[TK under way]

Yeah that will be fine. You might want to attach it with velcro though, just so you can remove it and was it if it get's sweaty & smelly.

 

I may have to just hot glue it in for now and look at Velcro at a later date.

[TK under way]

OK have my first troop this Wednesday night and I wanted to straighten up the bottom of the left thigh using foam on the inside to pad it out. I picked some AC seal foam from a hardware store I was going to use to pad out the bottom of the thighs. Do you think this stuff will work OK?

 

[UKG - Invasion Redbourn]

nice work guys, very nice

[Inform Lord Vader we have a prisioner !]

very cool pictures.

[Star Wars night w/ the Naptown Roller Girls]

that looks like a fun troop, nice job

[Kid's foam trooper build]

Nice job. I will be interested to see how it turns out.

[TK under way]

Wow. Neat and tidy work!

 

-Eric

 

Thanks Eric, This was the last thing I needed to upgrade to be able to apply for EIB status as soon as I get my standard approval verified. I just put in my approval application the other day... fingers crossed theres no hiccups.

[TK under way]

Glad you are happy with the mic tips and they worked for your speaker set-up. Nice job.

 

Keith.

 

Yes Keith they are perfect and worked really well with the speakers after some mods. Thanks again

[Fritzthfox's ANH Stunt build (T/MC)]

looking really nice... so close now. looking forward to seeing the finished armor.

[TK under way]

Thanks Sam

[Spector's First TK Build]

Looking great Sam keep up the good work.

[TK under way]

OK I finished my Hovi mic mod last night. I used the mini speakers from a skullworx system. So here is a photo step by step of my conversion of a screen accurate resin cast Hovi to accept a mini speaker. I am really happy how they turned out and they sound great. I hope this helps some one that wants a self contained sound system in their helmet, but still wants to be screen accurate.

 

 

[TK under way]

I really like the system myself its compact and very easy to install. I am sure for those tech minded they could build something similar for a lot less, but thats not me lol. I finished my resin cast Hovi mic mod last night. I will post pictures in a little bit.

[Spector's First TK Build]

Ahhh now it makes sense lol nice work.

[Spector's First TK Build]

looking nice Sam, question how did you fix the holster to the belt?

[TK under way]

yeah its a little cooler up this way lol. the fans will help with keeping air flow and de-fogging the lenses. I need to add some screen over the fans though so I don't get anything caught in the fans lol. I will do that when I change out the mic tips.

[TK under way]

Thanks Sam, here is a picture of how it looks on the inside of my helmet, I found a guy on Ebay that sells liners for the helmets and it really finishes it of and is comfortable to wear.

 

[TK under way]

Yes Sam, the speakers are in the tips, I currently have the Skullworx system installed in my helmet ( http://www.skullworx.com/ ) but the mic tips are not acceptable for EIB approval so I purchased some Hovi replica cast tips from a guy in the UK and will remove the mini speakers from the skullworx tips and mod the Hovi to take the speakers. here is a vid of my helmet sound test with the stock skullworx system.

 

[TK under way]

Thanks Sam,

I received my accurate Hovi tip and will spend the next few days modding them to fit my mini speakers. I will have to dermal out just a little on the inside and adapt them a little but I think they are going to turn out great. I am using the mic tips from my Skullworx kit (which is a great kit by the way) So I will have to dismantle the current mic tips to selvage the mini speakers from them to be able to install them in the adapted new Hovi tips. I will take photos of the process. This should be the last piece I need for EIB approval.

[TK under way]

Ok application officially submitted, fingers crossed

[Spector's First TK Build]

Try lifting the abb and lowering the chest. Its so hard to position stuff with out strapping (I tried and it sucked lol) once you have the snap plates in place you can then easily play with the length of the strapping to fit your body size. I have to go the other way. I needed to lower my abb and raise the chest plate all the way up on mine to look right on me. Hope some of this helps and its looking great Sam.

[AP Armor Pictures for review and comments.]

looks really nice and fits you well. I also hat to shim and trim being only 5'7" and 195lbs

[Seeker's/TK412's Intro and RS ANH Trooper Build.]

I think I will use some foam in the thighs to position them better. Any rocomendations on what type of foam to use?

[Spector's First TK Build]

Thanks! would have been easier without the wife telling me the whole time "Your being obsessive! It looked fine. How many times are you gonna keep tearing that appart?" All I could do was grunt and keep sanding. of course it didnt help that I walked into the room covered in sand dust and tracked it through her kitchen.... made my daughter laugh, but she didnt sleep on the couch LOL.

 

LOL I think I glued and took apart and re-glued my thighs at least 3 time before I was happy with them. They were I have to say the worst part of my build, they just didn't want to cooperate with me at all.

[Spector's First TK Build]

Nice recovery mate.