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Scout_Troop3R

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  1. Thanks a bunch! I think for now I'll work on making some ABS paste. Happy new year by the way!
  2. Hello there once again! I know it's been a few months since I've posted anything here, I'm getting tired of not working on it and I want to start again but I have a question first. Is it okay to work in the cold? Up here in Canada it's been a really warm winter only going down to maybe -15⁰C at the most on one night, so it's just cool enough to be uncomfortable, the ABS should be fine but is it OK to use E-6000 in an average of -6 - 7⁰C? Also, guess who gets to learn how to make ABS paste? This guy! Turns out the left snd right biceps are different with only the left one having the spoon/thumb imprint, got plenty of excess ABS though so I'm covered for materials. If I can't work on my armour I'll at least try and get started making this.
  3. Did some work earlier today on the biceps before work, I managed to cut one but in a really dumb way, and I only noticed it was dumb after. (Of course.) The spot where the cover strip would be is way off to the side, instead of in the middle like it should be, I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do to fix that as that's the smallest it can be and have my elbow go through, maybe I'll just leave it weird (unless it's against requirements) and if I need to fix it, it will probably involve ABS paste and some extra panels. In other arm related news the left forearm cover strips are done and I love how it turned out, fits good on my arm with the undersuit so that's awesome! All I felt like doing tonight was taking some pictures and contemplating what to do about the bicep. I'll do some more work cutting and gluing the right forearm strips tomorrow. Hopefully I can start working on the legs soon.
  4. Got some more done today after thanksgiving, managed to get the final cover strip on the left forearm and another one on the inside of the right forearm. Tomorrow I'll see if I have time to get the rest of the cover strips on and start working on the biceps.
  5. Good to know, I think for now I'll stick with the round ones unless I really screw one of them up or something, then I'll do the angled corners lol.
  6. Well, after spending far too long procrastinating (Curses!) I started working on this again. I didn't have too much time tonight to work on it but I got the first of the two strips for the right side of the left arm done so yay. I also went and rounded all the edges of the cover strips, luckily I only had one attached to the arm that needed rounding and it wasn't a hassle. Anyways I'll try and get more done sometime in the evening tomorrow. (Tomorrow is canadian thanksgiving so that will take up most of my day.)
  7. Dunno who Jeremy is, but yeah I've already put the interior cover strip on, I'm going to do it for both arms and probably the shins too.
  8. Well I know I'm canadian but I don't smoke the green stuff lol.
  9. Well I'm here again, I would've made a post yesterday but I was wrapped up in work, my birthday festivities, and then being too tired to do anything. Anyways! I checked on the glue yesterday and everything seemed great aside from one little bit sticking up but I put some extra magnets on there and left it overnight, although I might have to put a wee bit of glue on later if it still doesn't stick all the way. I also fitted the biceps to where I think they should go, and marked where to trim. Also got another piece of cover strip and have marked it for fitting, but I need to actually go about doing that still.
  10. Good to know lol, and I of course was going to look into it more in-case I needed to remove some but I'm glad I asked here because Google wouldn't give me Darth Vader screaming.
  11. Again I only have/had a few hours today as in about 20 minutes I'm starting work 'till midnight. anyways I got all the bicep parts trimmed while waiting for the left forearm to finish the first part of gluing so that's neat. By the time I'm back from work the left forearm strip should be done gluing so yay, I might a post to see how it turned out. Speaking of that what would you guys use to clean up any extra glue? nail polish remover and a cotton ball or something?
  12. See now THIS is some quality production, I need amazon to give me more magnets already! I got plenty o' clamps and tape though.
  13. Didn't have too much time to work on it today but I got the first of 4 cover strips I'm going to put on glued today so woop de doo, I really hope it turns out well. I measured and cut one of the 15mm strips I had and after 45 minutes of getting my courage up I glued it with some good ol' E-6000, 8 neodymium magnets, and two clamps. Everything looks good now but we'll see in a day's time. Definitely getting more magnets though, don't want to have to be waiting a whole day before I can glue something else in the near future lol.
  14. After getting back to it today I managed to fit (with space for the undersuit and gloves) and trim the forearms, so now all that's left is to glue them after a little bit of trimming to make it nice and smooth at the elbow where the two halves meet. This is coming along great so far, I can't wait to get to the rest!
  15. Thanks, and after having enduring a long tiresome game of warhammer for the past 4 hours I really want to get back to work on this lol. (I really don't like playing it for some reason even though I play other tabletop miniature games.)
  16. I finished the trimming on the wrists, and started/finished the elbow trimming just now, I've also taped them together and made markings so I can try and cut them into a similar shape, especially at the inner elbow there as it's currently uncomfortable when bent. After I'm done that I'll try and shape the left arm just a little bit to be wider using a bath. So far today has been pretty great!
  17. Alright, managed to get (pretty much) all of the wrists done today so I'm super happy about that. (Aside from the left bottom panel arm thing where I still need to clear out some ABS, but I can do that in the morning so I don't wake my neighbors.) Tomorrow if I'm not too busy hopefully I can start on the elbow trimming, which I'm just going to get rid of all the return edge there as well.
  18. Yeah I've heard of doing this but I have a feeling I won't need to lol, I have big arms.
  19. Ah. might've forgotten that thread existed lol, thanks. For now what I've decided to do is just trim down the wrists because I know those at least need to go all the way down. After a bit of practice on some spare ABS I think the first one turned out pretty great,isn't make a few adjustments with my razor, just to get it rounder if need be.
  20. Right so I've decided to finally begin working on my build now that life is less busy and I picked the forearms to start, after finding them and reading some other build threads I started cutting out some 15mm strips for the cover strip (I think that's what it's called anyways.) I do have a few questions about the rest. 1. For fitting, how exactly does one go about doing that? I know there needs to be a return edge on the inside of the forearm, and no return edge at the wrist, but how do you determine what it should be at the other end? 2. I've noticed that AM builds usually have some wonky forearms when they arrive and mine is no exception, how would I go about fixing this? I've heard people use heat-guns or a hot water bath to help adjust this sort of thing. - - (Do you just heat it up and bend it slightly until it sticks?) - (I've used tape to just temporarily hold it together here.) 3. What grit of sandpaper should I use to get things ready for the butt & strip/joining method? I've got a sheet of 220 grit and a sponge block of 120 grit, but I haven't experimented with either and how both bond better to E-6000 and some spare ABS.
  21. ALRIGHTY THEN! After my long week at my cottage I was finally able to go through my big brown box and enjoy pulling everything in it out. I still need to get some supplies but I might as well start trimming and do what I can while I wait for things, still need to read all of AJ Hamler's TK Build as well. Here's some pictures though! so that's pretty neat
  22. That looks amazing! Speaking of paints, where'd you get yours/what kind are you using? I know what I want and can probably get it off of along or something but knowing what other people use is useful just in case.
  23. Yeah I would've right clicked but currently I'm on my phone in a car, but thanks for posting the picture here for me lol.
  24. (The imgur app is dumb and doesn't let me get the BB code.)
  25. Well after lots of torture, physical and mental it's finally here! I'm so grateful to AM for doing this and annoyed that it took so long for FedEx who delayed it a week. I wanted to get some work done on it before I left for my cottage but oh well. Only got one picture from my father while I was at work and I couldn't take any more since we had to leave right after. https://imgur.com/a/GW8Og8T
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