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Re: Body Armor
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Fri, 17 Nov 2000 04:28:11 GMT
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I dremeled the tab away using a small coarse sanding drum. Worked fine, though the
ABS is so hard, it took a while. I've gone the X-acto route and I'd say the ABS is
too hard to hand-cut the piece safely, unless you use a vise.
binky
"Bruce Schlickbernd" <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message
news:G44MxG.G91@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Bianca Nebab writes:
> > > There's also a very cool quasi-armor piece from the UFO space line, kind of
> > > like football pads, but wicked looking. I found these after buying a UFO
> > > clearance set from Zany Brainy for the big saucer sections (making a
> > > rotunda). After some careful modification because there's a tab on the back
> > > that gets in the way, I was able to use it along with a cape and a helmet
> > > for one of my bad guys:
> >
> > After looking through the UFO stuff, the only cheap little set I could find
> > this in was 2847. Anyone know if this is still available lurking on some
> > forgotten shelf? Any other sets that contain it?
> >
> > Bruce
>
> Kind of a delayed reaction response to my own message, but three months
> later, I gave the Tuesday Morning sale a try yesterday, and found eight of
> the 2847s which have the black shoulder-pads-armor. I'm not sure what I'm
> going to do with the rest of the fig, but they were only a buck each.
>
> The only helmet I found so far that worked reasonably well is the
> bullet-styled one. Any good way of removing that tab on the armor (stops
> the helmet from fully seating, though you can leave the head piece a little
> high and it works) or just hack away with a knife? Seems kinda delicate
> work for a dremel.
>
> Bruce
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