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Completed back of right thigh gap fix Before: After:

Thank you for the heat suggestion. I knew that was always an option but I never had any luck with it before even with cutting nylon rope. I figured the E6000 will glue all the ends together and keep them from frying just as well. I do plan on trimming the top down to the 45 angle, I was going to use a careful hand with a knife and a file.

Sorry jumping around on my build again, back to the right thigh Have the tops aligned and E6000'd together, but I have a slight gap at the back When I push on the pieces I can get them to move closer and remove a lot of the gap so I have a small piece of scrap ABS that I will cut to fit inside the ledges I took some 60 grit to the back of the scrap piece and to the inside where it will sit to give the E6000 something extra to grip to. I glued down one side and clamped allowing to dry and than I will glue the other side. This will allow me to pull the two pieces closer together rather relaying on tape alone to hold the gap close. Pictures to follow of completed process.

Split rivets and nylon straps installed I added some E6000 to the ends of the nylon to keep it from fraying

I hear you there, I had to work with my OCD on a few things and just say it wont matter because no one will ever know

So its suppose to be 10mm from the edge of the rivet to the edge of the ABS? Is that what they made you do?

Here it is lined up

I think I am above that second red line as I measured from the second ridge. I'll get some pics posted later tonight with the rivets in for a better comparison.

Just a quick thought, won't the belt cover that bottom rivet anyways? So we would never see it. and really only the middle rivet is off by ~2.5mm at the least and 5mm at the most

well I got the top right at 20mm. I followed Tonys Anovos build and looked over a few of the reference pics. I almost brought the top down more but concluded that its placement was just right. Good old wonky TKs

For centurion approval I need to put a snap in the upper right hand corner of the Ab ABS. I measured 20mm from the verticle outermost return edge 20 mm from the horizontal edge I drilled my hole. For my snaps I had started with 5/11 and stepped up to a 5/32 drill bit and honed it a bit to get it to slide in snug. Using the tool kit that I ordered to set the snaps I put them together. This tool really makes it much easier to set snaps.

Time to make some holes in the Ab and Kidney ABS for some rivets. All rivets need to be spaced 10mm from the edge but nothing states for the top or bottom. I started with 20 mm from the top return edge and I measured 10mm from the bottom lip return edge Than I measured the distance between the two outer marks and divided by 2 and got my middle point. I double checked that these were 10mm from the edge and drilled my holes using a 1/8 drill bit. I lined up the kidney plate to the Ab plate to make sure I got the marks at the correct level and measured 10mm from the edge. I had to pinch the end of the split rivet to get it into the hole but happier with a tighter fit than one that is too loose.

Only if you get really close and squint Thank you!

Thank you Tony and to Cricket as well! I followed your Anovos PDF build for the measurements Tony, and Cricket thank you blazing the path on creating the return edge on Walts kit, and helping me feel much more comfortable with that process.

Brackets are all completed! I did not add the extra ABS as a support on the portions where I created the return edge yet, but will be soon.

Ah I thought I trimmed it all originally. Well good news Walt gives you a lot to trim unless you need more

So I was working adding my rear cover strips to my thighs I noticed on the back of the right this ridge near the back of the knee. Should I trim the back of the leg on that side to that point or because it flows into the remainder of the ridge it should be there?

I got my neck seal from Geeky Pinks, and it uses a hidden zipper which I'm told is the same in the movie. Your seal came out great!

Love my heat sealing iron! Its the best way to make that ABS move

Thats the best part of the OT ANH TK....it can be wonky and still accurate Thank you Cricket!

Yay for E6000. Should the left leg be similiar?

Alright for my thighs, how do I handle the top being uneven? Cut the cover strip to cover the highest part of the thigh? Or cut the thigh portion down so that it is even with the other half? Top of right thigh: Bottom of right thigh: The bottom thigh is aligned up and the cover strip on that end will be tidied up to give it a cleaner look

Woohoo just scored myself a ROM/FX unit for shipping only. Also ordered Ukswrath hovi mic speakers today as well. I can't wait to play with some new electronics!

Woo hoo got this a while ago but never posted it. My B grade Hyperfirm E-11 I have a doopys to build but in the mean time this will be a great addition and backup Reach out to slavefive if your interested in either a B grade or an A grade!

And here I was going to find a Jedi to bend me a fancy curved pencil.... Thanks for the input!