kevnaminute Posted October 4, 2012 Report Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Trimmed my first thigh tonight and looks like I'm gonna have to add a shim to the back..which we'll get to later. My question is about the butt join for AP: I'm thinking, and from looking at the tutorials on the main page, that you basically trim the natural molded into the armor overlap on bOth sides of the thigh pieces and join them together...as for the back, there's only one overlap, do you trim off all of it or just what's needed and butt join it to the other side, then apply strip? The reason im asking is the tutorial shows two overlap molds on the back side of the thigh armor.. The AP i have is just one Edited October 4, 2012 by kevnaminute Quote
LadyInWhite[TK] Posted October 4, 2012 Report Posted October 4, 2012 Hmmm. Do you have pics of what you're doing so far? Some would say that you shouldn't have the natural molded raised edges outside the cover strip, but in pics I looked at it seemed they did so I did it that way. My sig has my link to my build page - see if there's anything in there that might help. (I wrote so much I don't remember what I covered!) Looking forward to seeing the real answers... Quote
kevnaminute Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Posted October 4, 2012 Thanks Ingrid... Your build has been extremely helpful! And now that I've looked at Stukatroopers build i think I found the answer! Thanks! Quote
Clamps[TK] Posted October 4, 2012 Report Posted October 4, 2012 My question is about the butt join for AP: I'm thinking, and from looking at the tutorials on the main page, that you basically trim the natural molded into the armor overlap on bOth sides of the thigh pieces and join them together...as for the back, there's only one overlap, do you trim off all of it or just what's needed and butt join it to the other side, then apply strip? The reason im asking is the tutorial shows two overlap molds on the back side of the thigh armor.. The AP i have is just one If I understand the question, on my AP build I trimmed a little off both sides so that the coverstrip lines up with the raised section of the one side. Quote
kevnaminute Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Posted October 4, 2012 Yes Charles Thanks. That's exactly what I saw illustrated in Stuka's AP thread on flickr. Quote
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