tat2trooper TK Anovos build thread

[tat2trooper[TK]]

Ok so I pulled my thighs up as much as they can go and still needed a little more clearance so I trimmed bottom of calf so sniper knee could be clear of being pushed by thigh. It already started developing 2 cracks on each side. So I am going to make some trusty abs paste from anovos scrap and patch that up then wet sand it a little bit.

 

[tat2trooper[TK]]

This has been a never ending fix for me right here any longer lasting solutions out there?

[Infern0[TK]]

Darn… have you glued some scrap ABS to the back to reenforce it?

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

12 hours ago, tat2trooper said:

This has been a never ending fix for me right here any longer lasting solutions out there?

 

Hi David, I had the same problem. What I did is to apply some hot water bath to bend forward the sniper knee, glued a piece of abs scrap behind each side  and use ABS paste to repair. As you said never ending fix with plastic. 

 

 

[tat2trooper[TK]]

@1nfern0 @TKSpartan so my buddy suggested taking a piece of white t shirt and soaking it in super glue and putting behind to reinforce that area. So I used abs paste first and followed his suggestion it really does feel solid. We will see how it holds up for 4th of July march.

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

29 minutes ago, tat2trooper said:

So my buddy suggested taking a piece of white t shirt and soaking it in super glue and putting behind to reinforce that area. So I used abs paste first and followed his suggestion it really does feel solid. We will see how it holds up for 4th of July march.

I've seen a similar method using fiberglass resin and T-shirt material, it's a neater way than using fiberglass matting.

 

Problem I find with a lot of super / instant glues is that they are not very strong, adding the T-shirt material may help.

 

There are other two pack glues which some of us use on our FOTK's, I use JB weld and some others use Devcon, there are of course others out there. The thing I like with JB weld is it's sandable and very strong when dry.

 

At the end of the day it's what ever works for you. 

 

 

[tat2trooper[TK]]

21 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said:

I've seen a similar method using fiberglass resin and T-shirt material, it's a neater way than using fiberglass matting.

 

Problem I find with a lot of super / instant glues is that they are not very strong, adding the T-shirt material may help.

 

There are other two pack glues which some of us use on our FOTK's, I use JB weld and some others use Devcon, there are of course others out there. The thing I like with JB weld is it's sandable and very strong when dry.

 

At the end of the day it's what ever works for you. 

 

 

Nice I have the jb weld stuff too I can use in case this doesn't work. Will definitely see after this parade march.

[tat2trooper[TK]]

Edited July 3, 2021 by tat2trooper

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

3 minutes ago, tat2trooper said:

For some reason this forum doesn't like using links to mp4's I found upload to Youtube then post the link.

 

Here is the full link to your video https://i.imgur.com/q6c5dyX.mp4

 

Doing the USA proud

[tat2trooper[TK]]

1 minute ago, gmrhodes13 said:

For some reason this forum doesn't like using links to mp4's I found upload to Youtube then post the link.

 

Here is the full link to your video https://i.imgur.com/q6c5dyX.mp4

 

Doing the USA proud

oh man I just screenshot parts of the video too because I was thinking maybe cant upload videos. 

[CallMeMrTibbles[501st]]

Lovin reading through your build buddy.

Hope you managed to sort this sniper knee 

[tat2trooper[TK]]

Forgot to post the update on sniper knee fix. Well the piece of t-shirt with super glue worked great. Didn't crack again and did a pretty long walk in parade. I am going to apply same method to my other build as well. 

[tat2trooper[TK]]

On 7/3/2021 at 3:39 AM, CallMeMrTibbles said:

Lovin reading through your build buddy.

Hope you managed to sort this sniper knee 

Thanks brotha.

[tat2trooper[TK]]

Oh and an fyi I used small screwdrivers seeing how the tshirt got stuck to my fingers with the super glue and was pretty painful ripping it from my skin hahaha.

[CallMeMrTibbles[501st]]

Oh and an fyi I used small screwdrivers seeing how the tshirt got stuck to my fingers with the super glue and was pretty painful ripping it from my skin hahaha.

I guess we've all been there!

[Infern0[TK]]

Thanks for the update! That’s awesome that it worked so well.