#rocketpack
Using hot glue to attach styrofoam supports for the Sintra frame that will become the “fin” on the back of the rocket pack. As always, a cardboard mockup serves as my guiding light.
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Here’s where we’re at! Was on vacation for two weeks, am now back and in the shop (real life allowing). Structure is 99% built up, and starting to bury this thing in Bondo. That cardboard-looking piece on the top (left photo) is cardboard. It’s a template. Gotta do Bondo-big and some other details before I can build that part.
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Got the “butt” glued on. It’s a little rough around the edges, literally, but I’m hoping some putty, bondo, and sanding will sort that out nicely. Also building up the details on the back of the pack. Trying styrofoam core for the shape and then Sintra glued on top of that to give a nice hard surface. Might be tricky!
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Got a solid 8hrs in the shop yesterday (such a treat!) Lots of smaller things done–bondo, sanding, putty, bolted the mounting clips on… and got some big stuff blocked in, too!
Really starting to take shape now.
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Building the form up piece by piece! I realized I’m going to have to find a very solid way to attach the clips that will secure the pack to my back–it’s no featherweight! Trying to build light, but all the pieces add up. Probably around 10lbs when finished.
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Starting to cut out and assemble the pieces to build the body of the rocket pack now. To get the right thickness I glued layers of Sintra together and then cut out the shapes on the scroll saw afterwards. The first time I attempted multi-layer parts I tried to glue them together after I’d cut them out–which was a fail. Impossible to get them to match perfectly in shape, and zero tolerance for shifting during clamping.
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Still a long way to go, but you can see where it’s headed!
P.S filler primer is the cat’s meow.
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Got this all glued together yesterday, just a little bit of filling with epoxy putty and then it’s ready for primer!
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Making a missle nose cone in 30 seconds!
DONE!! Very happy with the result. I was able to put a lot of what I learned with previous parts of the suit into this one, and even try out silicone mold making and resin casting, which was awesome. I’ll post a breakdown of the painting process next.
Getting closer…
The ball thing is just sitting loosely on top of the cone, but it’s almost ready to glue together! Which means it’s almost almost ready to do all the other steps!
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