Scales, covered 45 deg. seam

The scale shirts I've seen so far have somewhat messy shoulder seams, with lots of visible rings. Here I've tried to make a 45 degree seam on scales where the seam itself is also covered with scales.

The materials used are small stainless steel and brass scales, and 1,2x5,2 mm (18 ga. 3/16") stainless steel rings.

To connect the seam itself I treated the scale fabric as a sheet of Jap. 4-1. For a sturdier seam you could just double up the rings, or use 1,6x5,2 mm rings instead. The scales covering the seam can flop around a bit since they are only atached by two rings, but as far as I can tell they will lie properly flat by themselves.