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Inspired by my visit to Marshall...I made an Apollo Command Module Pilot suit.

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SDelSignore wrote:Inspired by my visit to Marshall...I made an Apollo Command Module Pilot suit.
That looks great!
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You made that? Details man, we want details!
There are some commercial A7-series suits out there, and they're okay for a Halloween costume. But I've seen some amazing builds: http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t= ... light=nasa This guy makes amazing stuff, truly breathtaking. If my wife wouldn't kill me for suggesting it, I'd love one of his Apollo or Mercury suit projects: http://www.ryannagata.com/ He also will make the two-piece beta fabric Apollo suit they wore on their way to the moon, but it ain't cheap, either...
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Yes...it is pretty good...it is certainly no where at all the quality of the link you send...that is awesome!... Believe it or not, my suit is simply made from 2 Tyvek jumpsuits, some black paint (used part of the tyvek hood for the Snoopy cap), one of those little flags you get at parades for the large flag patch, and A Nasa patch and Apollo patch I had. The wrist couplings are made from rubber plumbing caps painted with red and blue mettalic paint. The neck is taken from a 5 gallon bucket. For the red and blue host connections I used a variety of rubber/plastic car parts (rubber headlight insert, power steering cap, etc.) and PVC pipe couplings.

I just made it on a whim...I think I cam going to wear it Halloween and then maybe to the next comic con I go to... Barbara Eden is there and I thought it would be cool to get a photo and have my name on the suit say "Nelson". :)

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Good job! Looks better than any of the costume suits you see in the different online "space shops".

For what it's worth, there are some pretty good 3D-printed Apollo suit hose connectors on Shapeways. I would post the link, but the shapeways site happens to be down at the moment. Look for a username kenlandrum
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Hotdog wrote:Good job! Looks better than any of the costume suits you see in the different online "space shops".

For what it's worth, there are some pretty good 3D-printed Apollo suit hose connectors on Shapeways. I would post the link, but the shapeways site happens to be down at the moment. Look for a username kenlandrum
Yeah, those are pretty accurate couplings. I know Mr. Nagata on The Replica Prop Forum used those on one of his A7Ls. But he used them to make resin molds, because that'd be lighter.
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