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Awesome! This is just the feedback I was hoping for. The references will help as well. Thanks!

Thanks for this information. Definitely helps this newbie. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

At many events I use a suitcase, it's smaller and easier to maneuver than my large plastic bin But the big bin is great for air travel Some outstanding builds here

I fitted the fore arms and biceps then glued the cover strips on. Originally I though 60 magnets would be more than enough. I was right if this is all of the gluing I plan to do in one sitting. Lol

Today I did some work on the armor. I cut all of the cover strips and wanted to make sure all of the 45 degree corner cuts were the same. Doing this by hand is very difficult, so I make a simple fixture to hold the pieces at exactly 45 degrees while I touched it to my belt sander. I was able to do all of them in less than 5 minutes.

I started working on my SHA. Because it's nice to be able to hear things outside the helmet... and I kinda can't so much right now. And also because I got some spiffy new headphones! This is a set of cheap Sony headphones. They're not quite over-the-ear like my nice Bose noise cancelling ones. They kinda sit on the ear. For $18 on amazon, they seemed like an inexpensive test of having real headphones in my bucket. I figured they can always be swapped out for ear buds if I can't fit everything inside. They're model MDR-ZX110 if anyone is interested. My original plan was to just hot glue the SHA in these nice little holes I drilled in the helmet 2 years ago and call it good. But grinding from the fans made that an immediate non-option. I tested it with the headphones out of the helmet and the fans running (so I was standing next to the helmet while holding a headphone to my ear) and the fan noise... dang. This is my test fitting of an outside-the-helmet mounting. I made some pencil marks at my approximate ear hole locations and test fitted the ears back on to see how much room there was for the SHA mics. And there was room! Plenty in fact. And the wires allow this sort of mounting! Everything is coming together. Seeing the excellent ideas in this thread, I scoured the garage for some foam to isolate the mics with. I used some high-impact seat foam I had sitting around to make ear-recess sized foam isolators. They're about 32mm by 16mm and wedge into the ears quite nicely. Hollowed out... And mics in place. The mic bottoms out on the canvas backing to help keep the ear packet as slim as possible. Gaffer taped in place for testing. It's not a real TK without gaffer tape, right? No blue foam is visible. That means I got the mic lined up right with the holes. Finished off with some spare packing foam that was rattling around the shop. The idea of this is to give a bit of insulation for the entire ear from the inner helmet. And it works great! I didn't take a pic of the re-assembled helmet yet, but the ears snug down just as they did originally with all the extra stuff inside. It works better than I hoped. Fan noise with the helmet on and SHA running is precisely as loud as it is inside the helmet without the SHA running. So, while I can still hear the fans, the mics aren't picking them up at all. It's just what I hear inside the helmet anyway. And what I hear OUTSIDE the helmet - wow. I had no idea they would be this good and powerful. While tinkering with the helmet in one room, I could clearly hear my wife and daughter talking quietly in the next room. With my bucket on! I could not hear them with the bucket off. Loving this upgrade. I just need to finalize the headphone mounting and my bucket will be packed with tech.

Hi welcome to the FISD Once you’ve had a look at the links above but before you buy anything head over to the UK garrison and have a chat with our armourer team with what you intend to do. This can help prevent any nasty surprises down the line. We’re pretty lucky to have some excellent armour makers in the UK so there will be some good options for you without needing to worry about import issues which is nice given the current state of things.

I have a couple of the smaller version, not as elaborate as CTID:s but happy with them, there`s also foam lined with white (black for the Shadow of course) fabric at the bottom and they fit nicely in the trunk

Friend of mine uses old pijamas or old clothes too. Cuts them up to wrap his pieces in. So they don't rub and knick each other inside the bin.