Hey guys I’m back again. My hand isn’t fully healed to work but I can still type. I don’t have an update this time but rather I need some help on the bumper/sync gen. The bumper is one of the most strangest and hardest parts to make from scratch, and how it looks with the cyclotron is the most important thing to me in a pack. Chris Bosh recently put out his excellent bumper model on his etsy so I decided to buy it and print it up to help me in completing the cyclotron later. I just wanted to say, its an absolutely incredible model! Chris really did a great job with this, if anybody is thinking of bumper options, get his! I think the only way you could get better is by having an actual lineage cast. Heres some pictures of it.
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Now I have a bit of a problem on my hands.. The bumper is too long! This isn’t a stab at Chris’s work at all, more just my own mistakes. It won’t fit my sync gen even when I add the cosmetic plates. I knew that the sync gen was wider than it is taller, but I wasn’t able to get the measurement exact because of how complex of a shape it was. I ended up compromising on it so while it wasn’t a perfect circle, it wasn’t as wide as it should’ve been. Heres some photos of the measurements.
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As you can see, my sync gen is an 1/8 of an inch away from 12 inches. When I add the cosmetic plates that measurement will be bumped up, but it still isn’t enough because the bumper is 12.5 inches. I’ve been in this rabbit hole for a while so I wanted to ask you guys for your thoughts and advice. I could either build my own bumper that will fit my pack perfectly, or I can use Chris’s bumper and try to bend it into shape using a heat gun or the bolts, but I really don’t want to mess up his beautiful work. Another option is to rebuild the sync gen properly for the fifth time again… (I really don’t want to do this, but if I have to then I’ll consider...)
Something else that bothers me is that the Volguus bumper that was sold in the past by Nickatron had a measurement of 12 inches while the Venky bumper is closer to the 12.5 inches. I think in the for sale listing by Nickatron, Venky explains that the hero bumpers were wider than the shells so it did have to be “pinched” in by the bolts/washers. Its all confusing for me as a nooby haha.
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This journey has been crazy, any help from you guys is appreciated!
Now I have a bit of a problem on my hands.. The bumper is too long! This isn’t a stab at Chris’s work at all, more just my own mistakes. It won’t fit my sync gen even when I add the cosmetic plates. I knew that the sync gen was wider than it is taller, but I wasn’t able to get the measurement exact because of how complex of a shape it was. I ended up compromising on it so while it wasn’t a perfect circle, it wasn’t as wide as it should’ve been. Heres some photos of the measurements.
As you can see, my sync gen is an 1/8 of an inch away from 12 inches. When I add the cosmetic plates that measurement will be bumped up, but it still isn’t enough because the bumper is 12.5 inches. I’ve been in this rabbit hole for a while so I wanted to ask you guys for your thoughts and advice. I could either build my own bumper that will fit my pack perfectly, or I can use Chris’s bumper and try to bend it into shape using a heat gun or the bolts, but I really don’t want to mess up his beautiful work. Another option is to rebuild the sync gen properly for the fifth time again… (I really don’t want to do this, but if I have to then I’ll consider...)
Something else that bothers me is that the Volguus bumper that was sold in the past by Nickatron had a measurement of 12 inches while the Venky bumper is closer to the 12.5 inches. I think in the for sale listing by Nickatron, Venky explains that the hero bumpers were wider than the shells so it did have to be “pinched” in by the bolts/washers. Its all confusing for me as a nooby haha.
This journey has been crazy, any help from you guys is appreciated!
Statistics: Posted by OnEdge — November 20th, 2024, 8:47 pm