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The height of the canvas belt, normally I see the canvas a little narrower than the plaster section, also it is too long, too much excess material hanging.

My wait for ATA was 18 weeks at first then I think at the end it blew out to 21 weeks. I purchased the helmet first which was a nice way to start, then went about purchasing everything I needed for the armor build. Made a few blasters, belts, neck seals, there is a lot to keep you busy. ATA has had a lot of interest since I ordered mine and is becoming quite popular hence the long wait. Good luck what you decide

Very nice work and photo's, this should help people in the future, I can see another how to coming up soon Keep up the good work you are going great

Crooked sniper plate does seem a common problem with the AP armor from what I have read, with that being said, the front of your sniper plate does look really crooked and if it was me I would remove it and try again, heat is your friend with stubborn armor. From the rear shot it does look like you could have come up more on that side. I would clamp the rear pieces then apply some heat around the front edges and apply some force to pull the front more to the right. If at first you don't succeed try and try again (very carefully)

Very cool photo's thanks for sharing, all the best for the coming year

I found with my small frame that my sides of my armor kept wanting to pop out, even with strapping and a very tight belt. I came up with this fix, working well for me so far so I thought I would share it will you all. Fisrt found a few scraps of ABS, in my case these where 30mm x 40mm, but you can use any size you want. I then gave them a small bend so they would follow the inside of the sides. Roughed both surfaces with some coarse sandpaper and applied glue and clamps. I used two on each side, top and bottom. Here we are finished and the sides stay where they should. I may just paint the outside of the ABS black just in case you can see the pieces when I move

LOL Well the chips where random so what looks like a pimple to you looks just like a chip to me

A little heat may be needed, brute force can sometimes make them split around the rivet a little down the track

Good call, doesn't hurt to use a little foam, never know you may endulge a bit more next christmas and need the room LOL Keep up the good work

In the getting started section http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/1695-do-not-post-where-do-i-buy-armor-threads/ you may wish to read this. Also private messaging can be usefull at times

Really happy with my ATA I am 6 foot and 152lbs and take 30 jeans (sorry no US conversion lol) I built with only small cover strips and a fair bit of trimming, could have gone more but wanted to leave some room in case I added any weight down the track. Good luck what you decide.

Looking good there, just a couple of things I would change. Your holster seems a bit too far back and the straps are attached too far up on the belt. Need a shot of the D ring on the back of blaster. Thighs could come up a bit more. Knee ammo belt needs to come down lower. Backs on the drop boxes could do to be changed, they need inner boxes not just flat pieces of abs (but I think this is only for Centurion) and should use elastic for the straps. Clips on the TD should be metal, no paint on them. Should use a split rivet not a snap on front of cod. Canvas belt looks to be a little wide. Could do with a few more detail pictures of the side rivets. Helmet is painted well but there are a couple of the black outer lines which are a bit too wide. Just my views so don't painic, wait and see what the DO says. Good luck on approval, a few tweaks and you should be there

LOL the E6000 is nearly bigger than the chest plate. I'm sure a hasbro will look just fine

Congrats on the first EIB of 2013. Only 4 more to go

Congrats on that too, two milestones this year, what's next

It's like I've been cloned only 1/3 sized , looking good keep up the nice work. Can't wait to see a mini E-11 LOL

Well done and welcome to the ranks, was a long wait but worth it for first Centurion for 2013, congrats

Well done trooper, was worth the wait and first EIB for 2013. A little extra work for Centurion will be worth while in the end

Thanks for the info, at least in the description it says it is a fan made prop, so hopefully that should warn people away

No probs I have: Ab 47cm The edge on the kidney that butts against the butt plate is about 58 but my kidney goes past the butt plate by 2 cm on each side I did find that the top of my kidney plate is 55cm, I found it fitted better this way. I think you must be heavier boned than me lol, by the weight and height I should have the same need of padding as you. I could do with a little padding, I didn't want to trim too much off my armor at first, but I did notice my sides popping out a lot so I made some angle shims behind the sides top and bottom that helped to keep the sides in and not wanting to flair out. I think like most armor makers you just have to make it fit your frame. Think I would try a bit of padding first before removing too much of the sides

Looking good my ATA lid was the same on the right side, did a bit of repositioning and still wasnt happy but I did find that the bottom of the ear covers most of the bottom section and was you have the S trim on aswell then you can't see any gap

Looking good

D ring photo should be added too

Looking much nicer, good job, should just clean up the rank stripe, looks a little of on the front. The wait for things coming in the post is annoying, hopefully you get your abs soon

Your fix looks great, most leave the little gap in the ends of their joins. Keep up the good work I am sure 2013 only inprove