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Congrat's Lee, all you're hard work has paid off, nice build mate, Rob will be proud.
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Hey Lee,
Big Congrat's on EIB mate, well done your hard work & attention to detail has certainly paid off.
In regards to your shoulder strap issue I thought I'd share what I did in case it's of any help.
As you can see from the picture I only have the Large Mold on the end of the strap, and one of the small molds on the chest. To ensure a strong bond I cut some scrap ABS to fit into the back of each of these molds and glued them in. This then allows a bigger surface area to bond between the strap and the chest plate.
I used CA glue and I can't see me ever having an issue with the join. In fact the problem I can see is that if you're not careful when picking up the torso assembly you can actually form small cracks in the edges of the straps. Mine has done this and I've glued from the back to repair but I think I might actually get a replacement set of straps and make a full piece panel of ABS to run underneath it. I'm thinking I'll heat it into the correct shape and permanently glue it to the back of the strap before glueing the strap onto the chest.
I have a rack made for big troops that I can sit the torso over to air out between days, and I also use this when I get home to let it air out.
Hope that's of some help to you.
Cheers
Craig
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Looking great Sean.
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Bucket off to you for helping someones dream come true. Looking forward to seeing some pictures of her armored up and hopefully trooping.
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Nice work, the look on his face is priceless
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Thanks Craig. I was going for the quick and easy solution. You were certainly dedicated to your snap system, which is far superior to mine. I figure I'll reinforce areas once I get trooping, but I'm putting a lot of pressure on myself to make progress. I've got a custom saltwater reef tank coming soon (my original tank was destroyed due to Hurricane Sandy) and I have to get that going once it arrives this week or early next week. So, when the tank arrives, my armor building will have to take a short break.
Here is the latest...not much but a few things all at once. Drop boxes are appropriately named because when I went to pick them up the bottoms dropped out...can't believe I never glued them. Oh well, easy fix. Working on the belt and some snap plates on the cod.
I think you're snaps look pretty good mate, very neat and well made. Mine is probably a little overkill, but then again I carry a little more heft than most troopers and I haven't had a snap fail yet. I double up not only for strength, but also to provide a backup in case a snap failed. Having the extra one beside it means you can keep on trooping and fix it when you get home.
You'll definitely find things to adjust/modify once you get trooping, I'm still tweaking mine here and there trying to get better range of motion & comfort. I think these are a perpetual motion type thing, never totally finished, always evolving, repairing ect.
Nice progress mate, keep the pictures coming when you can
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Great idea with the spacer for glueing your snaps on. I used a similar system to glue my Nylon Snap Plates in and it worked well for me.
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Looking good Sean.
I struggled a little with room in my Forearms & Calves so I've used bigger Cover Strips than some of yours. Basically as long as you keep the sizing consistent your OK. By that I mean if you run 15mm Fronts on the Bicep use 15mm Fronts on the Forearm, if you run 20mm Rear on the Bicep use the same on the Forearm.
Try to keep the Fronts to the recommended sizes, and if you need wiggle room go bigger on the Rears.
For mine I ended up with the following :-
* Forearm - Front 20mm / Rear 30mm
* Bicep - Front 20mm / Rear 30mm
* Thigh - Front 20mm / Rear 35mm
* Shin - Front 20mm / Rear 35mm
I could have gotten away with narrower on the Thigh Rears, but stuck with 35mm so they matched the Shins.
Nice work mate, keep it up.
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Looking good mate, go the RT-Mod
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Welcome Darren, we'll be sure to help in anyway we can.
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Hey Lee,
Here is the link to how I strapped my thighs :- http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/21968-bids-anh-hero-build-thread-rt-mod/page-3 (if the link doesn't work for some reason it's on Pg.3 of my build about 1/2 way down).
I use a webbing belt around my waist done up tight, and then a pair of suspenders over my shoulders clipped to this belt to stop it sagging (the belt and suspenders are put on before my Neck Seal.
I then have a snap plate glued into the thigh at the top/front, and an elastic loop that the belt runs through. I've found it easiest to put the thighs on with the loops attached to them, unclip the belt and feed each one through it.
As you have no doubt found so far if you look at 3 different suits or armor you'll find 3 different strapping methods.
Nice work on your build mate, very neat.
Cheers
Craig
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Hey Jeremy,
Sorry for the late reply mate, I haven't looked at my build thread for awhile.
I've still got to finish the Ab/Kidney Shims and fill the 4th Teeth holes in the bucket. I've got the Ab Shims in place and I'm just working on getting the join as seamless as possible. Once I'm happy with that I'll go on with the teeth.
I certainly haven't given up on it, have just been enjoying trooping the heck out of it. We had one of our 4 biggest troops of the year 4 weeks ago, a 2 day event and had a ball. This weekend just gone was our biggest event of the year (the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere) with over 120 characters invading Dreamworld on the Gold Coast (a theme park) for 2 days. We had all 3 of our prop/back drops setup (including our new Trash Compactor) and had an absolute ball.
Thanks for the kind words regarding my build. I'll update the thread as soon as I've got the Ab/Kidney shims completed.
Cheers
Craig
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Hey bids
My height is round 185cm an weigh about 90kg if that's help
Cruiseader
I've replied to your pm on the Redback Garrison Forum.
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Hey Steve,
Good to see you on hear. You'll find plenty of helpful information from this bunch. Good luck with your research, hope to see you at a troop soon.
Cheers
Craig
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I also have the RT-MOD and we have the same size head so you should be OK. I've got 2 squirrel fans & a Wireless Mike Module in mine & with care can still get it on and off OK.
As a comparison I can just barely get a standard EFX bucket on, but it squashes up tight against my cheeks & I wouldn't be able to see out of it to troop in.
Keep in mind the RT-MOD has quite a big return edge under the chin which you can trim back a bit.
Hope this helps.
Cheers Craig
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Sounds good, happy to help out with anything I can. I love my RT-Mod and I'm still working on the last 2 things I need to do for EIB/Centurion, so as you said together we can take over, and to borrow from our illustrious leader "1 giant sized trooper at a time".
Talk soon mate.
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In my experience with abs paste it helped to "massage" the paste after the most of acetone evaporated but while the paste was still fairly soft in order to get the tiny gas bubbles out,
Basically, I just poked at it back and forth and compressed it with my fingers.
I might try that on some scrap as unless I can get it to turn out better I won't use it again. I did try to work in more with the applicator in the hope that it would work the bubbles out, but I didn't try it with my fingers, or after it had started to set.
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Hey Lee,
Great build so far mate, very neat.
I remember the lack of skin on the wrist with "fond" memories during forearm test fits. I left just enough return edge in the forearm wrist mold for the inner shim to butt up against. I found once I had the inner shim fitted, the return edge removed, and I'd sanded a nice smooth bevel around the inside edge the comfort level was much improved.
Just make sure you don't go too tight at the elbow end. I only trimmed enough overlap to allow me to fit the cover strips and my forearms still ended up tight. Not too bad in an A/C area and for short periods, but I did a 4km walk the other day for a Melanoma awareness troop and when I got back to de-armor I was flat out getting my forearms off. I didn't realise how much your body swells in the heat, ended up with a huge bruise up the inside of my forearm so I'll need to trim some more out of the inside to avoid this in future.
Great job on the bicep hooks, they look super neat and I'm a little jealous, might have to go back and revisit those.
Looking forward to seeing your build progress.
Cheers
Craig
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While others on here have used it to great success, I've not had any luck with ABS paste.
I tried it to fill the seam where I joined shims onto the ends of my Kidney plate. After 3 attempts, where I had to sand back & start from scratch I gave up before I either a: had a Hulk moment and smashed the Kidney, or B: threw it someplace (like on the roof).
Every time I let it cure for 12hr's. and then wet sanded it back, but each time I had tiny air bubbles in the seam and it looked worse than the original seam.
Not sure what I was doing wrong as I tried both thinner and thicker consistences, and also worked the paste differently incase my mixing the paste was introducing the air. Working the paste more with the applicator didn't make any difference.
I've since completely given up on the idea and have instead resorted to getting color matched paint and building up the seam with coats of paint.
Like I said I've seen some great results on here, but it wasn't for me.
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Welcome Kevin, have fun with your research.
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Welcome Almir, enjoy your build, and don't forget to post a build thread.
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Welcome Scott & good luck with your build. We love pictures, hint, hint !!!
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Yeah one thing you'll have to get used to in this hobby is long time frames. That's why it pay's to choose a costume or version of a costume that you're passionate about as it can help keep you going.
My advice would be to ignore time frames & instead choose your armor based on your body size & the level of accuracy you want to build for. If you're looking at that sort of wait don't rule out TM as well.
As far as I'm aware the maker of my armor is so busy he's not taking any more orders this year.
If it comes to it you can always make a soft costume to take the edge off in the meantime, and this also gets you approved & trooping (it's nice to have a soft costume to wrangle in as well).
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Thanks Craig, I've already signed up on the Redback forums and made my introduction there.
Saw some neat and helpful eFX mods on there but I've come to a decision to leave my helmet for the moment and just get a full TK kit.
I already emailed AP about their kit but I'm waiting for a reply from MM about his armour. I'll make a topic soon on RB for suggestions.
Sorry mate, completely missed your post on the Garrison Board. Good idea ordering the full kit as that way you're guaranteed a color match.
Unfortunately MM isn't doing armor ATM as he's living overseas.
Hope to catch up at a troop or AP sometime soon.
BID's ANH Hero Build Thread - RT-Mod
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Hi Laura,
Thanks for the kinds words regarding my build thread, I hope it is of some use to others. I'm in Australia & sourced my Snaps from Mac-Lace Leather in Brisbane (www.maclace.com.au), although I'm sure you'd be able to source them locally these guys offer great service and an online ordering system if you wish to use them. These are the exact ones I used
If you scroll about 1/2 way down the first page of my build thread you'll see how I made the snap plates. I sewed a 40mm long piece of 50mm wide loop velcro to the same size piece of nylon webbing (same material as used in backpack straps), sewed around the border & then diagonally both ways. I then punched the holed in the snap plate and attached the snaps using the punch also available from Mac-Lace. I made them this way so that they were flexible for any curved areas of the armor so that they would form the largest possible surface area for the CA glue to adhear to. I've yet to have a failure. I doubled up & used 2 snaps in each so that if one ever fails I can continue trooping and replace it when I get home.
I used elastic for the straps to attach to these to offer some flexibility, and used the hook side of the velcro, again sewed on. I found it easiest to glue the velcro to the nylon/elastic with the CA glue before sewing.
I hope that's of some help to you. Feel free to pm me if you have any further questions. I'd love to see some pictures of you Iron Man suit when your done.
Cheers
Craig