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Yea I cut from both of them. when you overlap them, you could see what you need to cut. unfortunately for us there's no cover strip area like the other armors have, so I suggest cut half of what you plan on trimming and do a little at a time. Ill try messing with pieces I have cut already and see what it looks like bending with heat. just a little scared being my first armor, tend to be over careful with pricey toys lol. Answer: Im not sure, with this side I think I'm going to go your rout the long way, however I've seen pictures of it being done from the inner part of both sides then the outside. If you try to do all at once, you might have pieces shift off place because of too much glue in its gel state.

I'm getting ready to glue everything on the left forearm but before I do so I wanted to ask some questions. One of the sides (although not the best cuts) doesn't give me any problems and looks to be ready. my questionable cutting What it would look like if I started gluing with the cover strip. Ends Ok so here's my problem: The other side doesn't join curved, it joins at a slight angle. I was able to join everything with some force but am worried it would come apart after I glue it. Here is what it looks like when I join the bottom cover strip with the clamps and magnets Should I do it anyways and see how it turns out since I'm gluing it with E6000? or is there a way to shape the plastic into a curve?

Wow! stumbled on this gem. So following till the end.

Hey Ryan, Just an FYI and for everyone else. after trying different cutting methods for the cover strips, I found that using the jig saw made the cuts pretty clean. The dremel tool heated up the plastic and made pieces stick to cut area, the scissors didn't give me straight cuts (wait till you see my forearms...), and the shop knife, well good luck cutting though all that plastic.

AM doesn't have a cover strip area. So I found that I kept cutting down uneven areas so I asked my pops for help since he's a jack of all trades. he suggested a filer and it got me close enough for the cover strips as far as I could tell. im gona give the o'l magnet, tape and clamps a go to see how they look, then post pics before I start gluing. I see that you've been helping all the AM crew a lot, Ron. Just want to say thanks for your help.

Ok so I hit a snag on the forearms, I don't know what it was but I cut everything the same size. My right side is bigger than my left, and my left is looking like the shape of a tube. I know its fixable just would like some suggestions. Here are some pix: All pieces comparison inner side comparrison Joint Comparison A lot of room on the right side. Left Side

Ok Mike, since everything about the shins is in process of being taken care of, how are you doing with your shoes? I bought mine through tkboots but might do a project like this if my wife or daughter decide to join the troops.

Looking good so far, Andrew.

Mighty Tank to the rescue!!

No problem, PM me your email and ill send it to you.

Hey Guys, Sorry for not updating on emailing TG. I dont want to screen shot our convo but here goes what was said. ***Sorry, you have to read from the bottom up***** No that'll be fine. I'm very sorry about the confusion. Be mindful that some of the armor on the rest of that site is our previous NE, which is not sold anymore. But some of the fisd accepted pieces were moved (and some of those modified) to the AM 2.0. Hide message history OK TG, Thank you for your quick response. you mind if I share the link with the others on the forums? On Sunday, August 3, 2014 2:39 PM, Trooper Gear <troopergear@gmail.com> wrote: Rick, I'm sorry this is so confusing. The calves are quite different from the original AM ones, i forgot we had completely changed them in the last run, so those other pics and old instructions don't really help much. We made them quite accurate, but they do look a bit wonky, here is proof that you do have the correctly designed ones. The curves will not be the same as the older AM ones http://www.mytkarmor.com/Calf%20Pieces.htm Remember, all the pieces are now made to but joint together, then do cover strips to connect them, not overlapping like the old AM tutorials. This is the more accurate way of assembly. On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Rick Maravilla <rick.maravilla@yahoo.com> wrote: Hey TG, Sorry to keep bothering you but even after checking out the instructions I have a concern about the shins. Here is my concern: So according to this Topic for the shins: FSID Forum the side with the most curve goes in the middle, Im not sure if I got two left shins, I checked my brothers set and he has the same ones (There's also some posts about it.) Here is a pic of what I'm talking about: These seem to be the two inner pieces Inner Pieces These are the shins put together. On page 40 of the instructions it states that the top outer tail has a wider ridge. on my pic it shows it on both right sides. Together Any help or is there something that could be done? Thanks for your help. On Sunday, August 3, 2014 8:16 AM, Trooper Gear < troopergear@gmail.com > wrote: Lol, not doing so well. One more time ABS BODY ARMOR ONLY INSTRUCTIONS 2010 NEW!.pdf On Aug 3, 2014 10:15 AM, "Trooper Gear" < troopergear@gmail.com > wrote: ABS BODY ARMOR ONLY INSTRUCTIONS 2010 NEW!.pdf >Whoops, here. >On Aug 3, 2014 10:08 AM, "Trooper Gear" < troopergear@gmail.com > wrote: > >Rick, >>Sorry you're having issues. Here are the original am body armor instructions. The assembly won't be the same because there are no longer overlap strips, but it should help with what goes where. >>The body armor are basically the same and None of the leg components have changed. >> >>On Aug 2, 2014 11:13 PM, "Rick Maravilla" < rick.maravilla@yahoo.com > wrote: >> >>Hey TG, >>> >>> >>>A couple of us are at a confusing stand still as to what limb pieces go with what. I'ts kind of hard to go by the old AM armor since you have modified them. >>> >>> >>>Can you help us out on the FISD and show us what piece goes with what. >>> >>> >>>Thanks. >>> renderit1's image This photo was uploaded by renderit1. View on s74.photobucket.com Preview by Yahoo renderit1's image This photo was uploaded by renderit1. View on s74.photobucket.com Preview by Yahoo View on i74.photobucket.com Preview by Yahoo

Thanks, Michael. I used the Stickers for the traps, tears and back, I might paint them if I have the courage later. I painted the frown, Vocoder, ears and spray painted the mic tips. I'm currently using the flimsy one since that one is for Stunt. Before considering permanently installing them I might cut them into 4 pieces and use 2 per eye (theres always trooper bay for the dark ones). I took a selfie (lol) and I could see my eyes clearly. This is what I would love to do for the visor. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/24950-ales-anh-stunt-ata-helmet-assembly/page-2 Alexey did a badass job with her helmet, wish I had the painting skills. How is your's going?

Almost done I think. Testing the visor and the frown screen, need to paint the screws white, clean up the vocoder and the ear paint a bit more and install the S trim. any tips on cleaning the paint to make it look cleaner? Also any comments/critiques? Front Left Side Right Side

I sent an email to TG earlier asking for help clarifying the pieces. It looks like my brother and I both have 2 left leg pieces. These two are mine and it looks like the inner piece of the Left leg (I hope I'm wrong).

From what i've read, its just the wrist side.

Ok so im at the forearms while I wait for my mic tips and helmet's paint to dry. So any suggestions/comments? This is the right side. See where it's at on my wrist, do I need to trim it from the wrist side or from the elbow side? This is the wrist side. More trimming of the return edge? A lot to cut, how much should I cut at a time? Thanks for the help.

I have the handwriting of a Dr. but not the steady hands that come with it. I paited the gray on the ears before I did the black outline, ill have to see how that goes.

Hey William, Did your face plate dimples allign with the back plate dimples when you added the screws?

yea what Ron Said. Theres the center tooth, so count 4 teeth to it's left and 4 to it's right. You will pretty much end up with 10 holes. Hope this helps.

Hey Gus, The teeth is per side of the center tooth. I know theres some differences between ANH and ESB such as the teeth color and frown position so you might want to check the ESB topics or local garrison as Tim suggested. LOL "Confused look" I think everyone was in that exact spot. I even stared at the pieces the same as when my friends have me check out the new best thing in their motor and I have no idea what they are talking about.

Glad / Sad that someone else had the same problem I had. I dont think the face dimples are placed right. I just went home for lunch (i'm determined to figure it out) and I cut the top part of the face, right under the lip part. That eases the pressure it has a bit and you are ble to adjust it a bit better. Let me know if you figure something out. ill try doing the same.

not yet. im planning on trimming the top of the face plate and the inside of the eyes a little as well as triming that teple indentation on the right side. I did however add the stickers and primered the mic tips, im hoping to finish the helmet this weekend.

I used an exacto blade and some pulling. I worked my way around starting from the temple grove. pulled a bit and cut with just the blede, kept opening inch by inch. then the dreaded thumb rubbing, peeling and blade scraping.

Hey Chris, No, It was difficult setting the clamps in there. I used magnets and tape to keep it in place. I was following Darth Voorhee's tutorial and didn't see him mentioning trimming the top of the face, I thought the lip was something I needed to glue (I held off on it). I just emailed MightyTank about it. I ended up starting from scratch, I didn't align the top and back correctly and the right side ear doesn't fit and wouldn't be able to add a screw at the bottom. I made a rookie mistake thinking there was a little difference in make helmets. it seems that the right side temple (my right) is longer than the left, therefore it throws off the helmet alignment for the face. you could see on the first pic of his tutorial that he trimmed it. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/26301-ne-helmet-build/ I thought it was going to be easier since there were dimples added. Lesson learned for my brothers helmet. Im going to trim that part and go from there. i'm also going to trim the eyes more to use the clams. Thank the Force for E6000 being removable.

Yea select an image, and right on top of your pic there's an "Edit" button. click on that and select "Resize". All you have to do is change the width size (I ended up with 400) and the height will change automatically. Apply - replace original checkbox - save. Welcome to the AM build takeover lol