cylon helmet

[rustycylon]

been busy yesterday and today
the last photo is actually the first photo

[Red Eye]

Great work!



Have you found a chrome shop yet?

[rustycylon]

got a chroming company local to me. I am waiting to get a price from them.
can you paint the plastic before its chromed?

[Red Eye]

Congrats! Hope they can do it at a reasonable price.

Not sure about painting it prior to chroming... what specific part have you mind? Or are we talking about the whole helmet?

[rustycylon]

was wondering if I should use high build primer on the helmet all over.

[Red Eye]

Can't hurt, I think...

[Cylon-Knight]

Paint/primer will be no trouble, just make sure there is no silicon in it.

[Hand-Schaub]

Also, red body filler needs to be primed over. It looks like you have a lot of products on the helmet so it would be highly advisable to coat the entire helmet with a quality primer. This way your chrome paint will be uniform and not have dull or dark spots.

so to answer your question... yes, primer is okay!

[rustycylon]

thanks for letting me know primer will be okay.

[GoldCylon]

Also take the sanding down to a 1000 grit paper if you want it shinny, but then he has been in battle maybe a 100 grit in a few areas for that real battle torn up look.

[rustycylon]

got it all prepped up ready for chroming, but I cant find a company to do it.

[rustycylon]

ready for chrome

[Cylon-Knight]

Great work!

Do you have the materials for the neck/guts ready? What are the plans for that?

[Red Eye]

Looks perfect!

[rustycylon]

I will sort the neck section out later in the week