Restringing a CTVT fatman body.

[JediJaida]

How thick was the fabric covered elastic?

[dr_cyclops]

How thick was the fabric covered elastic?

Since I purchase lengths off a spool, I'm not sure. I'll have to check the next time I'm there.

[JediJaida]

Okay. LMK when you go back there.

I just wish that there was a JoAnn's in the Bronx.

[dr_cyclops]

RESTRINGING A DR. MEGO FEMALE BODY:
Add emery boards and male hip pins to tools and supplies.
Two pair of needle-nose plyers helps remove shoulder hook from mount.

Photo #01: Pieces. As you can see by the angle and light spot on the original female hip pin, this one is ready to break. Male hip pins, both CTVT and Dr. Mego work, as long as they are sanded to fit. CTVTs are softer plastic, difficult to sand. Dr. Mego are harder and a lot easier to sand.

Photo #02: Sanding the pin. This is not a fast project, It's important to test-fit often during this process. Over sanding may result in the hip pin pulling though the hole.

Photo #03: Hip pin fit. This Dr. Mego pin looks way better that the one I did using CTVT hip pins.

[JediJaida]

I like the pictures. They are nice and clear and sharp. Not a detail missed.

If only we could get the hip pins in bulk!

[dr_cyclops]

Photo #04: Ready to string.

Photo #05: Strung. For this stringing I chose the waist as a tie-off. With waist tie-offs, after cut-off and release of cord, spread waist and pull down on the non-knotted cord. This will cause the knot too rise into the upper torso and prevent interfering with waist articulation.

Photo #06: Done. Yup, really.

[JediJaida]

Okay, now do a vintage Dinah mite!

Love your stuff.

[dr_cyclops]

If only we could get the hip pins in bulk!

Strange that certain pieces are not offered in bulk.

[dr_cyclops]

Okay, now do a vintage Dinah mite!

Oh no you don't! I don't even know what a 'Vintage Dinah Mite' is. You got photos? What is it like, a CTVT female body? Cause if it is, I'm still working on that that design with no success to date.

[dr_cyclops]

Was it the request on photos? I know, I ask too much, too often.
Still, I wouldn't mind any contributions to this thread.

[EMCE Hammer]

Care if I steal your female restringing routine and add it to this:

http://megomuseum.com/custom/ctvtfix.shtml

[dr_cyclops]

Care if I steal your female restringing routine and add it to this:

http://megomuseum.com/custom/ctvtfix.shtml

Please do. Any and all of the illos, pics and text, is freely offered here for the MM.

[BATMAN89]

Hey Dr. Cyclops,
I have been doing your technique of restringing on a few CTVT 8" male bodies for a friend.
It works so well, I got excited and started digging through parts to fix up some of my own.

One thing I noticed as I worked on a Caucasian, Brown, and ST body was that they had different shape openings at the top of the pelvis.
In your photos, #01 and #17, you can see that the pelvis has an oval shaped opening for the chest piece to rest into. That oval still can make the figure a little crooked.
3 out of 4 of this friend's bodies had the oval shape. The ST body has a round opening and the chest sits better into it.

So, I looked my CTVT parts and the pelvis I had was oval, but I looked at another body, that my kids play with, and it was round.
So, I took the one I was restringing and Dremeled the hole a little more circular in the middle of the oval. It seems to have worked pretty well.
What do you think?

[dr_cyclops]

Hey Dr. Cyclops,
I have been doing your technique of restringing on a few CTVT 8" male bodies for a friend.
It works so well, I got excited and started digging through parts to fix up some of my own.

One thing I noticed as I worked on a Caucasian, Brown, and ST body was that they had different shape openings at the top of the pelvis.
In your photos, #01 and #17, you can see that the pelvis has an oval shaped opening for the chest piece to rest into. That oval still can make the figure a little crooked.
3 out of 4 of this friend's bodies had the oval shape. The ST body has a round opening and the chest sits better into it.

So, I looked my CTVT parts and the pelvis I had was oval, but I looked at another body, that my kids play with, and it was round.
So, I took the one I was restringing and Dremeled the hole a little more circular in the middle of the oval. It seems to have worked pretty well.
What do you think?

Todate, I have had no problem with the CTVT type2 male waist articulation. Teen size is a different story, and don't even asked about CTVT female! LOL
Thank you for pointing this out. I assume the goal is to make the modification slight and not to loose over all height in the figure?

[BATMAN89]

Most definitely!

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