So, starting to play around with Stryene/ABS to do some of the modeling I will need for the project. It is basically the same stuff as used in modern plumbing. This material is a favorite of modelers and prop builders.
I bought a few small sheets a few weeks back from a hobby store. The stuff is incredibly easy to cut, shape and bond together and of course it is fairly light. This will be the basic material that a lot of the pieces of the outfit will be made of.
I contacted a local plastic supplier to see about buying the material in sheets (4'x8'). By buying it in larger sheets instead of from a hobby store will cut the price by 75%. I'm thinking of buying multiple sheets of different thickness to stock up a bit for different projects.
I hope this weekend to put together a vacuum forming table to help in the creation of the parts. This should really help with the overall construction time of not only this project but future ones as well.
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