Hey guys,
I posted my fiberglass shell progress on Proptopia but wanted to post here too if no one minds. Any input would be great.
Wood pack ready for molding (before I redid the NFilter to make it more accurate):
Poured the rebound-25 over the master:
Plasti-paste support shell (later I made a bondo support shell from Sean’s plans):
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/1/8/612756/DSC01728.JPG
Silicone mold:
More Silicone:
Fiberglass Shell:
Inside of shell:
Can’t thank Sean and AJ quick enough…
how much would you sell one for?
PM me…
Nice shell man.
Thanks! Appreciate it.
I was starting to doubt my skills a bit after seeing these styrene packs. 
I like the rough look though…
Forgot about this thread I posted and noticed I hadn’t posted many pics of the construction processes.
^^ I eventually used a pringles can instead of the pipe.
^^ Some guns I made for my kids. 
Man that process was fun. Love working with MDF.
Looks great!
looks great!
That’s pretty sweet looking so far.
Thanks guys.
It’s actually already completed. I was just going thru older photos and decided to post them on this thread.
I’m working on version 1.5 of the pack which is making the curve between the power cell, and replacing the power cell and gear box fins with 1/8" wood as opposed to the 1/4" that I used.
The current state of the wood pack that I will remold next week. It’s been thru hell and back as you might tell.
^ ^ Regarding the last pic, I actually added the curve between the power cell as it didn’t have one before. I was wondering if the curve is a difference between the GB1 and GB2 packs at all? Just wondering as I know some builders don’t add it.
Can’t wait to get this remolded though.
Lookin’ good, man. Can’t wait to see the mold.
-Todd
Update:
Wood pack with some misc parts on it including wand mock-up before doing a bunch of sanding and primering:
Likewise:
After that I actually rebuilt a few parts including the corner plate and power cell, etc…
Ready to be molded:
First coat of silicone… didn’t mix the blue dye all the way but it looks cool multi colored I think:
Fourth and last coat:
Clay bisecting fin:
Support shell:
Glassed up:
Should be pulling the shell tomorrow after more than a week of working on it…
And here’s a video of the wand mock-up. Gotta finish a few parts including gun track, knobs/buttons etc.
Shockwave,
Where did you buy the silicone material from and what is the name of it? I’ll be making a mold myself in the up coming months and haven’t been able to locate the silicone material yet.
Rebound 25 with blue dye/pigment from smooth-on but I got it from Wasco on account of they have faster shipping…
Your pack looks great by the way. Your pictures show alot of detail and how to do it aswell which will help me out for sure. I assume you purchased the gallon size?
Right, the gallon kit. And thanks for the compliment.
That is one sweet looking mold. More detail than I’ve seen on any other basic shell.
Great work; really impressive.
Thanks man. Just demolded the wood pack from the support shell and that was a real b*tch due to the booster.
I can see how that would be a pain. Still , IMO, it helps make the shell. You just don’t see a lot of molded shells with the booster as part of the mold.
Also, that wand is BADASS. You are skilled, sir. (Hats Off)
