Ok, ok…its been a while…
Sorry for the long time between post. Been working on getting the right arm of the ITMG just right. Its been several nights work. My approach has been to make a pattern, apply it to the cloth, and then test fit each piece. There are eight pieces just in the shoulder and upper forearm. And of course, each piece not only has to look right, but has to fit right to the last part.
Working from photos only, this leads to lots of discarded parts that are “just not right”.
The shoulder is a very complex arrangement of cones that are compound tapered. (what? compound what?) Yeh, its even harder than it sounds. Working out the geometry of each part in relation to the others while maintaining the stitching in the proper places is to say the least, taxing.
Ok, enough complaining. Suffice it to say, I am making progress.
I had planned to post some pictures of my shoulders and arms, (the suit, not mine…) but my son has my camera with the pictures on it. Perhaps tomorrow I will put them up.
On an other note: my friend Johan sent a very good mold of the pressure gage to me. I am working on a reliable method to rout out the face to allow a piece of Plexiglas to be inset with a gage face photo behind it. It seems promising, but I will have to make a template to guide my Dremel tool. My free hand attempts have been less than spectacular.
I promise to have a really informative post full of photos next time. (no, really!)
Remember if all else fails, try S.C.E. to AUX
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