BIGDEAL

Notch cutting time. No biggie. Cut it, cover it with your belt, forget its there! Then its on to the last big piece, thighs... But first... My FIRST big test fit. So thighs, sniper plate, and a little tweaking and ill be done. Scary thought!

Huge congrats on a hard job, well completed! Im headed this way SLOWLY and while i struggle with my sniper plate (APs only weakness) i commend you on one of the tidiest knee plates ive seen. Im jealous!

Away i go again, installed Echos amazing kit Glue the shin strips and attach velcro And fit....

Echos fan kit arrived, looking forward to trying this out!

Next up, painting the ab buttons. I wont show my first attempt but im happy with these now. Time to start strapping the torso together, hoping to not need shims so tight elastics required. First test fit. (Mirror images so dont tell me the holsters on the wrong side)

I put pads around the sides but none on top of my head for the same reason and it works great.

Yeah Danny. Congrats!!

Forearms are a nightmare! Even with my paltry 35 magnets i can only do one line at a time.... 4 days later and one forearm is done. They are a nightmare to get on too as theyre too oval so i may clamp them for a day or two. First they need neatening up as theyre a bit scratchy. Still they fit! And couldnt resist trying one on fully.

Welcome and good luck. Im just over half way through my AP build. I started with the TD canister as its one of the easy parts. Make sure you have good lexan curved scissors, an exacto knife, magnets and LOTS of E6000 glue. Take your time and try to enjoy what can be quite frustrating. Lots of amazing info, help and people here. Anything is possible within these pages!

Perfection. You Sir are my hero. Very envious here!! Good luck, u wont need it!

Lastly for today, I fitted, then refitted, then third time lucky got my bells attached to the shoulder bridge elastic. I think Im now happy with the fit, although the biceps are not fitted here properly. just for weight and balance during assembly. Nice to get a more recognisable shape going, but the bridge elastic is bent a little, although when i pull down on the chest as it will be once all fitted together it looks like it will slip back into place. The journey continues next time with forearm completion and start to assemble torso!

Next I wrestled with the forearms. Having got nowhere I decided to break the job up and glued the inner cover strips to one side of each piece, then once dried I clamped and magnetized them to death to get the other side in to one side only. Next time ill get the far sides to meet then after thats dry ill go with the outer strips. Hard job that one!

I had time today to do a few bits. Firstly I painted the ab and kidney pins white. The "ab snap" Helmet pads installed. They are black Condor pads and fit very nicely.

Well done Danny, I am very jealous. Hope to see u soon to pick your brains over me joining you here and beyond!!

Already done Danny, I glued them just off centre behind the rivets so they sit flush. I actually measured the evil notch and even grabbed my lexans ..... But that is the FINAL job ill do on the armor, you know... Just in case!!

Thanks. I'm hoping to strap up these bits really soon so I'll pay close attention to my crotch.... Maybe I'll need the space Seems I need to be in a position to attach bits together to see how they all interact before trimming further, as for now I only went to the mould lines with everything ready for further honing.

An hour of EXTRA time to build so jumped right on with a few bits, until I ran out of prepared snaps. First up, hot water and shoulder bridges.... Bicep snaps and shoulder elastics. And one last task of positioning the split rivets into my cod and left side...not as bad as I expected but MEASURE PLENTY OF TIMES FIRST Annnnnndddd breathe. Three days home and feels like progress. I'll admit I'm finding this build quite challenging both in finding the time to do it and in my ability to get it done right. It's enjoyable but nothing like anything I've done before. Looking forward to pressing on next time I have a few minutes to spare !

Next up, shoulder elastics, purely as I really want something I can actually wear. Lots of measuring, remeasuring, swearing and starting again went on! And finally Im reletively happy.... So now I can take something of an emerging TK picture.

Another short space of time in the bag so its glue glue glue and out come more snaps... So fast the camera couldnt keep up... yeeeaaaahhhh haaaaaa

Well, I'm back from my long month away from this mammoth task... And a box from Imperial Boots awaited my arrival. So, inspired by this I got right to it and started glueing the outer strips to the biceps. I glued snaps to the shoulder bells. And while on my roll, tried (for the second time after ruining my first Ab button panel with over zealous sanding) attaching my "newest" button panel. Big progress that day by my standards!

Easy pass Danny! Now come finish mine .... Nice work, Centurion tomorrow??

Theres been a few linking to other vendors directly mate. Didnt seem fair to me, but no, not you

Mine arrived yesterday, thanks. Look and smell great!! They are rather narrow fitting but im sure theyll stretch out a bit. Got to say, bit disrespectful to be talking about other boots and posting links to them on this guys thread. Hes doing a service to the community in an area with few options. If you dont like these boots fine, dont post here, and let the guy try to build his business. Cheers

Took a while to arrive but worth the wait and saved a lot of cash on these.

I ordered one. Cancelled it today. Too worried its just a crappy Rubies attempt. Get what you pay for!