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My cover strips on my Centurion, rear thighs were a bit wider than 20mm because I have thick upper thighs. Sometimes there's a little grace given if everything looks symmetrical. We're not here to brow beat and nit pick every little measurement thank goodness. BTW regarding your last statement, I completely agree with you.

You're correct about the cover strips. To reiterate what Paul said, inner cover strips are not needed and I'll add, not required. With that said, TM wouldn't be TM if you hadn't taken something and made it better, correct? I agree the inner cover strips are NOT needed for strength, but for people who want their armor to have a nice clean look on the inside as well, cover strips are not a bad idea. Sure they're not canon but neither are snaps and straps that 85% of the applicants have.

43 is the age of my actual younger brother, nice, now I have two, and and a new son...lol isn't that right kid, oops I meant Jason lol Glad you had fun at Dland. We go several times a year, just the Mrs and I. Kids are all grown up, they can pay their own way and stay anywhere but with us lol. Wife runs marathons so we're down there several times a year. Actually grew up in Riverside so Dland has been a go to vacation spot ever since "E" ticket days, my age is really showing now. Jason if you say "What's an "E" ticket" I wouldn't be surprised Anyhow, again this is not a race, take your time, measure twice cut once. Regarding MTK, Jason nailed it, a lot of speculation but then again who cares, we have a Movie-FX Centurions now and with ANOVOS armor just around the corner it's only a matter of time before you see them in the ranks. I personally ordered a classic TK and a Shadowtrooper I plan on building to Centurion, as long as the armor is accepted. Keep up the great work Thanks for the kudos kid

You know I'm messing with you right? You can call me whatever you like, trust me I've been called much worse

Great job Kyle, almost there sir.

The cover strip measurements are 15mm for the arms, 20mm for the front of the legs and back of the thighs and 25mm for the rear of the calves. Though I've never seen reference photos of canon armor measurements to substantiate what I've been told on a few occasions, by those who've been involved in armor accuracy for years, unless proven otherwise, this is what I go by.

Yea you and me both

You're killing me

15mm, no need to apologize. The tool kit you want is 15-17mm

Not feeling the love Jason lol

Not needed for EIB

Sorry corrected, also note the edit info.

Don't push it Jason, I'm only 51 brother

EDIT: For the "S" snaps and tool kit you will need to contact the seller who is in the UK and have him set up a auction with US shipping. The original sales threads DO NOT ship to US. "S" snaps or poppers - http://www.ebay.com/itm/181579549046?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=480539046239&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Snap die punch ans set tool - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Die-Punch-Tool-Set-For-10-12-5-15-17mm-Popper-Snap-Fasteners-Press-Studs-Button-/361106769378?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item5413a405e2 Double Cap Rivet - http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-Pack-of-Nickel-Plate-MEDIUM-DOUBLE-CAP-RIVETS-1373-12-Tandy-Leather-Rivet-/231284619814?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d9a33a26 Split rivets - http://www.ebay.com/itm/14-8-Split-Nickel-Plate-Rivets-Cymbal-Sizzlers-/271469335067?hash=item3f34d5521b

Plus add detailed pics of the ab to kidney rivets, 22mm notch in kidney, sniper knee, thigh ammo belt and forearm no return edge, if not included already.

Been looking forward to this for a long time Russell. Excellent work. Should be a shoe in.

If you have no assistance, don your armor and use tape to hold the front and rear plates in place. Lay a fabric ruler across your shoulders (front to back) next to the plates. Using you phone or camera and take a shoulder selfie. This should give you the measurement between the two. Am I making sense?

When you say shoulder bridges I'm assuming you're referring to cover strips, correct?

Looking good Josh coming right along.

Sorry for the delays, finishing up a fellow garrison member's armor. The glue and filler arrived this week. Hopefully next week the build will continue.

11. Belt assembly In the following section I will be assembling the belt with the following items, AM ammo belt, Tkittle cloth belt (3" wide), "S" snaps (female), ATA drop boxes and holster (not sure sure who made it but is withing specs). Starting with the ammo belt trim side edges to within 3mm of box edge. Overall length is 18-1/4" or 464mm, width is 4" or 102mm. Measure and mark the center of the belt. From the center measure 1-1/2" in each direction for a over all width of 3" Using a angle square measure cut corners to 45 degrees. 11a. Cloth belt. Measure the length and width of the belt to determine its center. In my case the belt was 54" in length and 3" in width. The center was 26" and 1-1/2". Place and center ammo belt on cloth belt and align the ammo belt center mounting hole. Using a pencil mark the cloth belt through the outer ammo belt mounting holes. NOTE: The ammo holes were already drilled at 1/8" Before proceeding I highly suggest marking the cloth and ammo belt which direction is up to avoid accidentally incorrectly marking rivet and snap locations. Coming from experience. Determine and mark center of ab plate. This is the location the cloth belt will be centered to. Lay your cloth belt across the ab centering the belt with the ab. The top of the cloth belt should be approximately 1/4" below the return edge of the ab button plate return edge (sorry, forgot to take a picture here so I illustrated it, well...tried). Ensuring the belt is level with the ab mark belt in locations opposite of male snaps on ab. Once snap locations are established, double check. Next using the punch tool provided with the "S" snaps (approximately 1/8"), punch holes in belt. 11b. Installing drop boxes Let's take a look at a our template. Were going to use the measurements for "Stunt" Measure and mark horizontal locations for holster Chicago screws. Start with the left mount hole closest to ammo belt, 20mm from ammo belt. Then measure approximately 114mm from left mount location to outer mount location. Finally measure 15mm from cloth belt edge vertically to the horizontal locations. Using 5/32" leather punch, punch hole for holster mount screw. Measure and mark holster mounting straps approximately 40mm from the top edge of holster pouch. Using same punch, create hole for mounting screw. Mount holster placing the female portion of the screw facing outward. 11c. Drop box & installation Trim outer and inner drop boxes Measure and trim drop box width to approximately 10mm in width. Inner drop box a bit thinner. Using 3/4" white elastic measure and cut a 10-1/2" (265mm) section x2. Install elastic around cloth belt. Place belt approximately 2mm from ammo belt. Mark elastic and inner drop box locations. Using 1/8" leather punch create holes in elastic. Drill 1/8" hole in inner drip box. Align boxes with ammo belt edge. Note location of elastic in relation to belt snap, mark and cut. Do this for both sides. Using 1/8" x 1/4" pop rivet, rivet elastic to inner drop box. I personally use aluminum rivets and washers to avoid corrosion and the washer give the elastic a bit more to hang on to. In other builds I also added a bit of E6000 between the elastic and drop box for added strength. I personally ad a strip of E6000 between the elastic and canvas belt to keep the drop box from walking around. At this point glue inner drop box to outer drop box using E600 or CA glue. Another option is to place velcro between the two to use as storage boxes. Finished. Note: later on in this tutorial this AM belt was replace ATA which is Centurion approveable, this AM belt version is not.

Haha thanks James, just making it easy as I can for others to follow.

Disneyland, I'll be there next week for the 60th woo hoo

Interested to see how the slurry pans out. Nice job David

Thermal Detonator cont... 10d. Final Assembly. Temporarily install TD end caps. Install clips by first aligning them with the caps and face plate. Mark holes to be drilled. Drill 3/32" holes and install #8 x 1/2" aluminum pan head screws or similar. Install clips. Once installed though not a requirement slightly bending the clips roughly half way through the remaining straight section (seen below) will give the clips a little extra bite on the cloth waist belt hopefully preventing little hands from walking away with your TD during troops. Side note: For the record, screen accurate clips have a slight bend (curvature) throughout the length of the straight section mentioned above, as well as a slight bend roughly 1/4" from the end as seen in the following reference photo. Using a piece of 1/4" round iron or similar, place iron under 50mm section (or half the distance of the straight section) and gently press strip towards assembly. NOTE: This can also be done prior to attaching the clips to the tube. Glue end caps and paint screws. Don't forget to paint the screw heads black. This is a requirement at the higher levels of approval. Overall length roughly 7 1/2" Finished.