Thanks everyone for the comments, Im not sure if im going to weather it or not, I looked through alot of game shot pics of the Hayabusa and every single one of them shows a clean and unscratched armor, guess they repell dirt and scratches, so I probably will leave it as is for a while, wear it to an event or two then blackwash it to give it a diffrent look, when you see it in person the details stand out, however in pictures they are hard to see. I still havent founf my saw so the katana is still not mounted to the back and I never need a jig saw so I don't want to go out and buy one, so hopefully a friend has one I can borrow
I was bored so I figured how much it cost me to make this suit and how many pieces I had to glue together anyways here is my list
Smooth cast 320 1 gallon $100.00
fiberglass resin 2 quarts $17.00 ( I used smooth cast to harden the pep just used resin on the outsides)
fiberglass cloth 4x4 sheet $5.00 (used in areas that would take alot of abuse, used over the smooth cast)
2 quart containers of Bondo $20.00
2 tubes of spot putty $10.00
10 things of Loc Tite super glue gel $22.50
armor back gloves $10.00
Neck seal $10.00
cheap shoes sacraficed for the boots $12.00
expading foam $5.00
Strapping $25.00
Visor/Lens $17.00
Motorcycle helmet liner $20.00
Katana $26.00
craft foam for details $1.00
black corugated pipe $7.00 for the seperation part of the boot
Hardware $10.00 (screws, Hinges etc.)
Epoxy $10.00
For sale plastic sign $7.00 (used for cutting out details to add to armor)
Sand paper $20.00 used lots of this stuff
spray paint $25.00
TOTAL.................................................$383.00 and thats just what is in the suit as its pictured, I didn't even mention the mess up parts that I had to rebuild, the color change from red to white, pep pieces I decided not to use that were already harden, plus I already had a sander, Card stock, Dremel, resperator, safty equipment and all the other stuff I forgot to build this, the total would of been alot more if I had to add all that, I know the smooth Cast is expensive but in the end, either you use the rondo, fiberglass method or the smooth cast method they come out to about the same price if you do it correctly, Also this suit took me 4 months to build, I had to do something to it every day at least to finish it in that amount of time, so if your expecting to build one in a month or 2 don't expect great quality when your rushing it, there is alot of work involved, of course a standar MKVI suit probably wouldn't require as much body work when your not adding Shoulders, chest perms and any parts required to make it into the Busa.
To pep all the parts you see on the suit it used 201 pages of 110lb cardstock
808 indivdual pieces to cut and fold
10 bottles of loc tite super glue
I also modified most of the unfolds to make my parts come out alot smoother and less parts to cut out, it would have been alot more If I did not do that part
Anyways I know its probably boring info but Im bored so I thought I would share..................
I didn't proof read so sorry if I spelled anything wrong