It's Slime Time.

[gEkX]

A while ago AJ had a sale on the Lights for the Slime blower.

So I picked up a couple and slowly starting piecing things together for a build.

I still have a couple things needed but I’m pretty confident on how I want this to look.

A special thanks goes to FunkPunkTwang for all the inspiration and help thus far.

Thanks man!

Now, On to the picture show.

-MMM Boxes and Mounting Plates & Tank Greebles

-Hobby Lobby Plastics

-Home Depot Concrete Tube and Acrylic Globes

-Gun Fittings from Jack ( I think I went with the ones everyone else was getting)

-NES Advantage Controller

-LC-1 Shoulder Straps, LC-2 Kidney

–On a side note the Buckle is incorrect for the LC-2 I have…

…Its supposed to be the more modern one so that kidney will be used on a future pack.

-The King Sword Lights that started it all.

-Large BUD Project Box

-MMM BUD Box Tank Greebles

-AME Grips

-Some of the lenses I’ve found.

-Small BUD Project Box

-More lenses

Those drill points changed several times after this picture.

Cut to size for the Bud Box

Minimal clean up, some glue, and they are ready for electronics.

I ended up repainting the green pieces as well.

Not perfect but I kinda like it..

Some cheap alternative hose I found.. $20 shipped for 10 ft of the stuff.

Parker Fittings.

More fittings.. I have the Elbow for the Red Ball on order.

I decided on layers of Foam and Fiberglass resin to get the PVC to the same thickness of the Hemispheres.

First Layer..

Not thick enough..

So Another..

Honestly, I should have done one more layer on the 5" tank.

Prepping to attach the ends.

This was after adding a bit of resin and rolling it around in there.

You can see what I mean about he extra layer needed here.

See that Lip around the whole thing.. I feel the extra would have helped with that.

Two ends attached and starting to get a feel for it.

I use this from here on out for the fiberglass resin.

First Layer, I used fiberglass window screen for this one.

More resin and a layer of Fiber Cloth

Sanding, Resin, Repeat.

Some problem areas

Rondo is your friend.

So is the orbital sander.

More resin and another layer of cloth later and we are onto Bondo..

and more Bondo..

AND more bondo… again, the orbital sander is your friend.

Knocked this one over :walterpeck:

So, we fix it!

Not sure about the color of these..

I’m going to continue painting tonight and hopefully get some tanks mounted tomorrow.

Catch you on the flip side!

[S-Mart_Ash]

I love everything about this thread

[XxEctOxX]

@FunkPunkTwang

I love everything about this thread

what he said

[irricanian]

Looks great, try Krylon brand gold spray paint on the pump boxes, it matches up pretty good giving it that Cadmium plated look.

[gEkX]

Thanks guys!

Gold had crossed my mind.

I picked up Krylon Brushed Metallic Satin Champagne Nouveau…

wow, that’s a long name for paint..

Anyways, the Champagne Super Nova looks lighter in person.

I’m going to pick up some gold and have fun mixing the two until I get it right.

[gEkX]

Small update..

Couple imperfections here or there but I’m happy.

I plan on aging the tanks so that will help hide some of the weird spots.

While I’m picking up gold paint what type of red is everyone using for the ball?

[nick-a-tron]

Wow those look great! That green is perfect!

[irricanian]

@nick-a-tron

Wow those look great! That green is perfect!

What nick said, what green did you use? Brand and color. I think the ball is like a Crimson red color

[Skully]

Yes Kenny, That looks awesome …you mind posting the link to the hose you found, and also what brand/color Green …

[Midmichigun]

Yep… I need the green color also…

[gEkX]

Thanks!

Funny story about the green paint I chose.

Every time I was in Walmart’s paint section I would always see this can..

..and every time I would pick it up and say “Hey, check it out.. Slime Tank Green”.

Turns out.. It was!

I digress, The green I’m using is Rust-oleum Gloss Fern

I believe Walmart’s have different paint selections though… So you may need to look around.

Here is where I picked the hose up:

http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/air-conditioning/1-5-inch-flexible-duct-hose-406.php

[gEkX]

Preview of things to come:

[gEkX]

Using rivets to attach the green tanks has proven easy and effective.

It’s not pretty but everything is pretty secure so far.

For the main tank I’m still undecided on how to mount it.. rivets should work; but I know there are other methods.

On with the show.

I cut the cross member and 4" plate by hand with a jig saw.. again not pretty but it does the trick.

Trying to keep the spacing and mounting positions as accurate as possible.

This really just shows the gap needed to attach the vertical middle bar to the cross member.

The tank should sit a little more to the right… I kinda messed that up

Took that rivet mounting method for the vertical bar from Goffcorp. Thanks!

Here you can see where I popped that spinner plastic piece off the frame, on the hole for the straps. I’m pretty sure that’s accurate.

You’ve already seen this one but the main tank and some other things mocked up.

Burgundy the color is not.

Debating on repainting…

Repainted and aged.

Took this to show the color scheme so far.

Where she stands at the moment..

My biggest question right now is what to do about heat sinks.

Any pointers or help on those and mounting methods for the main tank would be awesome.

Comments and questions are welcome.

[nick-a-tron]

Man you got a great eye for colour! Not only is that green perfect but that brown for the ball is dead on too!

This thread is going to be most useful when i come to mount my tanks.

[gEkX]

Thank you sir!

Another Walmart find.. its Rust-Olem Primer for heavily rusted metal.

[gEkX]

Here’s the stuff:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/17011191?adid=22222222227008505553&wmlspartner=wlpa&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=&wl3=18114561910&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem

[kingpin]

Have you got a picture of the heatsinks? You could consider drilling into the base of them and attaching them with a selection of short bolts.

[gEkX]

I don’t have any heatsinks… I fear scratch building them is my only option.

[kingpin]

I suppose the more limited interest in them’s what’s held back a metal run being produced… I would’ve gone with Colin’s, but the chance of the fins getting snapped off stopped me.

[gEkX]

Based of Nick’s box thread right now looks like 20+ potential buyers…