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  2. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    After putting my undershirt on I’ve run into a problem. I guess it may not be a bad one. My right bicep feels a little tighter than it did when I made the initial cut on it. I’m thinking all the heavy lifting of hundreds of wine boxes is giving me a little more muscle mass than I had before. I have decided to trim the return edge off the fronts of my biceps to see if this will remedy the situation. Here is the before picture.
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  3. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Good morning troopers. Gonna start the mad push to finishing this TK up. All snaps have been glued inside my limbs. I will show pictures later.
    I took the clamps and tape off my ab plates, here is what it ended up looking like.
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    My plan today is to measure out the strapping for my arms and get them in. I want to start the straps on my thighs. Let’s see how far I can get.


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  4. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Really Mark I can't belive how helpful this build has been for me. Stuff I didn't even think of is being covered.

    Thank you. I’m happy it’s helping you. I’m just following other good builds on here, and using them as guidance while getting mine together.
    (Is that kinda like plagiarism?) LOL

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  5. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Painted a rivet on my Ammo Knee. Once it’s pretty dry I’ll flip it and do the other side.
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    Also, I started to make the inner connections. Did the back side so far. Next I’ll do my thighs, and work on the front.455e50b4af9e32c802e5d3167df89a46.jpg

    …..and I have my ab button plates gluing.
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  8. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Woohooo! Got the last part on my knee gluing down for 24 hours. This time tomorrow, the major construction of all my limbs will be complete. 57d1632eb36aec1117ee4a4c5e5aafd7.jpg

    Also, I sanded down the big ab button plate. I’m thinking it still needs a tad off on the sides, but wanted to check in with you guys for input.
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    Here is a photo with them together.
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    Looking forward to see what you guys have to say. This weekend I will be gluing the rest of my snaps in on my bells and arms. Then I will most likely move on to sewing my strapping system together.


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  12. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    26 minutes ago, TKSpartan said:

     

    It looks good to my eyes. 

     

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    I added some new photos after adding a slighter angle towards the back of the thigh. Do you still think it looks okay, or should I go back to the original line?

  14. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Back at it again this morning. I made some adjustments to my ammo pack and installed it. I made a slight miscalculation and pre drilled the home on the thigh, when I should have marked it after putting the first rivet in, but it is what it is at this point. Here are the photos:c16844a873198299ce9f39166c399276.jpg
    Left side (which faces between my knees)9c1087cb112ddcf51648588b18856ae3.jpg042ca6a023009a5edf7a4634acf61a39.jpg
    Outer side.

    I’m hoping since the mistake is on the inside of my knees, and will be difficult to see, it will be okay. This was no easy task, as the plastic was very rigid. I guess we will see what happens when I shoot for higher levels.


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  16. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Hello again. Time to apply snaps in the arms. I had a question before moving on to that. The front of AM biceps do not have a very good return edge to trim. When I glued them together, I left them on. As you can see in the photos below.
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    I figured this part would be tucked under the bell, so I would just leave them as is. Would this affect higher levels as I go for them? If so I would attempt to change them.


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  18. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    1 minute ago, gmrhodes13 said:

    Looking good, I suggest to most about double snaps in high stress areas, one of those is the shoulder bells to shoulder straps, I had one fail at a troop and having a spare there allowed me to still be able to troop. It's a little more expense and work but can save you in the long run.

     

    Saying that some with single snaps have a trouble free run as may you ;) 

     

    Getting to the strapping and kitting up time soon, this is where you start feeling like a stormtrooper and find how restricting in can be :laugh1:

    Thanks Glen. I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can't wait to submit in the pre-approval section and eventually submit to my GML. My goal is to get Centurion this go around. 

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  19. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Made some progress on my TK. I glued the back cover strips on my thighs. Got the snaps glued in the torso, drilled the hole for the cod, and put snaps in the butt plate. I trimmed the extra material from around the shoulder bridges, and put the curves on the Ammo knee. I think I will have to redo them though. When I was checking the fit, there was excess material on the sides that passed the ridge. Once the cover strips are dry on the thighs I will measure it, and cut the width so it fits the area better. 8808c2b22000f25378f5aa01b4646197.jpg
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  22. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Good morning. Today will be a fun work day on this Stormtrooper of mine. I plan on gluing snaps into place, as well as try to finish my legs. I still have to work on removing some material from my sniper knee, but I have to re-tape the lines where I want to cut. I started fine tuning the ab buttons.667b203201fb15572c4032716595a6b2.jpg
    I think I may have removed a bit too much on the bottom left side.
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    I will work on sanding the big plate down as I feel it is still too large. I did use the diagram below but mine still seems off.38a9aacd19480adf7060b0a994d4db1f.jpg


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  25. TK-42134's AM WIP

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    Posted · Edited by TK-42134

    After looking at another members AM Centurion Request I found that some work had to be done on the Knee Pack. I sanded down the top to give it more of a straight edge at the top corners.f9e29a480525f8acbb92a908fe582803.jpg
    I will also have to work on removing some of the edge of my sniper knee. I am currently in the process of taping it off so I can make the cuts.

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