LTM

No one will really see that, will be more a question of comfort.

You are flying! Keep it up!

Check on Seans build as well, that is the one I have been using (along with anyone else posting with AM2.0) Just checked with Brent, he might be trooping this Thursday (not sure) so potentially no armor party. Are you on the Georgia Garrison Facebook group?

If you are getting lax, start on the helmet. Eric has great videos to follow on how to build this helmet.

Butt cut looks good, get rid of the long section On the cod, start with 3 cut and try on. Madding I know to not have someone say "1.2 inches" or other absolute measurement, but when you start thinking this is made as "one size fits all" and you need to trim to fit you, it starts to make sense. Get a mirror and use it a lot, you will know what will look "right" on you before anyone else. If you are worried about cutting too much, use painters tape and try it on and look in the mirror. Your mark 1 eyeball is a natural, after all you have checked out a lot of builds at this point and you have seen others mistakes or shortcuts. Decide what is best for you.

Nice Job!!

Is the edge more than 5mm?

There should be one on thursday night at Brents, he should be posting it later this week. PM me if you don't see anything

My advice would be to tape for now, and build the rest before you glue anything. Why you ask? You will still need to go through fitting it all together, and just adjusting tape is a lot easier than pulling seams apart. If you can get to an armor party in the Atlanta area you could get specific advice (worth the drive). Lou

Congrats!

TD done, clips by Tony

Boxes! During research a few were noting that the boxes tended to move around and get "stuck", so I added some weight to the bottom (brad nails). Now all I have to do is install the covers

For me the 1/8th did not give enough material to make a good set. Once I switched to 1/4 there was plenty of material to compress. Also, when practicing make sure the practice pieces are of the same thickness (I just grabbed some extra plastic that was laying around), so the issues on the practice piece was not an indication of how it would work on the belt. Lesson learned...

Gap on the left side was too much, so I moved the snap so that the button is underneath the ammo space. Holster is attached, Chicago screws were used. Figured out the rivet issue, will wait for covers until after final fitting (in case I need to move anything).

That is what I am doing as well. Front cut to the correct dimensions, then work on the back.

Started the initial fitting of the torso, hoping I can get some feedback. Belt now sits where I want it, finally figured out the rivet issue. Will the back straps be pushed down by the plastic bridges? I have the back piece taped to the kidney, should there be this much gap at the back of the arm or does that mean I need to cut some of the material over the shoulder?

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Moved the snaps on the belt to sit it below the buttons. Testing the snap rivets, I am not sure if I am correct as it seems to be very proud of the surface and will scratch the armor? Testing on scrap pieces, front appears to be ok On the back, I did one with a washer and one without. Nothing fancy on the tool, no quick jerks on the handle. The rivets are aluminum 1/8th shank.

Working on the right side clasp, I want to stop the up/down movement and keep a positive "lock". Simple slide Installed

Hello fellow Georgian! You need to reach out to Cricket @Cricket

Something done each day... Eye guards are complete, two coats of plasti-dip and ready to have teeth cut out. Then to assemble the helmet.

From Tony's build of AM 1.0 Keep up the great work!

Adding the snap plates in preparation for first fitting. I can get how all the pieces go together but struggling on the back. I now understand that the back piece actually sits out a little bit, so the bottom return has a shape to it. The bottom corners seem to want to push out (ride on the outside of the kidney. Is this a place to do a hot water bath and try to pull the corners up (trying to make any necessary adjustments before snap plates and fitting). Looks like center return need to be bent up? How the ends like to push down