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Are you refering to the metal buttons that came with the kit? I think its fine for eib, but not for centurion.

That just might actually work! Good job Rick! I am thinking of possibly integrating a small camel pak in my back plate and feed the tube up my under suit somehow.

I had to heat bend my flaps too. Wheres your EIB app Rick?!

Yup! Just trim them a hair, maybe leave about 1/4" . trim along

Looking good Scott! One thing though, your shins need to come down more over your boot quite a bit. Id say at least 1.5" to 2" downwards

Geez you should be done by now! LOL just kidding! Glad to see you trucking along! You'll be trooping in no time! Better get ya a Holiday hat to go with youf bucket

Yup, an old AM kit for sure

Back is looking good Rick! I had to heat bend the bottom sides in a bit as they stuck out a bit for me. You could always reshape the chest as well if you'd like:)

Thanks for the kudos and what an awesome collaboration letter! Way to go troopers!

Perhaps we could add a "seller/buyer" feedback thread as well. That way when buying and selling, others can have more confidence in their purchases across the board.

Congrats Rick! Thats number 2 of the AM 2.0 builds now! At least the ones with threads Looking forward to your EIB application!

Ginx! Well post ginx to you Steve

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/28772-belt-measurements-question/ There ya go, theres even a step by step on what to do. Billhags schematic is just a rough estimate. I found my snap placement was much differentl than the diagram showed

Just making sure! I had to repaint my ab buttons. Hopegully wont have to do that again, it's certainly a pain in the butt plate!

Word of advice, do not push or touch the paint even after it sits for 24 hrs. If you are indeed using testors. You can paint over it, but the smallest amount of foreign pressure can be a little berve racking. That paint really takes a couple or days to completely dry.

You can use what they call "poormans fiberglass." Basically, a strip of material from a white shirt, drenched in super glue, and glued to the back of the hovi mic spot on the inside of the helmet. It just reinforces the thin plastic to where it shouldnt crinkle when touched. The mic tips should not sit flush. You can do this poormans fiberglass, then thread the bolt on as tight as it will go, and perhaps use some loctite to keep the nut from coming loose. Mine come loose from time to time, but I have not tried any reinforcement just yet. I keep meaning to but have been simply enjoying time off from building armor with the fam

Agreed with everyone, it looks good to me. You may just be getting that perfectionist anxiety. I got it as well during my build, you'll find that most shins are lined up identical to this. Good to go

I wouldn't worry too much about the seam behind your shins. If you can, move the cover strip to make it look more centered. Doesn't have to be perfect. But before doing anything, lets see a pic of your shins first

My canvas belt is actually just a hair too big. Probably because i trimmed the return edges and shortened both the kidney and butt plate to fit me better. Will be either putting new return edges on the armor, or just sewing or gluing more velcro on my belt. Does your canvas belt not go around the whole armor, or is there just some unwanted velcro shown?

Changing for accuracy and to hopefully take this armor to centurion at some point. By recutting the chest, it has me satisfied for now though. I just have to get my abdomen armor to come up just a hair and my chest to hang slightly lower now to make up for the increased space between the bottom of the chest and my ab buttons

Good luck on your application Rick! Should be a no brainer

Congrats! Nice looking armor ya have there! Welcome to EIB!

You can feel free to just eyeball the trimming here. It doesn't have to be precise, as your ribbed shoulder straps will cover the gap anyways. Just make sure the back sits flush on your back, and same with the chest. Tape your abdomen armor together on your body when you mark your cuts on the chest armor, that way you can truly see how it will sit on your chest better. My chest plate comes right up to my neck seal. Basically just have your neck seal on and your abdomen armor on when marking the cut lines. It makes like much easier

If your using plastic handplates, i just glued elastic to fit around my palm and my wrist, then just slip them over whatever glove im wearing. I have those grease monkey gloves, and for $5 they work good. I have to pick up another pair of then cause i ripped part of the cuffs.

I have also heard about the shaving cream trick working. I have a 12v blower fan that hits directly in the center of my lenses, and a 12v cpu cooling fan pointing upward from the inside of my vocoder for circulation. Have had no issues with fogging just yet