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See now THIS is some quality production, I need amazon to give me more magnets already! I got plenty o' clamps and tape though.

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.

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!

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.)

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!

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.

Yeah I've heard of doing this but I have a feeling I won't need to lol, I have big arms.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

(The imgur app is dumb and doesn't let me get the BB code.)

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

Damn you're well underway already, nice! Also those tips and articles you posted will be super helpful for me, so thanks! Good luck getting the rest done!

As expected FedEx has delayed it to monday, but that's alright for me since I'm not working all day then.

Oh hey, nice! That's pretty neat, funny coincidence that we're relatively close by.

Got my garage/workshop cleaned so now I actually have somewhere to do this lol. funny enough I've found two cases of dremel bits and the box for the dremel, but no dremel. apparently someone used it and forgot to put it back or something, shouldn't be too hard to find though. (and yes I know there's j-b weld just sitting right there on the rack, I'm not using it but there was just a bunch of random stuff already in the garage)

Hot damn that's so cool! Best of luck getting it done!

Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely be doing the same thing, maybe I'll start from bottom to top or something like that, save the best for last.

A pro might be exaggerating a bit lol, but thanks! I still need to get quite a few things and set up some spreadsheets, clean my garage etc, so I've still quite a ways to go.

Yeah, I'm definitely going to be doing research the whole way, asking questions and all that, thanks!

I just noticed you got your armour set from Dave's Darkside Depot as well! Wow, we must've had the same batch or something because my set from him is coming this friday. What a coincidence.

Wow, you're a lot more prepared than I am for this lol. May the force be with you on your epic quest to construct your armour!

Oh man I am excited, I've been getting a few bits and bobs for my AM armour while I await it, but the time is nigh! It's in the mail and Big Brown Box Day is going to come a lot sooner than I thought. Still kinda feels unreal that this is happening. In a few days it should be delivered, and hopefully I can get started on doing some work. I'm going to probably need help but hey, that's what forums and build sessions are for.