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Just glue the back first, the coverstrip to the top then to the bottom and then the front bit and youll be fine.

Make three single glue- dry steps out of it and it works.

E6000 can cope with the tension.

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I build my pieces front to back. I find it easier to measure the size that way to get a good fit. But whichever method you use, E-6000 can cope.

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Just glue the back first, the coverstrip to the top then to the bottom and then the front bit and youll be fine.

Make three single glue- dry steps out of it and it works.

E6000 can cope with the tension.

I build my pieces front to back. I find it easier to measure the size that way to get a good fit. But whichever method you use, E-6000 can cope.

 

 

Thanks guys! I used E6000 previously, so I am going to try gently detaching the back side from the current cover strip, trimming it, then re-gluing it.

 

I am also going to look at tapering the biceps. I think I need to leave the lower opening the current size so it will fit around my elbow when I put it on, but I might be able to trim some from the top to tighten the whole thing up a bit.

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Great Job, Congratulations Trooper! :duim:

Enough said about changes from the other guys! ;)

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The corners on the belt, thats going to be a tough one. I'm pretty sure they are there to taper into the width of the cloth belt, but from your pictures it looks like the belt is almost the same width as the plastic belt, or was it just the angle?

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The corners on the belt, thats going to be a tough one. I'm pretty sure they are there to taper into the width of the cloth belt, but from your pictures it looks like the belt is almost the same width as the plastic belt, or was it just the angle?

 

No, you are correct that the plastic belt is just a bit bigger than the canvas one.

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Congrats and welcome to the EIB ranks Trooper, great work :duim:

 

Thanks a lot! I'm glad to be here!

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