TK-Timbuktu's Anovos ANH Build

[TK-Timbuktu]

7 hours ago, Rat said:

Yeah I'm hoping to get mine done in time for Solo premier. Hoping. I hear ya on the fitting part, I'm just starting on that and it seems daunting, "Like do I trim evenly from all edges or just one side?"

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If you haven't already, check out Panda Props videos, the way he shows it is that you want to overlap the pieces so they're even when fitting. Keep in mind he's doing a bigger size kit that is not Anovos, but check this one out and see if it helps, you can start the video at 8 mins: 

 

[Rat[TK]]

If you haven't already, check out Panda Props videos, the way he shows it is that you want to overlap the pieces so they're even when fitting. Keep in mind he's doing a bigger size kit that is not Anovos, but check this one out and see if it helps, you can start the video at 8 mins: 
 

Yeah I have watched his videos as well, but I'll go back to them again. Thanks.

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[68Brick[TK]]

Start sizing with your biceps. They’re the easiest. 

[Rat[TK]]

That is precisely where I've started.

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[TK-Timbuktu]

Have been busy building IKEA furniture the past couple days, but I did get the chest and ab plates trimmed over the weekend. Left some extra return edge until I get the brackets to see how much I can trim off. I'm also going to start fitting this week when I get the free time, starting with the biceps.

[TK-Timbuktu]

Got my set of brackets in the mail from Trooperbay, so I started to measure out where I'm going to drill following ukswrath's build. Measured sides (3/4 inch) and after making the bracket holes on the sides found the middle of the back plate.

After that I marked the bracket holes for the center. To ensure consistency and because I'm not the best at measuring, I'm making center lines for the brackets and measuring 20mm from hole to center line. (They're about 40mm from end to end)

Next I lined up back to kidney and got them lined up as best as possible.

Then I did each side of the top kidney, lining up with the back plate.



Now measuring the middle of the lower kidney and the sides.



And here's the finished bracket holes marks for the lower kidney plate.

And to finish off the bracket hole marks for the back armor, lined up the posterior with the kidney plate. As much as I admire the asymmetry, lining these pieces up proved to be pretty stressful, but after trial and error I think I have them lined up as closely as I can. The center and left (looking from the inside) are spot on, but the right (from the inside) is off a bit, so I'll have to adjust that one later. Although at some angles of holding them center with the kidney the inner right looks close. Any tips for properly lining these pieces up without having an extra pair of hands?

Inner left:



Inner right:

Inner right after making new bracket marks. Still not perfect but a little closer:


Center:

I'm going to start on the abdomen and chest plate later today or sometime tomorrow. I'm also planning on making support pads for the brackets, so that will be on the to-do list as well. And I'm not going to start drilling yet so if there are any suggestions or corrections I would gladly appreciate the feedback. Also for clarification is the correct drill bit 7/64?

[Rat[TK]]

Looking good so far man, keep it up and from what I can tell the placement looks good.

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[TK-Timbuktu]

After a couple weeks of not working on my build, I finally got the time to get back to it. Did more fine trimming on the chest and back pieces, then sanded everything down in preparation for fitting.

After that, I went ahead and drilled the holes for the brackets after checking my measurements several times.







I also installed the brackets to the armor and it came out better than I thought given my measuring skills. And following ukswrath's build I went ahead and used shims to reinforce the brackets.



Here are the results after some trial and error. I think it looks good and hopefully better after some paint on the bolts. I know I am going to have to drill the holes for the side rivets and cod (have them marked to drill now) and that I probably should I have done that first, but I only thought about that after the fact. Like I said, trial and error. But so far I am looking forward to keep the momentum going on this build.








And finally, I was able to trim the hand guards to better fit, but I'm still thinking it's a bit thick. What's the rule of thumb on width around the handguards? I have it at about 10mm all around right now (front is wider at the moment). A lot of the photos I see are the flexible handguards but was planning on using these for now at least.






And for now I am using the provided hand strap, swapped out with industrial Velcro. I also want to add another loop to go around my thumb to keep it from falling off but will look into that more later.

In the meantime I am going to finish the fitting process in time to start gluing sometime this month at a locale that isn't my apartment (don't feel like breathing in all that E6000 in an enclosed space). I'm hoping that if I have it all fitted and ready to glue, I can get it all glued on the same weekend. I have 50 rare earth magnets and a 22 pack of clamps for the job, so we'll see.

[Rat[TK]]

I think I have mine at around 5mm all around I could be off a bit, but it's about that.

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[TheSwede[TK]]

6 hours ago, TK-Timbuktu said:

What's the rule of thumb on width around the handguards? I have it at about 10mm all around right now (front is wider at the moment). A lot of the photos I see are the flexible handguards but was planning on using these for now at least.

Flexible ones are for Centurion and yours are fine as is, personally I wouldn`t go over 10 or under 5.

6 hours ago, TK-Timbuktu said:

I also want to add another loop to go around my thumb to keep it from falling off

Second loop can go around your wrist and pehaps that´s what you meant - keep up the good work

[TK-Timbuktu]

14 hours ago, TheSwede said:

Flexible ones are for Centurion and yours are fine as is, personally I wouldn`t go over 10 or under 5.

Second loop can go around your wrist and pehaps that´s what you meant - keep up the good work

Awesome, thanks. And yeah the wrist makes more sense. Time to learn how to sew I suppose. I'd like to get as accurate as possible on this build, but at the moment I think I'm going to stick with the plastic handguards and maybe upgrade later on. 

[TK-Timbuktu]

20 hours ago, Rat said:

I think I have mine at around 5mm all around I could be off a bit, but it's about that.

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Cool, I didn't cut as much to make sure it wasn't too thin, but will have to see how it looks with the armor when fitting. the original trim line made them crazy thick though.

[TheSwede[TK]]

8 hours ago, TK-Timbuktu said:

Time to learn how to sew I suppose

Not unless you want to, just glue the elastic in a loop to the handguard and I would do the same with both elastics  - no need for velcro

[Commander Gree[501st]]

On ‎2‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 8:11 PM, TK-Timbuktu said:

After a couple weeks of not working on my build, I finally got the time to get back to it. Did more fine trimming on the chest and back pieces, then sanded everything down in preparation for fitting.

After that, I went ahead and drilled the holes for the brackets after checking my measurements several times.







I also installed the brackets to the armor and it came out better than I thought given my measuring skills. And following ukswrath's build I went ahead and used shims to reinforce the brackets.



Here are the results after some trial and error. I think it looks good and hopefully better after some paint on the bolts. I know I am going to have to drill the holes for the side rivets and cod (have them marked to drill now) and that I probably should I have done that first, but I only thought about that after the fact. Like I said, trial and error. But so far I am looking forward to keep the momentum going on this build.








And finally, I was able to trim the hand guards to better fit, but I'm still thinking it's a bit thick. What's the rule of thumb on width around the handguards? I have it at about 10mm all around right now (front is wider at the moment). A lot of the photos I see are the flexible handguards but was planning on using these for now at least.






And for now I am using the provided hand strap, swapped out with industrial Velcro. I also want to add another loop to go around my thumb to keep it from falling off but will look into that more later.

In the meantime I am going to finish the fitting process in time to start gluing sometime this month at a locale that isn't my apartment (don't feel like breathing in all that E6000 in an enclosed space). I'm hoping that if I have it all fitted and ready to glue, I can get it all glued on the same weekend. I have 50 rare earth magnets and a 22 pack of clamps for the job, so we'll see.

Just curious as to where you got your magnets from? I have searched and found a few places where they are pretty cheap but am weary about them being right. Some places have them are super expensive.

[Rat[TK]]

Lowes, home depot or online.

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