so far i have re-made the slingshot plastics. After clening up the scanned images in Arcsoft Photostudio, i reverse printed them onto clear A4 inkjet adhesive label and put them aside to dry. I've used the same techniques i did on my Dracula plastics so i wont go into a great amount of detail. Next i traced out the old plastics onto the 3mm polycarbonate and cut them out on my scroll saw. I then cleaned up the cut edges with sandpaper.. first with 80 grit paper, then 280, and finally 800 grit to get the edges nice n smooth. Then i peeled off the protective backing from what was to be the underside, ready for the plastics images to be stuck on. Next i carefully placed the images onto the plastic, being careful not to get any air bubbles.. i actually DID get a couple of small bubbles in one of them, but it doesnt look too bad so i left it as is. next i trimmed up the clear edges with a scalpel (pic #1). then i burnished it down hard onto the plastic using the back of a tabespoon and a sheet of a4 paper between the plastic and the spoon.
For the white diffusing layer i used white adhesive label (pic #2). This was also trimmed along the clear edges with a scalpel and then burnished down on the plastic.
Pic #3 shows the new and old plastic together. the colours ARE slightly different.. hence another reason why im re-doing the whole set, so the all match.
