Hi all
Am currently helping a new cadet build his armor for basic approval, so I am chasing some suggestions on the below photo.
Now this guy is a big unit, I mean solid.
Unfortunately his anxiousness got ahead of his research, and he purchased a trimmed SDS. he is also 6'4", so has been fun and games for him getting this together.
Unfortunately, today is the first day he has asked for help, so these thighs are glued at the front with CA glue, so cant adjust from there.
The span of the gap is 70mm, so a cover strip would need to be roughly 100mm wide to facilitate the span.
I think our friend is slowly starting to appreciate the term, Research, research, research, cause I've told him to talk to AM and see if he can order some biggger thighs.
My thought process is to shim it like you would to your kidney plate for girth in Centurion (no gaps) and then make some ABS paste to fill the two gaps/crack whatever you prefer to call them.
Then make what you might call a "fake" cover strip to run down the back, and mach the size cover strip to the back of the calf.
So it still is a type of but joint. Obviously only approvable for basic and no higher.
I am open to any other suggestions.