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swordtart · 05-20-2013, 05:57 AM

With armour why can't it be...

"Ok chief you got a few options. I can replace the whole set with an off the shelf clamshell form. Its not cheap, but it's just a case of torching through the top and bottom pinion bolts and dropping off the undershell and lift of the rest in one section. It'll take a moment or two to drill out the firing ports, but refitting the shell is usually a snap (unless you have any custom armour mods). Replace the main pinion bolts and you are done."

"But since you only have major damage to the front armour, I can leave the clam shell in place. I'll cut the front sub assembly pinions instead and fit an new front shell. I got a CAD-Former in back that I can get your vehicle spec in. Tell me how many layers you want and while it's doing it's work I'll get the exisitng shell off. Then it's like the clam shell. It's quite a bit cheaper than the clam shell but just as quick."

"With those dinks in the rear armour, it's a bit of a waste replacing all of it. I have some epoxy weld patches that need some smoothing. It's not quick and to be honest for major repairs not that cost effective, but for a small dink it's your cheapest bet."

"Of course I can just create the sells for you and you can fit them yourself and save a few bucks, or supply the weld patches. Up to you..."

"Oh and If you interested I have some R&D reject stuff from Uncle Al. It's a bonding material that you can glue your old armour fragments back together. It's pretty cheap and cheerful. Sometimes the big chunks can scab off and it's vulnerable to samll arms fire, but as a get you home fix it can be handy to keep in the glove compartment..."

(That last is specific to my campaign ;)

05-20-2013, 05:57 AM	#12
swordtart Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: Repair Questions With armour why can't it be... "Ok chief you got a few options. I can replace the whole set with an off the shelf clamshell form. Its not cheap, but it's just a case of torching through the top and bottom pinion bolts and dropping off the undershell and lift of the rest in one section. It'll take a moment or two to drill out the firing ports, but refitting the shell is usually a snap (unless you have any custom armour mods). Replace the main pinion bolts and you are done." "But since you only have major damage to the front armour, I can leave the clam shell in place. I'll cut the front sub assembly pinions instead and fit an new front shell. I got a CAD-Former in back that I can get your vehicle spec in. Tell me how many layers you want and while it's doing it's work I'll get the exisitng shell off. Then it's like the clam shell. It's quite a bit cheaper than the clam shell but just as quick." "With those dinks in the rear armour, it's a bit of a waste replacing all of it. I have some epoxy weld patches that need some smoothing. It's not quick and to be honest for major repairs not that cost effective, but for a small dink it's your cheapest bet." "Of course I can just create the sells for you and you can fit them yourself and save a few bucks, or supply the weld patches. Up to you..." "Oh and If you interested I have some R&D reject stuff from Uncle Al. It's a bonding material that you can glue your old armour fragments back together. It's pretty cheap and cheerful. Sometimes the big chunks can scab off and it's vulnerable to samll arms fire, but as a get you home fix it can be handy to keep in the glove compartment..." (That last is specific to my campaign ;)