ANH TK build thread

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Breast plate is fully trimmed and snaps have been glued in place with e 6000


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Ok , lower abdomen section, again work in progress here, center button pad looks ok. Not happy with the way the four on the right are sitting and the paint needs re-doing as well. Snaps are glued in place and ready. Small details here and think this will be ready soon


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Ok, butt plate is trimmed and snaps have been glued in place. Snaps in the groin area are correct per level 3.


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Ba
Click plate has been fully trimmed and snaps have been put in place.


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Kid
Kidney plate has been trimmed and snaps have been glued in place.


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[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

The elastic should be further down on the shoulder bells

 

You can remove more of the return edge from the middle raised section (and elsewhere if you want), will help sit down on your biceps better.

 

  

 

 

Normally when trimming any front facing armor the front/raised ridges are measured to fit a standard cover strip (@15mm) so from the raised area you would trim @8mm from the edge, notice you have large gaps between your cover strips and the raised areas, any sizing you would do from the back/rear side. Compare with mine 

 

Note the raised ridges and coverstrips on build I did

 

Appears you have trimmed too much off your large ab plate, should have the base/plate around it.

   

 

     

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The elastic should be further down on the shoulder bells

 
You can remove more of the return edge from the middle raised section (and elsewhere if you want), will help sit down on your biceps better.
 
  
 
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Normally when trimming any front facing armor the front/raised ridges are measured to fit a standard cover strip (@15mm) so from the raised area you would trim @8mm from the edge, notice you have large gaps between your cover strips and the raised areas, any sizing you would do from the back/rear side. Compare with mine 

 
Note the raised ridges and coverstrips on build I did


 
Appears you have trimmed too much off your large ab plate, should have the base/plate around it.
   

 

     

This was the way mine was molded by WTF and did not have a base to it.


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[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

12 minutes ago, Roundarmor said:

Mine did not come with a base on it. It was a recessed square

You may need to add one. WALT may have overt rimmed unfortunately 

 

Some who have needed to fix there's cut a large plate and glue to the large ab, then fill the join with abs paste, then sand and polish

 

 

This one was filled with blade putty (automotive finefill putty)

 

It may not get picked for basic approval but will come up at L2 and L3 

 

You could reach out to your GML and see if it can be approved how it is

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Thank you for that idea. I like this idea a lot


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[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

11 minutes ago, Roundarmor said:

Thank you for that idea. I like this idea a lot

Forgot to mention the only down side to using a filler (especially different color) is the fact that you need to paint at the end, even ABS paste can need a touch up as once dry and sanded it can look a different shade of white. For any touch up's I like to use water based acrylics, it's very easy to mix and add a touch of brown, black or yellow to white (depending on the color of plastic) to achieve a close to color match with your armor color. 

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Worked on my TK again today and this post is simply to update the tread and keep a log of progress made toward becoming a TK


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Add
EAdded elastic straps to the inside of the armor today


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Started on the legs this weekend. Only trimmed enough to start the inside cover strips. Will wait for e6000 to dry totally before proceeding


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Re glued elastic stapling on arm bells to bottom as they should be


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Re glued elastic stapling on arm bells to bottom as they should be


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Glued pop snaps in place on the biceps


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Started trimming lower shins. Not glued yet. Need to measure more before I cut and glue.


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Added pop rivets to groin area


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[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Your shoulder strapping looks a little wide, just make sure the shoulder straps cover it

 

 

 

          

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Glued white rubber guards to black rubber gloves


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Guards / straps have been heated and molded but not yet glued in place because I want to sew my Han Solo snap in place first


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Your shoulder strapping looks a little wide, just make sure the shoulder straps cover it
 

 

 

          

I checked and it’s looking good


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[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Just now, Roundarmor said:

I checked and it’s looking good
 

Check again once you are wearing your arms as the shoulder bells can pull this elastic sideways and will show if too wide