StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Posted May 24, 2018 I think Walt can do the Kessel Run faster than solo with the speed he sent out these new shins 1 Quote
LTM[TK] Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, StrmTRPR85 said: I think Walt can do the Kessel Run faster than solo with the speed he sent out these new shins Careful Jeff, there appears to be a Jawa in the picture stealing the shins! They might be small, but they are quick. Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Posted May 24, 2018 58 minutes ago, LTM said: Careful Jeff, there appears to be a Jawa in the picture stealing the shins! They might be small, but they are quick. That jawa was digging for more parts. The only thing he found was thermal detenator end caps. Then the jawa took the parts for me down to my workshop...who knew they cleaned up too. Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Posted May 24, 2018 1 hour ago, ukswrath said: YOU CAN DO IT! Soon so very soon! I've been thinking exactly how to close the gap on the back of those shins. I think instead of heating the shin and bending that I'll water bath the coverstrip and bend that slightly Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 I'm roughly 3/4 done with a WTF Sandtrooper. Just finishing up the shins before the final calf cover strip. My calf sides are pretty close to alignment. 1 Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Posted May 24, 2018 14 hours ago, ukswrath said: I'm roughly 3/4 done with a WTF Sandtrooper. Just finishing up the shins before the final calf cover strip. My calf sides are pretty close to alignment. Do the have to align if the cover strips hides this? Or can there be some overlap of the two halves as long as the coverstrip is centered Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted May 24, 2018 Report Posted May 24, 2018 1 hour ago, StrmTRPR85 said: Do the have to align if the cover strips hides this? Or can there be some overlap of the two halves as long as the coverstrip is centered Typically the halves don't overlap each other, especially if trimmed and assembled correctly. Quote
shashachu[TK] Posted May 30, 2018 Report Posted May 30, 2018 When I was working on my WTF kit, I had pretty big misalignments on the calf openings. I banged my head on it for a while before realizing that I had to heat and shape the *fronts* of the shins in order to get the calves to close properly, not the back. I did use a heat gun, but I'd used it a bunch at that point in my build and was pretty confident with it. I assume you might have gotten scared off of it, but if you do use a heat gun again, maintain a decent distance, keep the heat gun moving, and be patient. A great tip I got from another build thread here is to heat the plastic just to the point that the plastic starts to lose its 'spring', then remove the heat immediately. Then hold the plastic in place until it cools. Here is a shin before heat shaping: And after (this is with no velcro yet): 2 Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Posted May 30, 2018 7 hours ago, shashachu said: I assume you might have gotten scared off of it Definitely more apprehensive on using it again. I think its more since I am using the elastic hooks I just need to come to terms of what my expectation is for closing them in the back will be. I'm in the process of reassembling the new ones now and should have some pics posted up in the coming days 2 Quote
shashachu[TK] Posted May 30, 2018 Report Posted May 30, 2018 Yeah, I think the thing to keep in mind is that you'll have the easiest time if you can get the calves to roughly stay in place without fasteners, whether it be the elastic/hooks, velcro, etc. Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Posted June 5, 2018 Shins are mostly assembled. I still need to remove excess on the top inside and take care of the long edge. Calf closures are glued in, now I just have to fix this gap on the bottom. I know whats getting a hot water bath this weekend! I have put my black elastic in between the bicep and the forearm and got my screws painted on the thermal detonator Do people paint both sets of screws or just the one that will be most visible? 1 Quote
TheSwede[TK] Posted June 5, 2018 Report Posted June 5, 2018 3 hours ago, StrmTRPR85 said: Do people paint both sets of screws or just the one that will be most visible? Both 2 Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted June 6, 2018 Author Report Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) Going to start playing with electronics soon! Currently I got my batteries that I will be using charging These are Lithium Ion 18650 Rechargeable batteries with 3.6V and 3350mAh of capacity. My plan is to use 3 of them wired in series to give me a total voltage of 10.8V to power my ROM/FX and thinking of using another 2 wired in series to power my fans. I will be experimenting this weekend My goal is to have all the batteries/electronics in the helmet and not have to worry about extra wires running in/out of it. Batteries located here: http://www.batteryspace.com/lithium18650-rechargeable-cell-3-6v-3350mah-12wh-button-top-pcb-protected-ncr18650b---un38-3-passed.aspx Charger located here: http://www.batteryspace.com/nitecore-d4-digicharger-4-bay-universal-battery-charger-for-li-ion-imr-lifepo4-and-ni-mh-ni-cd-batteries---ce-listed.aspx Edited June 6, 2018 by StrmTRPR85 Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 53 minutes ago, StrmTRPR85 said: Going to start playing with electronics soon! Currently I got my batteries that I will be using charging These are Lithium Ion 18650 Rechargeable batteries with 3.6V and 3350mAh of capacity. My plan is to use 3 of them wired in series to give me a total voltage of 10.8V to power my ROM/FX and thinking of using another 2 wired in series to power my fans. I will be experimenting this weekend My goal is to have all the batteries/electronics in the helmet and not have to worry about extra wires running in/out of it. Batteries located here: http://www.batteryspace.com/lithium18650-rechargeable-cell-3-6v-3350mah-12wh-button-top-pcb-protected-ncr18650b---un38-3-passed.aspx Charger located here: http://www.batteryspace.com/nitecore-d4-digicharger-4-bay-universal-battery-charger-for-li-ion-imr-lifepo4-and-ni-mh-ni-cd-batteries---ce-listed.aspx Electronics yes my fav 1 Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted June 9, 2018 Author Report Posted June 9, 2018 Played with some fan setups today. First demo was all on the breadboard. Two 3.6V batteries wired in series connected to two 5V fans wired in series. This allows each fan to run on 3.6V well under what they are rated for. Close up of the wiring. Red wires are positive from the battery and black is negative. For the fans to be wired in series (each taking 3.6V) the negative from the first fan is wired to the positive of the second fan. Next I wired in a potentiometer to give me some control over the fan. Rather than just on and off I can have a low speed and high speed with a turn off a dial I also hooked up 3 batteries together in series and was able to power my ROM/FX easily. I'll be ordering two more batteries so I can run the fans and the ROM/FX and mounting it all I the bucket, as I find space for it. Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted June 10, 2018 Author Report Posted June 10, 2018 Fans are wired up. I took some scrap ABS and created a mount for the potentiometer and picked up a power switch for my setup as well. Simply heated the ends and bent the ABS into the shape I wanted and drilled holes for the switches. After soldering all the wires I added some electrical tape to hold it all together and keep it looking clean. I used a 9volt battery connector to enable removal of the battery pack out of the bucket. Only reason I used this connection is I had it readily available at home. Tomorrow I'll get this mounted in the bucket. 2 Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted June 10, 2018 Author Report Posted June 10, 2018 Mounted in the bucket using velcro for everything. Now to see if I can get another battery pack and the ROM/FX in there with my head. If not battery packs will be moved down to the chest with the ROM/FX as well. Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted June 11, 2018 Author Report Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) After hot water bath I had much better luck shaping my shins this time. Almost no gap and using the elastic calf closures that Ukswrath sells. Now some people will ask why the elastic and why not go the easy way. I wanted to mimic the screen used suits as close as possible. The elastic also has some give to it. So while walking during test fits this moves with the leg as it expands. Velcro acts differently as it will hold and prevent no gap but will not stretch, it's either holding or it's not. But is very easy to assemble. Both options have pros and cons I just wanted to touch base on them. Below are the new rear of my shins Right shin Left shin Edited June 11, 2018 by StrmTRPR85 1 Quote
LTM[TK] Posted June 11, 2018 Report Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, StrmTRPR85 said: After hot water bath I had much better luck shaping my shins this time. Almost no gap and using the elastic calf closures that Ukswrath sells. Now some people will ask why the elastic and why not go the easy way. I wanted to mimic the screen used suits as close as possible. The elastic also has some give to it. So while walking during test fits this moves with the leg as it expands. Velcro acts differently as it will hold and prevent no gap but will not stretch, it's either holding or it's not. But is very easy to assemble. Both options have pros and cons I just wanted to touch base on them. Below are the new rear of my shins Right shin Left shin Nice Job!! Edited June 11, 2018 by LTM Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted June 11, 2018 Report Posted June 11, 2018 10 hours ago, StrmTRPR85 said: After hot water bath I had much better luck shaping my shins this time. Almost no gap and using the elastic calf closures that Ukswrath sells. Now some people will ask why the elastic and why not go the easy way. I wanted to mimic the screen used suits as close as possible. The elastic also has some give to it. So while walking during test fits this moves with the leg as it expands. Velcro acts differently as it will hold and prevent no gap but will not stretch, it's either holding or it's not. But is very easy to assemble. Both options have pros and cons I just wanted to touch base on them. Below are the new rear of my shins Right shin Left shin Excellent job! 1 Quote
StrmTRPR85[TK] Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Posted June 14, 2018 I finally am at that point in my build where I decided to just submit for basic approval. In my mind there are little things to do and touch up but maybe I am just overthinking it. So I pulled the trigger and sent in my pics. Time to see what happens 2 Quote
hollowbodies[501st] Posted June 14, 2018 Report Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Looking good! You should not have much problems clearing basic approval! Edited June 14, 2018 by hollowbodies 1 Quote
CableGuy[TK] Posted June 14, 2018 Report Posted June 14, 2018 Wow - looking great! At a glance, you should be easily set for basic and probably on for EIB. Great work, sir. :-)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
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