Guys-
Thanks for all the info. Still really hesitant to perform surgery on the mount, since i am not entirely confident in the plastic's ability to weld satisfactorily.
However, perusing the forum for tidbits, I came upon Mac's incredible documentation of his extensive Rubie's mods. Here's the link:
http://thepropden.aokforums.com/11-vt346.html?start=150On page 11, quite a bit down the page, he states:
"NHM pointed out that the skull looked distorted. So to back-track, NHM is indeed correct. Basically, instead of cutting up the mounting system to get a good dome positioning, I decided to heatform this area so that the mounting system and the skull would continue to be one continuous piece. It was a matter of heating it, then pushing the mounting system down and into the skull a bit, then holding it in place while running it under cool water.
Doing so forces the material around the mounting system to warp the skull. Well, no-one would care if you were wearing the dome, right? But NHM did!
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I was initially discouraged with the shape, but NHM has a unique way of prompting me to do better.
So I did the following....
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Cordially,
- Mac "
My thanks to Mac for this brilliant piece. I have no intentions of going this far, but the dome question for me seems to be answered. I am going to try to heat it up and pushing the mount down and into the skull. Will post pics when I begin.
Now onto schematics for chest box slots!
Cheers!