How much should i cut on the arms?

[roony2311]

Hello!

 

How much should i cut of the arms ?

Down to the line i draw on the pichture ?

[troopermaster]

If you are going for an ANH/ESB butt joining you want to leave 8-9mm flat edge for half of the joining strip to fix to.

Edited January 16, 2012 by troopermaster

[roony2311]

Ok,so then i can cut like i have drawn on the picthure,and use joining strips to join the parts ? And goes that for the legs and the other parts to ?

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

that line is too far... leave enough on both sides to fit your arm first, with paul's measurement for a flat area that the strip should cover.

[troopermaster]

Ok,so then i can cut like i have drawn on the picthure,and use joining strips to join the parts ? And goes that for the legs and the other parts to ?

 

Yes. Just make sure that you leave at least half the width of your joining strip which is usually between 15mm and 17mm wide. Go wider if you need to.

 

Do the same for the legs but use 20mm to 22mm for a standard build or wider if you need to.

[TrooperVenger]

How thin are your forearms? Try them for size first before you cut. I had to cut a fair bit off my forearm armour, but I cut the majority of it off the other side so I kept the detail.

[Beren[501st]]

I definitely agree with Troopermaster... don't cut where your line is. Measure 8-9mm from the molded ridge and cut there.

 

I suggest you only cut the armor on one side first though and try it on for size. If your arms are big, the forearm pieces will be hard to get on if you trim down to a tight 15mm cover strip on both sides.

 

You'll want to cut your armor on one side, glue an inside shim piece to it, and then attach the other side before placing your cover strip.

[daennika]

Watch out! The more you cut, the harder it will be to glue them together. Take this from a tiny trooper who wanted scaled down bracers, I ended up with a sloppy glue job and many days of frustration. You have to take the general shaping of your bracers into consideration and deal with the extra width later on (with foam stuffing, etc).

 

Here's what I my bracers looked like before gluing:

 

 

The assembly was difficult to say the least. My cover and shim strips barely held.

 

 

This was after 48 hours of glue and ABS paste. They're holding up, but ya better not look too closely!

[roony2311]

 

 

^{Thank you all ! Here is a pitchure of my forearms taped toghether..I think its way to big !}

Edited January 17, 2012 by roony2311

[Beren[501st]]

It doesn't appear you have to worry about your arm being "too big" for the armor...

 

I suggest you trim both sides of your forearms leaving only 8mm of ridge on either side. This will allow you to place a 15mm cover strip on both sides of your arm. The forarm may still feel too big, but you can add foam padding while maintaining an accurate look for your trooper. Just be sure your hand will fit through the smaller opening.

 

If you trim more than that away, you will have trouble like daennika describes.

[LePaul]

I'm curious that everyone uses MM instead of Imperial (sorry for the bad pun!)

[john danter]

Yeah just make sure you have the top or outside edge correct looking with the butt strip, the. The inside it lower join can be trimmed wherever you want.

 

If you cut too much it harder to join the non butted side but still possible with masking tape to hold it circular etc

Some TKs had wing like looking arms (Luke being a classic) so don't worry too much about the elbow. Focus on the wrist side of trimming.

 

That's what I do anyway

Edited January 28, 2012 by john danter

[LePaul]

I asked this in another thread but thought I would ask here too...is the E6000 glue all you need to bond the pieces together?

[Spectre]

Pretty much. As long as it's clamped with clamps or magnets to form strong bond it's all you should need. I highly recommend scoring the surfaces to be glued to give more surface area to glue to as well.

[Trooperman]

Pretty much. As long as it's clamped with clamps or magnets to form strong bond it's all you should need. I highly recommend scoring the surfaces to be glued to give more surface area to glue to as well.

what Spectre said Edited January 29, 2012 by Trooperman