Make It Look Like Metal…
Some quick smoothing and another coat…
Did some wet sanding with fine sand paper…
Then, applied a second coat of silver base paint.
Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – Armor, Right Chest Plate, Silver Base Coat
Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – Armor, Right Chest Plate, Final Putty Work And Primer
Almost There…
Just need to fill in a few small pits…
I applied some glazing putty to the last remaining pits.
I sanded the putty down with medium grit sand paper, and it’s now ready for another coat of primer.
Fifth coat of primer applied. The “hump” now seems to be gone. I’m calling this piece done, and ready for silver base paint…
Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – Armor, Right Chest Plate, More Hump Work
Getting Closer To Finished…
Need to get rid of the “hump” once and for all…
I did some dry sanding to take off the high points of the primer.
Then, I used the wood rasp and heavy grit sand paper to take the “hump” down to the base plastic.
After some smoothing with medium grit sand paper, I applied some glazing putty. Fingers crossed that it doesn’t “craze” the primer, again…
Luckily, no “crazing” this time. I sanded the putty down with medium grit sand paper, and it’s now ready for another coat of primer.
Fourth coat of primer applied. The “hump” now seems to be gone. There are a few pits that still need some filling, though…
Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – Armor, Right Chest Plate, Third Coat Of Primer
Boba Fett v3.0 – 3D Print – Armor, Right Chest Plate, Heavy Sanding
This Primer…
I’ll be glad when I can get some more primer from Harbor Freight. This Rustoleum primer just tends to create more problems than it solves…
There seemed to be some sort of “reaction” between the primer and the glazing putty. Where ever the putty was applied a little thicker, the primer below it started crazing (cracking). So, I used a medium grit sand paper and took it all down to almost the bare plastic, or the better primer…
