ATA, not so steady, build

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Re: ATA, not so steady, build

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Very cool!

I need to figure out how to do the tube strips and cheek strips so I can get those painted on as well. Might end up purchasing a template from trooperbay, but was trying to figure it out otherwise..
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Re: ATA, not so steady, build

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Well, you won't see those on my helmet, cause I did the Mr. No Stripes version. I had to mix it up from the regular troops. :lol:
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Re: ATA, not so steady, build

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HA!!! I didn't realize that was an actual type of helmet! I was going off panda over on fisd, and noticed that comment a long time ago, but never thought much of it.
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Re: ATA, not so steady, build

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Don't worry, I'm the only on in MI that did that. The rest of the helmet build is exactly the same as yours.
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Re: ATA, not so steady, build

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bronco3001 wrote:Very cool!

I need to figure out how to do the tube strips and cheek strips so I can get those painted on as well. Might end up purchasing a template from trooperbay, but was trying to figure it out otherwise..

I would go for the Trooperbay templates. It will save you a ton of hassle.
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Re: ATA, not so steady, build

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Here is my armor build if you want to see how I did it.


http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/3 ... hread-ata/
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Re: ATA, not so steady, build

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If you do use the stencil, I have a trick you can use. Once you get the stencil in place, apply a base color of paint before you paint the stripes. For example, when you paint the tube stripes, put a coat of white paint on the template first. Once it dries you can paint the blue over top. This prevents the blue from bleeding through the template.
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