. I would then suggest sanding the outside of the model to give it a nice smooth texture and make it look like one continuous object. I would also recommend while building it that you don't crease any lines that aren't supposed to look like sharp edges. Looks much nicer that way.
Good luck! I hope to see pics soon! If I may ask, what size are you planning to build it at? I realise that mine was way too big, so have you determined a better scale, or what? I based mine off the size of the handle, which fitted my hand perfectly. Too bad I didn't have time to do a full test build.
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