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1 : what's the correct length? I have a 2' piece of PVC to ccust 2 : what's the color? I know grey, but is there a specific color? or is plain grey spray paint ok?

I work in corporate support for Time Warner Cable, so it's kaki pants, and a TWC polo. get to wear jeans and whatever shirt on Mon and Fri.

I'm in Buffalo, what you think? wings of course... (they're not called Buffalo Wings here, just wings ) oh, and they were yummy!! correction : served with Bleu Cheese dressing, carrots and celery.

any chance I can get you to take a close up pic? I'm alot better at replicating, than I am at going free-hand, if you catch my meaning.

ok, so for the shin, what do you guys recomend for width? I was going to do 1.5" but that looks too wide. so now I'm thinking 1" that sound about right for the front piece?

yes, I could barely hold 3 things together, much less 4...lol. I think I'm also putting the horse in front of the cart with the knee, should just worry about getting the shin together first. knee second.

yea, I guess I'm afraid of trimming too much, but I also looked on the inside, and there's a nice sharp seam on the inside where the mold ends and the piece starts, so that made it easier too, just had to look a little closer

I was able to hold it at a better angle, but by then my daughter wasn't able to take pics as she was in bed. I think I got the right idea now, I just gotta wait till payday Thurs to get my hobby iron to turn the edges so I don't have to quarter inch excess hanging over everything, I should be good to go then. I think that's my problem right now, is the excess I left on to fold in.

ok, hard to hold together, and get a good shot, but hopefully you can see what I mean I just need to see what someone else's knee looks like from the inside, so I can see how much I should be taking off the shin under the kneecap.

Hi all, I'm working on my ATA build, I need some assistance with the knee cap. I think I'm being too squemish, and not trimming enough off the shin to align the knee cap, and I was wondering if anyone could throw up a couple side and inner shots of their knee so I can get an idea of where it should be lining up on the inside. Thanks for the help.

As far as sizing, I'm 6'2" about 195lbs. I'm in the process of trimming and fitting my ATA right now. at 6'2", the grieves go from my ankle bone to my knee perfectly. I'm a runner, so I have big calves. I barely fit the back 'bulge' in the grieves, but with the front and back strips, I should have no problems. I've trimmed my fronts to 3/4" on each side, and the rear to 5/8" (just giving information.) Also, I have a little bit of a belly, so I will need to shim the ab plate about 1-2 inches on each side. other than that, initial fittings seem to suggest that this is a very well proportioned suit for me.

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possibly, don't know, I plan on painting, either high gloss with a few coats of clear, or auto paint, haven't made up my mind on that yet.

Beautiful build, you should be proud. I agree, your GML should have an easy time...

don't need to tell me that Boss!! I'm very thankful. ATA did a very good job IMHO. I'm very pleased. I have 4 pieces rough trimmed. going to be turning all the edges with an iron to give them thickness, so I've got alot more to do. but so far, feeling good. pics soon....

I agree 100%, there is going to be work involved with an ATA build no doubt about it, plus painting. It's made from HIPS, but I'm suprised at the durability. I flexed the butt plate quite a bit, and it didn't tear, or crease, or anything. I wouldn't suggest football, but for general trooping should be fine. but it all comes down to what you want to do, what you can afford, and how much effort you're willing to put in. Good Luck with your decision!!!

hope that's not YOUR Fiance!?!?!?! If she was mine, she'd be my ex-fiance!

see my "worst day" thread....just unpacked my ATA set..I think it's beautiful. but that's just IMHO

I was all excited, looking forward to it....now that I'm looking at it, kinda scared S#%@LESS!!!! LOL BTW, there's 3 little circles indented in 3 Squares, you can see them at the bottom of pic #4, on the right. Anyone tell me where those go?

So, I was having the crummiest day ever, bad day at work, not feeling too hot. So I'm walking home from my bus stop on the way home from work, and I see this box...... needless to say me day got MUCH better all of a sudden!! Thanks ATA, you really made my day. beautiful stuff. great pull!!

sent you a PM, hope everything irons itself out. Anything we can help with, we're here for ya bro.

don't ya hate investing $ into something, then can't find anyone else to play? I put about $200 into getting the WoW board game, and all the expansions, we played it like 3 times, now nobody wants to play it anymore, and it's a really fun game...

Beautiful job, you should be proud. it's inspiring.

Vern, I didn't see arrogance from the replys you got, Just as you saw nothing wrong with the tone of your comments. I agree that you came off a little too strongly to start your thread. Jus realize there are tons of people that log in, ask "WHERE DO I GET THIS?" "WHERE DO I GET THAT?" and don't act with much class for the 10 posts they leave before moving on. Thanks for clearing up what you ment, as well as how you ment it. The 'look before you post' remark was bad form, and rude, so please don't criticize others for being arrogant, when you started with what, in my opinion, was a little too much attitude for someone with 28 posts, most of which are in this thread. Not trying to be mean spirited, not at all, just pointing out that you had a bit more attitude in what you said than I think you ment to.

Washing is a painting technique that involves...well you guessed it.....washing. By this I mean using diluted paint, or ink to 'wash' an area, and give in a tint, or hue, without covering the color behind it 100%. Again, most hobby shops should cary some brand of washes, or inks. If you're looking for a rusty, or even muddy look, I recomend getting a brown wash, brown paint, as well as orange paint. Start by drybrushing with your metalllic paint so you have a starting point that's worn looking. next, drybrush a light coat of brown on the area you want to look rusted. next, drybrush some orange over the brown, but allow the edges to still have the brown show through. Next you'd want to get some ink into a small bowl, or small surface in a little puddle. water it down by adding about 1:1 ink to water, mixing throughly. Then begin by filling your brush with the wash, apply to the area you have drybrushed. This should 'mute' the color, and give it an overall brownish tint. Depending on the level of weathering you're looking for, it's ok to let it run a little bit, as this will add to the weathered, unkept look. When using washes, you need to let it dry 100% otherwise it will get all over anything else you do after that. So after drying, go back over the area with your drybrush, and add a tiny bit of brown and orange to the raised highlights, this will bring out the contrast, and make it look like real rust. Again, it's a little trial and error, I recommend finding something that has similar levels of raised bits as say the grip of the blaster to practice on first. but when you get the hang of it, you can really do a great job with little additional $, and time. Adding a layer of silver under the black and then removing the black winds up marring the overall look, because you have to scratch off the black paint. Real guns do not have paint, but rather blueing that does not chip, but rubs off after time. That's it for now, more to come later.