Stormtrooper - Shoulders, Bicepts, Wrist & Hands
Most of the arm pieces are pretty self-explanitory. Pay specific attention to how to attache the shoulder bell and the wrist covers. I will start at the top of the arm and work my way down in the information below.
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I tried two different solutions on attaching my shoulder bell. The first one involved attaching the shoulder to the bicep. I had problems with getting the assembly on by myself and it coming apart if I needed to stretch for any reason. I decided to go with a floating bicep instead and I will explain that later.
In numerous places in my assembly information you will find references to using styrene to attach straps or snaps. Briefly, the idea is that you attach a heavy duty snap or rivet (see picture above) to a small rectangular piece of styrene. The styrene is then cemented to the armor. In the picture above, I have attached two heavy straps to two pieces of styrene and then cemented them to the armor. I then attached a strap the other side of the snap. Please not that I ended up supergluing the two snap pieces together on the strap pictured.
Attach the bicep pieces together using the cement that came with your kit. I didn't have to make any adjustments to the size of my biceps but some sites will give you information on adjusting the size up if you need it. I left the bicep to be free floating in that it doesn't attach to any other piece. This seems to be what was done in the movies. To keep the bicep from turning or moving up and down, I attached 1" foam padding to the inside using industrial velcro.
The picture above is a nice illustration of cementing styrene to the inside of your armor so you can use snaps and rivets without it showing on the outside.
