daryldoak

TK-11371 requesting 125 troop badge.

Troop 125: 4/23/2024 - Thomas Jefferson Middle School READCON - Vancouver, WA (292nd troop overall)

Completed the new detonator: Install on the spine plate just using a couple of wood screws: Been working on some refinements to my suit-up process. * Put spat on the shin before putting shin on. This puts less stress on the spat than trying to spread it open and putting it on with shin already on leg. * Attach leg gasket to thigh before putting thigh on. This will be much easier than putting the gasket on first, then trying to get the thigh on properly without shifting the position of the gasket. Here is my suit-up process. All steps are done by myself unless otherwise is mentioned: 1. Put under-suit on. 2. Put on neck seal and balaclava. 3. Put shoulder/arm gasket on. 4. Put thigh garter belt on. 5. Put lower torso on. 6. Attach gaskets to thighs, put on thighs, attaching thigh support straps to garter belt. 7. Put spats on shins, put shins on, tucking gaskets inside. 8. Slide up shins, put on boots, slide shin down over boot, position spat. 9. Attach cod piece to butt plate/spine plate. Hang spine plate on back of lower torso. 10. Attach cod to front of torso. 11. Put fabric pouches on belt, put belt on. 12. Attach shoulder bells to upper torso, put on upper torso. 13. Put on biceps. Have helper buckle bicep under shoulder bell. 14. Put on forearm. Have helper attach gasket to inside of forearms. 15. Put on gloves. 16. Put on helmet.

First enhancement, replace the solid resin detonator with an accurate, two piece 3D printed detonator. The model came from here on the FISD forum. It is sooo much lighter than the resin. Painting the tube and the enclosure using the Behr satin black and gloss white:

Troop 124: 4/16/2024 - Reading Celebration - Camas, WA (291st troop overall)

Troop 123: 4/15/2024 - Randall Children's Hospital - Portland, OR (290th troop overall)

Approved!!

4/15 preapproval troop (GCO approved) at Randall Children's Hospital, Portland, OR: Wore the costume for about 1.5 hours, walking for most of it. Overall went very well. Learned that I have a few things that need adjusting.

Finally feeling inspired again, back at it. Almost at the finish line. Rough leg fitting: Rough torso fitting: Rough torso + legs fitting: Rough arm fitting, need to raise the bicep a bit: Converted from velcro to magnets for attaching the outer chest to the inner chest: Results look good: Final piece is the detonator. The decals provided do not properly cover the end caps, so I painted black:

Troop 122: 03/19/2024 - Randall Children’s Hospital - Portland, OR (289th troop overall)

Looks like Imgur just made another change. You can only get the embed links by using the desktop version. https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/211273743-Embed-Unit I used to be able to use the full site via Safari on iPad, now it just looks like the app version, which doesn’t allow you to get the embed links.

Troop 121: 2/22/2024 - Skyview HS Robotics Showcase - Vancouver, WA (288th troop overall)

Troop 120: 10/21/2023 - WA State Toy Show - Ridgefield, WA (284th troop overall)

Troop 119: 08/11/2023 - Randall Children’s Hospital - Portland, OR (283rd troop overall)

Troop 118: 08/04/2023 - Camas ComiCon First Friday - Camas, WA (282nd troop overall)

Troop 117: 07/15/2023 - Randall Children’s Hospital - Portland, OR (279th troop overall)

Troop 116: 07/11/2023 - Uplift! - Vancouver, WA (278th troop overall)

Troop 115: 6/08/2023 - Randall Children’s Hospital - Portland, OR (274th troop overall)

Troop 114: 6/03/2023 - Hockinson Fun Days Parade - Brush Prairie, WA (273rd troop overall)

Troop 113: 5/25/2023 - VanTalks 2023 - Vancouver, WA (272nd troop overall)

Troop 112: 5/13/2023 - Great Strides Walk for CF - Vancouver, WA (271st troop overall)

Troop 111: 05/06/2023 - Coffee with a Cop - Sherwood, OR (270th troop overall)

Troop 109: 5/4/2023 - GeeksterInk Legends - Vancouver, WA (267th troop overall) Troop 110: 5/4/2023 - Oregon City Library - Oregon City, OR (268th troop overall)

Here is what I’m using, spray can. https://www.homedepot.com/p/BEHR-PREMIUM-12-oz-52-White-Gloss-Interior-Exterior-Spray-Paint-and-Primer-in-One-Aerosol-B001944/310275621

Once I get my leg gaskets sized properly I plan to size the leg armor to fit me. Right now the overlapped inners on the thighs and shins are not glued.