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Decided to work on updating the belt today. Got all the covers off with little damage to the plastic on the plastic ammo pouches. Glued on some scrap ABS to fill the holes to have something to drill new clean holes in when I remount on my new TKittell belt. However there was a bit of damage to the rivet covers..... I'm thinking I can just fix the small hole with a bit of ABS paste that I will be making to cover the seam in my kidney shims.... However not sure how to fix the bubbles that formed on the middle piece when that one got a bit too hot. Any suggestions?!?!?

Got some more done Saturday. Finished gluing the thighs and shins and did a final sanding with the dremel of all glued parts that I previously did. I think I'm finally done with the bulk of the plastic dust! Glad I've been using a dust mask. Did a test fit of the ab, kidney, chest, back and butt pieces and found that I'm just a bit to large in the belly. I could suck it in and get the ab and kidney to fit together but that definitely would not be too comfortable. Added the ammo pack to the thigh and painted the rivets. Started working on my shims for the kidney piece. The only scrap I had left was pretty warped. Gave it a hot water bath and used the kids Harry Potter books and a cookie sheet to flatten the two shims out. They aren't completely flat but should be close enough. And finally glued on some inside cover strips to the kidney for mounting the shims after I get the return edges bent in.

Progress for the weekend. I finished front and back cover strips on the thighs and front cover strips on the shins. Also had my next big mess up. My left thigh ended up 1/2" larger than the right. Not sure how I missed that measurement so badly.... Since I've been using E6000 it's been a pretty easy fix. Pulled the rear cover strip off, trimmed the extra 1/2" off and reapplied the cover strip. Good as new and both thighs now fit and look the same. I'll post fitment pictures after I get the rear cover strip and Velcro on the shins. Sorry for the blurry picture. Also got the thermal detonator put together. Used leftover screws from my E11 build in place of the Anovos hardware. Also did a hot water bath for the end caps to get them to slide on easily to the tube. Also painted the screws black. Going for Centurion out of the box. Fingers crossed I'm doing a good enough job. Overall I think it looks pretty good. Also so that I didn't have the center plastic piece centered on the tube after posting this picture! Guess this is my screw up day. Have since removed and re-centered to correct this....

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All you can do is give it a try. Be very careful. I was super nervous that I would crack it. Removing the return edge and going slow and firm seemed to do the trick. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

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The pictures are with the but, kidney, and back all where they should sit with little to no gap so I'm definitely low enough. I'll also clean up the curve. Just did a first rough pass. Thanks for the feedback sir!

Final Progress update for the week. Started test fitting the torso pieces and found that the back piece didn't sit correctly. Thanks to Tony's build for the tricks I trimmed out a bunch of the return edge, gave a hot water bath and bent the top portion on both sides up a bit. Before pictures. (obviously I was holding the chest piece to high as well.....) After pictures. Does this look good enough or do you think I need to bend more? (worried that it will start cracking if try to do too much more......

Progress update 2 for the week. Next I started working on the thighs. Got the right thigh test fit, cut and front cover strip installed. Had issues with the left thigh. The front area for the cover strips is not very flat and I ended up having to take the cover strip off after gluing as I couldn't get it to sit flat. So I tried again and installed on half the thigh to see if that will help. Anyone else have this issue? Any other ways to help make the surface a bit flatter to install?

Progress update 1 for the week. Finished both forearms including internal cover strips. Finished both biceps but still need to add the internal cover strips. Might be wearing the wrong shirt but it's good for getting dirty.

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Thanks for the feedback! Definitely had the under suit on when I did my fitting. So I think my sleeves will be OK. Just concerned about getting the glove through with the flexible hand guard attached. Think I just maybe need to try it out. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Super excited tonight. Finished my first piece of armor (left forearm). Silly question.... So the Anovos kit comes with Velcro strap on hand guards. I plan on utilizing glued on flexible hand guards. It appears that this will be a pretty tight fit to have the gloves on and then put the forearm on. Should I have made the lower forearm a bit larger to accommodate this?

Very little progress this week. I spent 2 hours on the left forearm and this is as far as i got. I measured, remeasured, test fit, remeasured again, cut, test fit again, and then finally glued on my first cover strip. I'm thinking the next ones will go faster.

Thanks for the feedback kman! I was worried about the bell tearing as well. Reinforcement scrap ABS piece added and seems pretty sturdy now. I'll add the triangle to the frown this weekend (I never would have noticed that so thanks for pointing it out) Thanks again. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Could just e6000 a small scrap piece behind the crack. Worked great for a similar crack on my shoulder bell Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Added some army tactical helmet padding in place of the hard hat liner (found on amazon.com for cheap). Much more comfy and seems to keep my bucket from wobbling. Repainted the frown as well... Looks cleaner than it did before but not sure if it's good enough. I'm not much of a painter...... That's all for now.

A little more progress this weekend. Slow and steady. Finally finished trimming all the pieces including removing the return edge from the forearms. Took advantage of the warm weather and plasti dipped the inside of my bucket. I did three coats with spray on plasti dip and a bit of brushing in the tough to reach spots. Seems to have added a nice bit of rigidity.

Correct. I used the score and snap. I did fine on all the rest of the pieces just got careless on this one. Appreciate the advice. Where's a good place to get the Lexan scissors? Amazon? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Put a small piece of scrap on the inside with a little E6000. Worked like a champ. A little sanding and it will be good as new! ----------- Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Great idea. Definitely have enough scrap laying around[emoji1]. I want to make sure the cut doesn't spread to the outside and reinforcing should help. Reading all the build threads that contained lots of bandaids I thought it was a good idea to invest in some cut resistant gloves. [emoji12] Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Thanks pattrooper. I'll give it a shot. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Got a little careless with the knife when trimming my shoulder bell. You can see the cut towards the outside of the bell on the very top of the picture. Any recommendations on the best way to fix?

Last work for today. Finished trimming the thighs, the cod piece, and the chest. Getting quite the pile of scraps.

Progress for this morning.... Finished trimming the forearms and shoulder bells. However I was a bit careless with the knife on one of the bells. In the picture below at the very top there is a line that extends to the left where I accidentally cut through the return edge. Anyone out there have suggestions for how to repair!?!? I'm fairly certain that if it doesn't get repaired it will rip through to the outside of the bell. I'm quickly learning I am not the greatest with a knife.