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mxconnell: Building A New Shield


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GRM-02
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27 September 2005page first published

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mxconnell writes:

Time to work on a new shield. A compass and a straight edge were used to produce a shape in styrene of the proportion found in Osprey 129 – Plate C.

Shield is shaped in styrene

Evergreen strip was then used to frame out the shield edging.

Shield edging is put in place

To create the boss on the front of the shield, a 6mm bead was cut in half, and a very small ring cut from a ¼-inch styrene tube. Squadron Green Putty thinned with styrene cement was used to clean up some edges and the hole in the bead.

The new shield