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Buttons look super clean!..wow, great job!

Thanks! They're the stickers that come with the kit. I think they look good too!

 

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they do look nice. I should have spared myself the trouble :L

Nah... you are on your way to epic ness! Keep troopin to the beat of your own my friend your armor is coming along awesome! Reminder, I did it cause I hate painting!!! But to my defense I did buy a bottle of that french blue paint from trooperbay with the intentions of painting. I just came across that thread and said "oh yeah..."

I'll be checkin in on your thread to get latest and greatest in a bit.

 

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Should the inner drop box be flush with the edge of the outer? Does it matter much? Here is my current view...

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Hand sanding is for the birds...

 

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Getting the TD panel and caps sized. I also prepped the tube for paint tomorrow!

 

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Tube painted and control panel E6000'd on.

 

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I just need to get the aluminum brackets which are providing to be elusive at the local home depot. Maybe I need to visit Lowes.

 

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Ok. It's time to make the nylon snap plates while I am waiting for the glue to dry on some of the other parts. So, I made a very complicated jig that exhausted my mathematical abilities. I have extensively documented it in every detail for you.

 

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There you have it.

 

 

 

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Ok... so this little anvil is supposed to be pumping out snaps?!?

 

I move the process to a real anvil in the garage and got these done is a few minutes.

 

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Actually don't listen to me lol. THe AP TD panel fits pretty nicely without trimming there isn't a specified set of dimensions for the caps or panel just approximations. If it looks screen accurate you're golden!

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Should the inner drop box be flush with the edge of the outer? Does it matter much? Here is my current view...

 

Hand sanding is for the birds...

 

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Can be flush, but not necessary. In this case, close is good enough.

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Can be flush, but not necessary. In this case, close is good enough.

Awesome, thank you. I had gotten Kevin W's inner drop boxes and I think the fit is great.

 

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Actually don't listen to me lol. THe AP TD panel fits pretty nicely without trimming there isn't a specified set of dimensions for the caps or panel just approximations. If it looks screen accurate you're golden!

Hahaa! Yeah CRL just states 7.5 in lenght. Caps and control panel I was just taking off Ukswraths post. Figured why not.

 

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Just some bicep work today. Went to a local armor party last night and got some great advice. Met some cool peeps as well. On ward!

 

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Starting to glue nylon snaps in place as well.

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Whoop whoop...

 

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Had some extra cover strip... well it really wasn't extra I just cut it to the wrong size and glued it in to help fill the space.

 

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I like the snap attachment. Nicely done.

Thank you kind Sir!

 

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More snap plate gluing...

 

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I also worked on the knee belt. I searched for a bit trying to find some idea of how to cut the curved part out. I remembered seeing something really cool and easy once but couldn't find it for the life of me. I ended up going with this and maybe this was it? If not, it's to late now!?!

 

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When in doubt I always search one of Tony's (ukswrath) threads and realize another level of attention to detail that I'm forgetting. Looking at his straps in his AM thread I decided to trim some of the extra off these straps. I think it looks better.

 

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Left side done, right side to go.

 

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