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| Preventing cracks in armour?; How to "strengthen"? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 25 2011, 07:32 PM (265 Views) | |
| Main Force Patrol | Apr 25 2011, 07:32 PM Post #1 |
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Hello all, i go T.K. & after a long day of trooping i often find, the beginings of, little cracks appearing... Especially round the cod area ( no double-en-taundre indended). I know how to repair.. ie (super-glue/fabric ect). But how to PREVENT/STRENGTHEN in the first place. I got an idea of using E6000, about 1 cm round the entire inside rim. Then running white gaffa tape on-top of that, to somehow strengthen the armour... thus preventing these cracks even starting in the first place. Anyone think this is a good idea or tried this before? Or know of anyone who's done this? Feedback? Chears.
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| madwelshman | Apr 26 2011, 08:30 AM Post #2 |
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little plates of abs or styrene, basically the offcuts of the armour trimming process are great for bridging any splits that appear, most model shops have small sheets quite cheap!
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| TANGO'D FETT | Apr 26 2011, 07:33 PM Post #3 |
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Moved to the main prop forum as more of a general discussion thread . You could even re-inforce with firbreglass I imagine if you keyed up the inside or even ultra thin kevlar mat if you wanna be dead cool
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| Main Force Patrol | Apr 26 2011, 08:46 PM Post #4 |
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Ahh, already glued gaffa-tape round the inside edge of the cod ( feels stronger) May try kevlar (or some sort of equil) round the rest of suit.General Discussion area: got it! still finding my way. Chears
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| TANGO'D FETT | Apr 27 2011, 08:00 PM Post #5 |
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No worries mate or alternatively post it in the stormtrooper thread if you like ![]() Yeah never thought of Gaffer tape ,that could work well if you used a good quality one, good and cheap idea ...i like cheap heh I am cheap ! |
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May try kevlar (or some sort of equil) round the rest of suit.
7:13 PM Jul 11