Ryth_'s WTF build

[ukswrath[Staff]]

I swear Steve we must have been thinking about the same thing, besides taking a phone call in delaying me I was going to post this.... lol

 

Edited July 23, 2015 by ukswrath

[Ryth_[501st]]

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[Ryth_[501st]]

I think there's edge left. But this is the only part I trimmed w/o reference since my GF tool my macbook that night.

 

I'll add more pictures of it when I'm home.

[Ryth_[501st]]

Here's a link to an album with 8 pictures of the button cover.

 

http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/Telefonkiosken/library/WTF%20ANH%20Stunt

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Here's a link to an album with 8 pictures of the button cover.

 

http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/Telefonkiosken/library/WTF%20ANH%20Stunt

 

Pretty dang close, what do you think Steve?

[Locitus[Admin]]

Pretty dang close, what do you think Steve?

Looks fine to me. The thickness of that plate itself is to me a larger issue, but that's not Stein's fault but something Walt should fix for future kits.

[Ryth_[501st]]

@Loctius, @Gazmosis, @ukswrath:

 

To mee it looks like mine button cover is bigger than those you posted. Becaue my edges is close to the rised edge of the armor, and 

if I remove any more... it's no go.

 

Anyway, thanks for all the help and good words on the way. Much appreciated!

 

 

 

 

 

=== Today ===

 

Not working today, so more time for cleaning the house and working on the armor. Magnets are booked for strapping webbing onto the armor so I can test fit it.

To me that's a good way to figure out what more to trim.

 

Here's my working station... good lord it's messy.

 

 

 

Also, doubletapped the buttons with a screwdriver, and they sit a bit better now.

 

Off to make 20 more snap plates!

Edited July 24, 2015 by Ryth_

[Airborne Trooper[501st]]

I've been making snaps lately too. By the time I get home from work, eat, and play with the kids some, it's almost 8pm or just past. My neighbors are not a fan of me banging a hammer on my back porch now. 

[Ryth_[501st]]

Hoping I'll finish till then

 

Strapping up the back now. Trying to line things up properly.

Remember, I'll trim more after it's ready to "wear".

 

 

It blurs out, but the snap plate sheet is made by Billhag TK1650

Edited July 24, 2015 by Ryth_

[Ryth_[501st]]

Strapadoodle-doo

 

[Chills[TK]]

I think the button plate looks pretty good. 

[Locitus[Admin]]

I think the button plate looks pretty good. 

It's almost twice as thick as an original button plate.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

It's almost twice as thick as an original button plate.

 

Guessing here but I think he's looking at it from the top down, not the side

[Locitus[Admin]]

Guessing here but I think he's looking at it from the top down, not the side

Perhaps.

 

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[Ryth_[501st]]

The thicker the better- she said!

Edited July 25, 2015 by Ryth_

[Ryth_[501st]]

Visit from my gfs family today, so not much work done. Also, armor workshop tomorrow is cancelled.

 

I'm gluing the last straps onto the ab and back.. adding one more to each shoulder for connection to bicep.

I guess I'll work on strapping back and chestpiece together tomorrow. Can't find that clever tool to make holes.. 

26 days till deadline.

 

sh*t

Edited July 25, 2015 by Ryth_

[Ryth_[501st]]

My workstation at this moment. Glued 1/2 of coverstrip on the last side on the last arm.

Still working on the calfs... Made coverstrips for the front now. Will be putting coverstrips inside and out here.

 

 

 

Glued more webbing plates. Still need to find that holepuncher so I can work on the elastic.

 

 

Work in progress to adjust how I want it to sit on me. Still no idea how to finish the elastic at this point.

[Kredal[TK]]

Seriously: soldering iron for punching holes in elastic.  It works like a light saber, cauterizing the wound as it cuts, to keep the elastic from fraying.  (:

[Ryth_[501st]]

That worked Kredal!

 

So onto the strapping. It's quite flush in the back, meaning I'll be needing to lenghten the shoulder elastic. Also it's black elastic just for testing. Can't waste my 2 inch white elastic here.

 

 

 

 

[Chills[TK]]

Guessing here but I think he's looking at it from the top down, not the side

 

Yep, that's what I was talking about. Got rid of that return edge and brought the edges inside the raised section on the ab.

[Ryth_[501st]]

Yep, that's what I was talking about. Got rid of that return edge and brought the edges inside the raised section on the ab.

 

What? Fiddle with the ab plate?

[Chills[TK]]

Nope I think the trimming looks good.

 

I believe Tony and Mathias were talking about the thickness of the plastic the plate is made out of.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Nope I think the trimming looks good.

 

I believe Tony and Mathias were talking about the thickness of the plastic the plate is made out of.

 

Correct. The overall height of the ab button place looks unusually large that's all. Look at yours from the side then g look at some other on EIB or Centurion submit threads. No biggie.

[Locitus[Admin]]

Nope I think the trimming looks good.

 

I believe Tony and Mathias were talking about the thickness of the plastic the plate is made out of.

I was talking about the thickness of the plate, as measured in red here:

[Ryth_[501st]]

Thanks Ukswrath! Let there be progress.