ukswrath

Yea I'm holding off on exactly how I'll be attaching the cod and posterior pieces until my soft parts get here.

Black strip on top cylinder, mine is painted.

Thanks Ken.

Is that personalized? Who did the run and where?

Awesome

What are most using to secure the knee plate snaps or velcro? It looks like the snap idea on the spat is the way to go, which is a excellent idea. Liking your inner harness setup, very nice.

You seriously need to do a HWT patch run. Those are very cool

Enjoy sir

Assembly cont.... Chest modification... NOT HAPPY! ANOVOS ok I'm over it... for now New indent My modification version. After rounding off the edges of the replacement chest indent I placed it over the existing indent from the inside and trace out the block. Using the dremel and plastic cutter cut the hole out. Having to cut a hole in my chest does NOT give me the warm and fuzzies. Can you tell? Placed new indent block in the hole and temporarily glue it into place using CA glue. Apply Devcon glue around the connecting corners from the inside. Ready for filler

Assembly cont.... Shins Like with the thighs test fit the shins - Using magnets ensure glue tabs will line up correctly and identify any assembly issues that may arise. Like with the thighs there's a mfg mold issue at the outer greeblie buckle area. If you look closely you can see the covering edge (rear calf section) is raised higher than the front shin section. I didn't like this, so as with the thighs I marked where the indent should have been and cut a section out so the location would fit more accurately. After the cut and retest fit. Test fit side boxes Ready to assemble. Mark location where glue is to be placed. Apply glue to inside of rear calf side (left leg). I glued this section this way for more accurate glue placement due to the raised and lowered sections molded for the outside boxes. Assemble. Right leg doesn't doesn't have to be as specific. Apply glue to glue tab. Let dry then remove clamps and magnets. After drying apply glue to left outer boxes and let fry Finished.

Way to go Tyler. Great job on the chest and yoke sir.

Oh joy!

My pleasure

Stormtrooper Hearing Assist thread up and running. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/32487-fs-ukswraths-stormtrooper-hearing-assist-system/

You're welcome

Very Nice!

Thanks Pete

Assembly cont... Thighs Test fit - Using magnets test fit thighs to ensure glue tabs will line up and identify any assembly issues that may arise. UPDATE 12/1/15: If you're shooting for accuracy DO NOT glue the inner thighs. They will be velcroed at a later time. One issue that became apparent, slight manufacturing design error. I'm sure someone else may have noticed this. This area here on the outsider thigh at the greeblie indent, the area the buckle greeblie resides. It's warped because the mfg didn't indent the front thigh glue tab to accommodate for the rear thigh greeblie mold. What they should do (ANOVOS), hope they're reading this, is step this area to accommodate for the indent. Bottom line I didn't like this setup so I modified it a bit by cutting the section out. This is how the joint fits now. You can clearly see the difference in how the two sections mate. After... After the slight detour, Assembly cont... Apply Devcon glue to outer thigh glue tabs. Assemble with clamps and magnets. After drying. Apply glue to inner thigh tab. Apply clamps and magnets. Let dry. Installing holster riser. After test fitting apply glue to underside of riser. Let dry. Finished thighs

Congratulations David excellent job

AM armor assembly can be difficult do to the nature of the armor. Though unconventional I still insist on using inner cover strips when assembling. It simplifies the process and gives a cleaner look.

haha I'm still worried about not doing it right, thanks Charles

haha awesome

Hey Peter, first off a big Thank you for the kudos brother. Regarding the fitment. Your front armor cover strips are primary. What I mean is they are most seen and need to be as accurate as possible. To achieve this, the measurement of the armor return edges at the armor half joints should be approximately 1mm wider on each side of the cover strip itself, 17mm total for the arms and 22mm for the legs. NOTE: Front cover strip widths are 15mm for the arms, 20mm for the legs. Rear cover strip widths are the same except for the rear calf which is 25mm. Most armor is pretty close to where you want to be without cutting or adding material however, everyone is different. A good rule of thumb is if you don't have to cut or add, then don't. The return edges at the front armor joints should be cut first. Once cut perform a fit test using painters tape to keep the front sections together. Put on your under suit. If measuring your thigh for example install the thigh armor and measure the rear seam overlap, or gap. If you have an excessive over lap you'll want to remove a even amount of material from both sides but leaving approximately 1" extra for leg breathing room. If you have to add, then add accordingly staying true to the measurements mentioned. Regarding the arm armor sections. Most armor in these areas can only be cut so much before it doesn't look correct and is almost impossible to assemble. When in doubt, ask before cutting. As for height fitment, depending on your height you may have trim certain areas so the armor looks anatomically correct. Hope this helps

Tyler, Very nice, very nice. Regarding the chest place I hacked out a rectangular hole same size as the replacement. Someone else had done the same, gee I hope it doesn't matter too much because it came out excellent and I would hate to have to redo it.