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DIY STREETFIGHTER MASK

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Post by CBRRRT Sun 06 Jun 2010, 06:22

Well I've been thinking of doing a bit more with fiberglass, but this time rather than just start sloshing resin about I thought I might do my homework first and find out how to do it properly.
Ok, so the first thing I found out was I need to make a plug of what I want it to look like.

I made mine from layers of 12mm MDF, 22 bits all together. Here it is nearly finished shaping.

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I'm quite happy with the overall shape and size, but not with the top of the nose bit, so I took the fine blade out of my block plane and reshaped it.
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I wanted the brow to be slightly over slung and I think I managed to get the look I was after.
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Now loads of sanding and filling
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It looked smoother than an East end car salesman, but a shot of primer showed up more imperfections.
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more filla, I used two pack wood filler.
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Dry's quite quick and will flex with the MDF should it move.
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more sanding
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more primer
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and more primer
Now then, because I want to make the mould in two halves I need to scribe a bit of MDF to the profile of the centre of the mask
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There are a couple of places where there is a mm gap, but its not a problem because I’ll fill them with soft non-dry oil putty.

This is it from the back
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After a bit more sanding I used a filler primer, about 6 coats with loads of sanding in between. Once I got a flawless finish I gave it 4 coats of car body Turtle wax to seal it.
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Then both the mask and the halving form got 4 coats of soft wax release agent
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Next I'm going set up the plug, give it a spray with 3 coats of PVA then 2 gel coats and start applying the layers of glass, about 6 in all. From that I will be able to cast my new mask and have the satisfaction I didn’t pay someone a fortune for it.
Alright then, so I got the plug mounted
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The joint needed to be filled so I used soft putty, the type a glazer uses to replace glass in a wooden frame.
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Easy to poke in and smooth off to get a nice neat corner joint
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Once I went all the way round I gave it another coat of wax, then applied the first coat of gel evenly over the surface of the mask and the stand.
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Once the gel coat becomes tacky, you can run a brush lightly over it and leave brush strokes without disturbing or moving the surface.
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Now I'm going let it cure for 24 hours before applying the glass matt and resin.
I trimmed the edges of the gel coat just to neaten things up a bit.
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The vids I watched on youtube said to thicken along the center edge with some compound, so I did.
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Next I applied two layers of fiberglass tissue, then two of the bigger weave stuff. (Thats a technical term us fiberglassers use ha ha)

"Bigger weave stuff"
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Next I removed it from the stand
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It needed a bit of a clean up, but that was no biggy
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Now I can chuck away the mounting stand, and start preping for the gel coat to be applied on the second half of the mould
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Wax on............... Wax off.............. Wax on..........
Now then, all waxed up and ready to go on the other side
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after the two gel coats I left it to cure overnight, same as before.
Next morning started with two layers of fiberglass tissue, then two layers of the big stuff
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Same as before
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then I separated the two halves
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I drilled 4 holes and used 4 x 10 mm bolts to hold the two halves together.
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The two halves didn’t quite separate exactly and there was a very small kink in the join. No biggy, I filled the joint with more putty.
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Then gave it all a good coating of even more wax.
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Now I'll leave it over night before applying the gel coat that will be the out side face of the finished mask.
OK, back to it.
After all that waxing I applied 2 layers of gel coat and let it cure over night.
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Next 3 layers of glass and resin, and left that all day while I went off to work
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About an hour ago popped it from the mold. It needs a bit of filling here and there but for a first attempt I don’t think its to bad really
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I know one of the eyes is a little off but that’s fixable, yep! I'm happy with that
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And as it’s the only one in existence, its not likely I pull up next to another fighter with one on it.
A lot of work, but worth it
This is where I got most of my information from, you might find it helpful if you are thinking of doing something one off for yourself.









Thats it then, all done. I used the guts from the black aftermarket lamp unit I had on before the predator mask, and it was a bit of a win really as in wasn’t planned, but fitted perfectly into the back of my home made jobby.
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Post by fastbikefinder Sun 06 Jun 2010, 09:00

Good write up mate, well done.
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Post by Guest Sun 06 Jun 2010, 10:07

Great write up mate, pity the mask looks like you!!!!!!!
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Post by CBRRRT Sun 06 Jun 2010, 10:11

Cheers fella's.

I does kinda Al dont it, good lookin fecker!!!
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Post by Guest Sun 06 Jun 2010, 10:25

Yeah, in a zombie , death mask sorta way!!!!!
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Post by CBRRRT Sun 06 Jun 2010, 11:48

I am one of the beautiful people matey

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Post by Guest Sun 06 Jun 2010, 17:27

You certainly are mate!!!
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Post by Fringe Sun 06 Jun 2010, 23:23

Another great read m8. clap
I think you got more patience than me. Laughing
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Post by CBRRRT Mon 07 Jun 2010, 01:10

More patience, or less money, ha ha. Most of what I do is because !. I really do enjoy the creative side of it
and 2. I cant afford to pay someone else to do it mate.
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Post by Guest Mon 07 Jun 2010, 07:56

Well said that man, a litle more spare time would help as well!!!
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Post by Teebagga Wed 09 Jun 2010, 09:28

How do you get all the time to do this then sit down and write it all up aswell. I want your job.
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Post by rammy Wed 09 Jun 2010, 10:13

Burning the midnight oil!!!!!
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Post by CBRRRT Sat 04 Sep 2010, 18:27

I love streetfighters and everything about building them mate.
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Post by cabbie Sat 04 Sep 2010, 18:44

Superb effort there bro, I've never tried messing with resin etc but looking at this "how to" I might just have a go.
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Post by CBRRRT Sat 04 Sep 2010, 18:50

I sold the first one on ebay for 50 quid mate, but just made me another one coz I still got the mould

Wah hooooooooooo!
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Post by Guest Sat 04 Sep 2010, 19:37

Hope the next one don,t look like you mate? Might frighten the kids???
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Post by CBRRRT Sun 05 Sep 2010, 08:52

Yo momma Al DIY STREETFIGHTER MASK 316600
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Post by CBRRRT Thu 16 Dec 2010, 18:50

After the mould was made I sold a few on ebay, then I changed my headlamp for a Highway Hawk job and adaped the mask to fit it with a few other changes.

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I'm gonna be fitting little round side repeter LED blinkers with smoked lenses off a Ford puma on them

These are the bad boys that are gonna sit in the middle of em.
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Anyway, as you can see from my effort, it dont matter how much filler you slop on and sand back, its gonna be painted so it dont matter.
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You cant go wrong.
Oh, and in case you havent guessed yet, I used a couple of rattle can caps as fiberglass moulds for the bottom of the mask add-on's.
I'll give it a clear coat and then I'm gonna try my hand with an airbrush. Thats something else I've never done, but hey, whats the worst that can happen!!!
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