eminge Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Thought I'd start a post to get some questions answered. I completed the helmet fine, but am struggling a bit with the biceps and forearms. I needed to trim a large amount of material to fit my skinny-ish arms. The resulting shape has the edges meeting at an odd angle, so the material needs to be bent rather aggressively when the cover strips are glued in place. The clamps and magnets do a decent job of this, but need I be concerned at the amount of pressure that is left in the material when I'm done? I feel like I have coiled up a spring and it will fail at some point. The forearm picture below does a decent job of showing how, when I add a clamp, I will be forcing the material into a the needed shape. Should I be heating the material to get it to bend before I do the gluing? Appreciate any thoughts on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper[501st] Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 You can do the hot water bath trick. Make sure it's secured with tape/magnets to where you want it and dip it a few times in a pot of hot water, then rinse it in cool water for it to set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLH2515[TK] Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 I have the same kit bud. Hot water does well I messed my biceps up and had to add some shims to make bigger. If I can give any advise is always cut it bigger and make small adjustments. Blue painters tape is your friend :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eminge Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Hot bath dip - great idea. Boiling water I assume? How long of a dip, or do I need to experiment? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68Brick[TK] Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Hi Eric. Experiment first with a scrap just to get comfortable with what happens to hot abs. You'll be putting it in boiling (or just boiled) water for a minute or two to get it soft enough where you can press the edge against your table to round it out. Boil first. Test fit with tape. Then glue with E6000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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