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Do7

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  1. Keep an eye out for your soft goods, my arrived today.
  2. Got everything together Friday night about 2 am in the morning, and understood what everyone says about the fx helmet being too big. It sits on my shoulders in armor so I can't turn my head, and I'm 6 foot. I have been putting on sections as I was working but once I put everything on is when heat became an issues. I decided not to wear it to cvi, there was no way I could walk from parking into the hall in it. I have trimming to do on the legs and something different with the straps on the thighs. Right now I have them attached to the abs with elastic which makes the abs sag down. Everything is become clear why everyone rigs the armor the way they do.
  3. Doing my final push before cvi. Last week pulled 2 sheets of Abs for ear bumps, knee packs, TD and drop box inserts. And half of it didn't come out. The vacuform at the shop has weak suction. I was luck to get the parts I got. Assembled the helmet tonight and trimmed the ears.
  4. I took some ABS scraps and used a hobby iron to bend them into hooks and glued them in to the inside tops of the biceps. There is reference pic from the Lucas archives were you can see a metal hook to keep the shoulder bell elastic from stripping off. ------------ Also, painted the buttons for the ab piece.
  5. Finally got rolling on the snaps. I got the right snap tool sent to me, Tandy Hammer style tool which is hard to use, so I broke down and picked up a heavy snap plier at a faberic store twice the price of Amazon. These pliers and line 24 snaps. http://www.amazon.co...Heavy snap tool I got the chest, back and arms snapped and strapped. Found a place with smooth smooth sheets of ABS but there are out of stock sounds like an armor builder in or near Atlanta bought them out. http://calsakplastics.com/ you have to call, they don't have online ordering and you have to buy a full sheet. However, the price was the best I have found if I was given good info. Call the Atlanta office and talk to Bob, if you are interested doing regular runs call them and let them know. A builder who use to buy from them said he was stopping. They need to know there is an interest so they will restock it. I didn't find out how big a sheet was but I asked for 24"x24" sheets and I think he said it would be $73 for 34 sheets cut to that size. There is a $20 cut charge, so it's $53 for a uncut sheet. They also have tubes, if they can get more ABS sheets I'll get 1.5" tube for my E-11 and a 2.5" tube for a correct TD. In the mean time still trying to get 2 to 4 24"x24" sheets.
  6. Got both thighs glued in the back. Started working on the snaps and realized the setter tool I got through Amazon, was not the one I ordered. That's the 2nd incorrect item I've gotten from resellers on amazon on this build. I had ordered a 1.5" OD tube for making an E-11 and got a 1 3/4" OD tube.
  7. Glued the forearms closed tonight, I'll trim the front and back edges tomorrow, then size and close the thighs. Also, going to try calling some of the plastic suppliers to find abs smooth on both sides.
  8. Thanks guys. I had seen the shims on trooperbay but the vac-u-form machine I have access to is a 2' x2' sheet frame [i think]. I want to vac-u-form better 2.5" DT parts, knee ammo belt , and hero 3bump ear detail. If I can't find the right ABS I could do a thick styrene. Had a productive night, trimmed the strips on the forearms to 15mm and glued one side on each. Also, trimmed and glued the front of the right shin. The repair part for my old dremel can in, last weekend I bought a dremel 4000 on sale for $45, so now I have 2 working Going to start working on the snap system, got some plastic door signs from an office.
  9. Dday My 45's measure 12" inside heel to toe, and 4" wide at ball of the foot.
  10. Got the biceps done, used the heat gun to reshape them on the inside. Glued the front of right thigh tonight. The lexan scissors work great for cutting the ABS. I've got most of the supplies to finish the armor. The humbrol paint that I ordered off amazon and shipped from England didn't take as long as they were estimating. Now if I can get a 1 1/2" tube for the e-11. Ordered a 1 1/2" OD tube through amazon and they sent 1 3/4" tube :0, but they refunded the money and I didn't even need to send back the wrong tube. I'm sourcing a 2 1/2" OD tube to upgrade the TD so I'll hope to get a 1 1/2" tube at the same time. Also, I'm still looking for a supplier for Abs smooth on both sides ( no haircell), I need 2 to 4 two foot sheets to make better parts. Any suggestions?
  11. I just got a pair of euro 45's that are much bigger than I need( miss read the conversion thought they were 12’s). It seams like boots tend to run larger, I can give you some measurements of mine if that would help.
  12. I just received the tube I ordered from amazon ( using the link above) and I got a 1 3/4" OD tube not 1 1/2".
  13. Glued the front of the left thigh tonight, and ordered more magnets. Experimenting with layering strips of abs with abs cement on the top of the back part of the helmet to get a rounded look. I think I may have something, just trying to get the polished look back after sanding it.
  14. Harbor freight has them without a logo. I want to try some of that spray rubber to rubberize the exposed fabric.
  15. Got my 1st piece glued tonight. Started with the left shin, took a lot more time than I expected. One of the strips on the shins came trimmed less than 20mm so I opted for butt joint and cover plate. That should help me cheat the right shin, test fitting it I'm concerned about getting it to close.
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