Well, there seems to be a lot of desire for this, and as someone who enjoys building caps, I figure I can help out some.
I always start by removing all the mold lines from all parts. Then, I glue the legs to the base, and the torso to it - You'll want the back to be flush; don't worry to much about the front.
Then the butt plate. Put the slot on the plate over the tab on the bottom of the torso.
Next the pack. I put a drop of glue on the top of the butt plate, and one on the tab on the top of the pack. That tab should rest right above the detail panel as shown here (sorry it's so dark)
Next, glue the morita to the right arm. I put a drop in the palm and one on the flat part of the inside of the arm.
Now comes the hard part (Don't worry, once you put together 1 or 2 caps this gets to be fun). You need to hold both arms up to the torso, and see where the shoulders need to get filed down so everything fits decently. In this case, no alteration was needed, so I just glued the arm to the torso.
Please note that where your trooper is aiming (ie up or down) will affect how things fit.
The left arm on the other hand needed to be pointing more to the troopers right so it would touch the gun. Just shave some of the arm's connection point off like so:
Once you've dry fit the arm to your tastes, glue it on. I glue the palm of the hand and the torso's connection area out of personal preference.
Now it you look at where the left arm connects to the torso you will see a small gap. This is from shaving the front of the arm connection point off. A drop of super glue will work wonders to fill and strengthen the joint
Now I've added the codpiece and leg packs. I probably should have done this before I did the arms, but i forgot. No biggie, just a little harder to reach now.
Now the helmet and shoulder pads. Do the head first - I like to have them looking to their left (ie where they would be shooting), but forward can work too. The shoulder pads aren't too bad, I put a drop of glue on the shoulder of the arm and another where the bottom edge of the pad goes.
And we're done! Now that wasn't so bad, was it? Next thing you know your squad will be up and squashing bugs like pro's!
Other notes:
-I use superglue - "Instant Krazy glue" to be exact
-It takes me about twice as long to remove the mold lines as it does to build the model
-For help with the special arms check this out
-Tweezers and nail clippers are excellent, easy to find tools
-It took me almost 2 hours to do my first trooper. Took 15-20 minutes to do this one
I always start by removing all the mold lines from all parts. Then, I glue the legs to the base, and the torso to it - You'll want the back to be flush; don't worry to much about the front.
Then the butt plate. Put the slot on the plate over the tab on the bottom of the torso.
Next the pack. I put a drop of glue on the top of the butt plate, and one on the tab on the top of the pack. That tab should rest right above the detail panel as shown here (sorry it's so dark)
Next, glue the morita to the right arm. I put a drop in the palm and one on the flat part of the inside of the arm.
Now comes the hard part (Don't worry, once you put together 1 or 2 caps this gets to be fun). You need to hold both arms up to the torso, and see where the shoulders need to get filed down so everything fits decently. In this case, no alteration was needed, so I just glued the arm to the torso.
Please note that where your trooper is aiming (ie up or down) will affect how things fit.
The left arm on the other hand needed to be pointing more to the troopers right so it would touch the gun. Just shave some of the arm's connection point off like so:
Once you've dry fit the arm to your tastes, glue it on. I glue the palm of the hand and the torso's connection area out of personal preference.
Now it you look at where the left arm connects to the torso you will see a small gap. This is from shaving the front of the arm connection point off. A drop of super glue will work wonders to fill and strengthen the joint
Now I've added the codpiece and leg packs. I probably should have done this before I did the arms, but i forgot. No biggie, just a little harder to reach now.
Now the helmet and shoulder pads. Do the head first - I like to have them looking to their left (ie where they would be shooting), but forward can work too. The shoulder pads aren't too bad, I put a drop of glue on the shoulder of the arm and another where the bottom edge of the pad goes.
And we're done! Now that wasn't so bad, was it? Next thing you know your squad will be up and squashing bugs like pro's!
Other notes:
-I use superglue - "Instant Krazy glue" to be exact
-It takes me about twice as long to remove the mold lines as it does to build the model
-For help with the special arms check this out
-Tweezers and nail clippers are excellent, easy to find tools
-It took me almost 2 hours to do my first trooper. Took 15-20 minutes to do this one
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