ukswrath

Congrats Andrew, welcome to the legion.

It's interesting you mention the Mrs. I had the same issue last night. Arrived at home started working on the TFA and she walks around the corner and gives me the "honey do list" look DANG IT!

Also, as other's have mentioned it's best to remove enough return edge so it aligns with the cover strip edge. 15mm is the cover strip width for the arms. Edit: Disregard the red arrow, just align the red lines with the cover strip Edit, edit, 15 for the arms, don't know what I was thinking, my bad

Beautiful ATA BTW. My favorite of course.

So.. I'm assuming you have a TFA, this should be a cake walk for you in comparison. Beautiful armor. Looking forward to the build.

LOL... too funny Walter, though I think you meant Ab and Kidney, right? Also, you can have the title of "Walter's rubber washers" as I don't use those Excellent job BTW to the both of you.

Hey sorry I'm late. Excellent build so far Walter and Jay. I'm probably just as anxious as Jay to see this build come to a conclusion, exciting times.

Thanks Tim, can't wait to see your build brother.

Thanks for the kudos Josh

Looking great Chris, good luck sir!

I love my Husky http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-37-in-Mobile-Job-Box-209261/203668066

Very nice, very nice. You going to be selling those blasters when finished? If so I may have to put in a request for one.

WHAT!!!! YESS! Brotha Tim !! Woot! Woot! :happy and cheerful birthday:

Assembly cont... Ab & Kidney After the trimming I performed a test fit to see how the ab and kidney fit me. A little bit of painters tape did the trick. A few selfies later it was determined the kidney would have to be split in the rear center. I chose to split mine before the attaching it to the ab. Using my steel ruler I followed the crease in the armor and made the cut. At this point I prepped the kidney and ab after checking my side seems. Performed a test fit with the sections. Applied glue to the kidney sections and assembled. NOTE: There's a slight crease in the kidney that you can align the ab to. This assembly was probably the simplest step in the process, IMO. Let dry. The ab box mounting will be addressed at a later time. NOTE: Another area prone to cracking as discovered by Peter (aka Barcoder) is a area on the back side of the ab, near the outer most belt mount. Apparently this area may crack over time from the stress from getting into and out of the armor. I noticed it flexed pretty heavily during test fitting. As with my yoke I reinforcement the area, this time using cover strip material and excessive amounts devcon glue. Once dry I'll dremel down the area and recheck the strength.

Assembly cont... Belt and boxes. Since at this time of post I'm still waiting for my soft parts and HELMET! I guess I'll focus on the boxes. After extracting boxes from the endless pile of plastic I sat down to do a little prep work before assembly. UPDATE 12/1/15: If your shooting for accuracy, boxes 10I & 10G will not be used and are to be made out of rubber. As illustrated later in this build they fit slightly inside boxes 10H & 10J with the outer diameter the same. The base of the rubber will be contoured to follow the contour of the waist belt. If you plan on making the accuracy update DO NOT glue these particular boxes together, if you don't, continue on. Matched up the boxes. 6J fits inside 9N Temporarily assembled 6I fits inside 9L, and 9M sit atop 9L. In my build I will take the two larger boxes that hang vertical and make them storage compartments however, before we get to that lets get them ready to mount to our belt. NOTE: As new information regarding the canon armor assembly is be discovered the belt assembly has also changed. At this point you have two options, continue on with the standard assembly as instructed by previous builders and ANOVOS which consist of mounting the waist belt boxes using 1/4" Chicago screws that will be fashioned to the standard 2" nylon webbing and 2" floor mat material...... or the new accuracy update method which requires different materials and hardware which are mentioned starting in the accuracy belt assembly section found here > http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/31877-ukswraths-tfa-build-thread-tk-10116/page-16#entry443455 Standard Method: Here's the 1/4" Chicago screws we'll be using to mount the boxes to the nylon belt provide with the soft parts. Each box back plate has indents you will drill out for the mounting screw installation. You'll need a 7/32" drill bit for this portion. Using a drill drill out the indents. Once the holes are drilled you'll want to test fit the screws before applying glue. I may have mentioned before that I wouldn't be using E6000 on anything else during this build, humm.. yea about that. A little dab on he inside head of the screws won't hurt. Apply glue and insert female screw from the inside . Let dry.. Gluing the top to 9L. Add bit of glue around the top edge. Install 9M and center. Apply glue and assemble center waist belt boxes. Let dry...

Assembly cont... Shoulder Bells. Prepare upper and lower shoulder bell sections for assembly. Funny thing happened here. So for at least a hour myself and my wife measured and measured, then attempted to make mathematical calculations, all to come up with the exact center of the main bell section so when the upper was glued in place it would be centered. Here's our progress. After all that I finally said, "forget this!" and I eye balled it. Man! talk about over thinking something lol Once I found what I believed was my center I traced out the upper section, applied glue and assembled. Finished.

Assembly cont... Biceps. Cleans all burs from corners and prepare for assembly. Test fit sections prior to assembly. For those who do not have a template for your inner cover strips, follow along. If you do have a template feel free to skip ahead. NOTE: The inner cover strip is only needed on the bicep outer edge. The inner edge has a glue tab. Measure and cut cover strips from the strip material provided. In my case the cover strips measured 215mm in length and I used the standard 25mm for the width. Outline and cut out outer bicep indent. For best results evenly use the cover strip between bicep sides. Cut out indent section. Trim and taper upper and lower strip ends. Test fit cover strip and bicep halves. Apply glue to inside of bicep, hold in place and let dry. 45 minutes later remove clamps and magnets. I cut a bit too much off at one of the edges so I applied painters tape to create a dam for the glue the will recreate my missing area. Apply glue to cover strip this time. Easier to manage in my opinion. A bit more glue at the discrepancy area lol. Assemble. 45 minutes later. Test fit the inner connecting edges. Apply glue and assemble. UPDATE 12/1/15: If you're shooting for accuracy DO NOT glue the inside of the bicep. It will be velcroed at a later time. Finished, prior to filler

Well done Johan and congratulations sir. Welcome to EIB Looks like I learned a thing or two also, so much for the CRL haha

LOL,

Congrats Pete, welcome to the 501st

That's right sorry forgot. The good news is "Deployed" is equivalent to EIB and "SWAT" to Centurion. So the accuracy is still just as important.

Jason sorry for the delay brother. I wouldn't worry about the rear calf return edge too much, it's the nature of the MTK beast. I would do as Josh suggested and cut down the center of the two halve sides. 25mm cover strip will cover a good portion of the area anyhow. Since you're looking to EIB eventually I would encourage you to contact Gazmosis and get his opinion since he's going to be the one approving your armor. I think you'll be ok though.

Nice