Darth_Tim

Now that we are in the summer have some upcoming troops that will go to directly from work which means my armor will be sitting in my husky bin in the car all day in the sun guessing that it will be getting pretty hot. Thinking mainly about the E6000 glue will that weaken, or other issues? the same could be said for winter and cold. I rarely leave the bin in the garage overnight in bad weather just to be on the safe side, but what if it gets sub 0F for many hours if it does get left in the garage.

Awesome for all the help as clearly this is a common problem, mine have also been done for a few weeks and after one troop I decided that I don't want to just live with it being tight like I thought I could.

I have the same issue. It works but not happy with it. I built with the AM 2.0 kit. It is tight in the direction that adding shims really would make a small difference. I was thinking about trying boiling water to be able to heat it and change it just the bit that is needed, but worried about trying that.

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Thanks for the help. I was thinking about doing paint for the teeth rather than the decals and doing decals for all the other parts. Thinking I can mask off the area and paint the teeth ok without having to do a straight line. Will the colors work ok with doing the mix like that? Trying to decide what to start next probably get the shoulders done and then maybe the belt before I start on the strapping. I will never get a heat gun near the armor again!!

Still sick over ruining the one forearm, but got the other one put together as well as the biceps. I just need to do the outer strips for them. Also started on the helmet with a question on that .Feel like I am getting the hang of working with the material. Hope this does not turn into one big learning experience that I only get to start over when I am done. The helmet I got the the teeth cut out still working on getting them cleaned out. My question for this is on the teeth. I know my painting skills are mediocre at best so want to use the decals. For the teeth you just use the decals and wrap around? The arms that I have done so far. Need to do lots of cleaning up and do the outside strips. http://i9 The ruined forearm still dont know what to do. I have this picture as a demo, I know the seams are supposed to be at the top, and the inner strip came off when I was working on them. Just wanted to show how badly it curled up because of getting called away while heating to try to make it fit better. My attempts to fix only made it worse.

I am totally sick with myself using a heat gun on the left forearm I ruined it. It is beyond saving at this point. A variety of things came into play, but the fact is I messed up. I emailed TG to see if replacement could be had, and waiting to hear, but I know he usually does not have extra pieces. So not sure what to do. Just when I was feeling good as my working with the material was getting much better, and the biceps are going well. Out of despair I have slowed down from my already slow pace of one thing a day. Maybe after seeing the movie Thursday my motivation will be back. This was always intended as a winter project.

Ok got the inner cover strips on one side of both forearms and got the biceps ready for cutting. Need to get some glue off Before I start to glue the other side onto the forearms there is still a big difference better before gluing I am afraid magnets and clamps wont be able to hold it and reform it. Would a hair dryer work or need something hotter to reshape

Thanks for the help with the biceps. That makes sense to trim the return edge in those spots for comfort. I finished (I hope) cutting the forearms and glued the inside on the left one. I hope I did not do too much with the right as the difference is huge and I hope it will form together fine once I get the inside shims on.

Thanks. I have been in touch with the local garrison and they have been some great help. Hopefully will be getting together soon for a armor party (busy time of the year for everyone). For my second set of hands I get my son to help and we are luckily close to the same size so I can bribe him saying he can use the armor as well until he decides to build his own. For now the cost and time is keeping away from doing his own. I have seen different things about keeping the return edge of the top of the forearms and biceps. Some say only the outer piece, some say keep the top of both, and others say you can trim the top. For the biceps do you overlap and trim like the forearms?

After doing research here and meeting some people from the local garrison I pulled the trigger over a month ago and ordered my AM 2.0 kit. Got it a month ago, but life getting in the way and also being totally overwhelmed with it and all the information I did not know really where to start. Getting all the tools and materials has been straight forward and easy. But nervous about doing the first cuts. This week I started the forearms and just seeing if I can follow other builds and see what happens. The mandatory box when it arrived pic So the forearms I got the return edges trimmed, and put them together and sized them onto me. So were do I decide on where to cut the straight line down the length of the outer ones (the ones with the bumps), as they dont line up at the top or bottom with the other piece. When I got my elbow at 90 degrees it comes right up against my hand (especially my right arm) and any more than 90 degrees it will be going up my arm. Will I need to trim the curved part more at the inside of my elbow so it does not push it up?

Thanks for the help. I could not see reason for me not to get the full set, but wanted to make sure I was not over looking something. Placing the order and then the big challenge.

<br> A couple of questions as I am about to take the big plunge. I apologize if these are answered elsewhere, and if someone points me to a pinned post I will be embarrassed. <br><br> Getting ready to place my order for a kit for my first build. I am planning on getting the AM 2.0 as I am about 5'11" and over 200 so from what I have learned would be a good choice. They have 2 different kits one with helmet and one without. Is there any reason that I should go for the one without and get the helmet from another source?<br><br> Anything else I should consider before pulling the trigger? I know there is all the other stuff I will have to get and will deal with that soon enough, but want to make sure I don't make a mistake with the kit.