Model Series M09 Commander Leader Hip Skirt backing

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A guard piece to fit behind the front hip skirts of M09 Commander Leader. NB This is the RIGHT SIDE piece - you will have to flip the model in your slicer for the left side. Due to the stiff joints, crisp edges, and die-cast construction, these skirts can (and usually do) dig into the paint on the thigh and lift it. This design is intended to make it a more forgiving plastic-on-paint contact with a bevelled edge, hopefully stopping (or at least greatly reducing) the chances of removing paint. Designed to be a press fit, if you find they're coming out you can either adjust your horizontal expansion (or equivalent) setting slightly or use a very small amount of glue. Since these are not actually exposed to any direct, significant forces, though, it should be unnecessary. You may want to file or sand the edges slightly just to smooth them a little more and fit the shape a little better (I had to eyeball and prototype most of the measurements as calipers would not fit and I could not figure out how to remove the skirts). As usual, the picture preview is of the penultimate version. The final version has a little better dimensional accuracy and a slightly modified chamfer, but is functionally identical.