Modified Shoulder Joint for 1/144 kits

Modified Shoulder Joint for 1/144 kits
I did this mod for the 1/144 HG Ez8. In my opinion, poseability of many 1/144 kits really suffer from the lack of this joint... so I decided to try to do something about it. Here's what was used:

• plastic sheet (1.3mm) - anything more than 1mm should be fine.
• 3mm drill bit
• 2 spare polycap A from a HGUC kit
• Some spare sprue from a plastic tree about 3mm in diameter
• hobby blade
• glue

I can't give you exact measurements cos they'll differ from kit to kit but with a little common sense and a good ruler you'll figure it out. What I wanna give you is just the idea/concept of what to do. Here goes:
1. Depending on the width of the chest of the mech, cut the plastic sheet to form the following structure on the right; it's basically 2 long strips with 3 pieces providing support in between. The space between the 2 long strips should be the outer diameter of the polycap (mine was 5mm):

Front	Back

2. Next, drill 2 holes on each of the long strips to fit the polycaps (mine was 3mm)

3. Assemble and glue the whole structure together as in the diagram above.

4. Cut the sprue to make extensions to fit the shoulders of the kit as below:

4. Now cut the chest pieces to allow the whole assembly to fit inside and move freely.
5. Glue the assembly in place and you're done!
The desired result can be seen in this little animated pic.

credit : http://gundam_base.tripod.com/