Did ATA change the buck for his belts?

[bigtrev503]

I was at an armor party yesterday with a fellow member, Raintrooper. We both have an ATA kit. My kit is almost finished and his was untouched. He said his was orignially intended to be a TD, but is getting the correct knee and ab plates. We put our belts side by side and his was signicficantly bigger. Which one is correct for a TK?

 

 

 

 

Is the TD belt bigger? Did ATA upsize his belt? What is going on here?!!!

Edited January 18, 2021 by gmrhodes13
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[Tray[TK]]

should be roughly 17" end to end. My boxes are 14 3/8" from outside edge of left most box to outside edge of right most box.

[Blandsaft[TK]]

I go a TM armor so its not the same but that one got 14,76 inch from outside to outside on the boxes.

[Palpatine1977]

That is very strange... they should be the same lol.. and no, TD are the same belt as TK.. why don't you ask ATA?

[Darth Voorhees[501st]]

It looks like that one was trimmed. Ive built a few ATA kits over the last couple of years and the only change in the belt i saw was you no longer see the wood grain through the plastic, as his older wood bucks were replaced with something else...maybe metal like the thigh ammo belt. I never noticed any difference in length/size. But that does look bigger. interesting.

Edited August 4, 2013 by Darth Voorhees

[HockeyTrooper[TK]]

Nate (Misterfubar) and I noticed this as well when we helped Travis (Tmacken) with his TK. The mold appears to have changed in the last 8 or 9 months.

[gazmosis[501st]]

ATA waist belts have always been longer at the ends. You just need to trim them down.http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/18407-question-about-plastic-portion-of-belt/   here are the specs

[bigtrev503]

ATA waist belts have always been longer at the ends. You just need to trim them down.http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/18407-question-about-plastic-portion-of-belt/   here are the specs

 

 

Steve, it's teh boxes. They're bigger and spaced further apart

[gazmosis[501st]]

That is correct. There is still too much material between the end box and the end of the belt. Here is a side by side of two ATA kits. You can see on the right TK how much material is on the end of the waist belt and the TK on the left is trimmed.

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[Darth Aloha[Admin]]

Weird. The boxes are smaller and differently spaced on the lower belt. They should be the same for TK and TD. Oh Supertrooper....?

 

-Eric

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

when I compared the wood grain ATA buck, to an AP it was really shorter than the AP.

 

looks like he corrected the smallness of his belt buck!

[SuperTrooper]

When I went from wood to aluminum the dimensions were corrected on the belt.  The switch happened over a year ago though.

[Darth Aloha[Admin]]

When I went from wood to aluminum the dimensions were corrected on the belt.  The switch happened over a year ago though.

A year? This means that people aren't holding enough armor parties.

 

-Eric

[maxsteele[TK]]

When I went from wood to aluminum the dimensions were corrected on the belt.  The switch happened over a year ago though.

 

So, which one is the "corrected" belt?  The one with the larger boxes, or the one with the smaller boxes?

[naatsirhc[TK]]

The original belt was smaller, the new larger belt is more accurate. The original had smaller boxes closer together. I had a fellow trooper( who owned an fx suit) snap my original in half, I ordered my replacement and was surprised that it was larger. I had to make 2 new holes in the canvas, easy fix. I am much happier w/ the new belt!

[bigtrev503]

Ugh... just something else I have to buy. Looks like I'll have to wait for a new belt to continue my build since (I THOUGHT) that was all I had left to do   

[MisterFubar[TK]]

You can still use it. No one except a few people here will ever notice or care.

 

I'm pretty sure mine is the older smaller one and I never noticed until it came up at build party.

[bigtrev503]

Yeah, and the cost of a replacement is just too high. He's not willing to do a straight across trade for the inaccurate one. Looks like I'll have a slightly smaler belt. I'm glad the info is out there now. 

Edited August 7, 2013 by bigtrev503

[JLight[TK]]

Yeah I can't imagine it being too noticeable. Thanks for posting though. I am about to order my ata armor. Still working on the lid.

[bigtrev503]

I talked to him and we worked out a deal

[bigtrev503]

Now that I've gotten my new belt, the question is where do I cut it to be accurate? Do I just cut the ends to the same width as the space between the boxes?

 

Here's where I'm at:

 

Edited January 18, 2021 by gmrhodes13
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