After 12 months of waiting, BBB received. I'll go ahead and post that first since I know that's why everyone is here.
Now if I still have your attention, this armor isn't going to put itself together. This is my first time undertaking anything of this magnitude. I'm not a particularly handy person. I'm a computer programmer, no one comes to me for advice on hands on activities in the real world. Needless to say I feel like this will be a difficult task To make it more difficult I should shoot for centurion, because if I'm going to spend this much time and money doing something I might as well go for the gold. Introductions aside, after inventorying all my parts the first question I had was, how do I tell the left arm from the right? Luckily that was answered here: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/tutorials/article/8-howto-assemble-and-strap-arm-armor/incase anyone else doesn't know. I started trimming my biceps and forearms. I didn't particularly want to buy some lexan scissors because, I hate buying things I don't know if I'll ever use again, so I started with an old pair of tin snips that my father had laying around. Those work fine for the straight edges but in the curves, forget about it. I dreaded trying the score and snap method because I remember when I was younger the knife would always go where it wanted to, and we were not always in agreement on the direction. But those tin snips really suck in the curves. So, I found an old pair of exacto knives I had but rarely used, because of the previous problem, and gave it a try. Turns out it works very well. I mark it with a pencil and holding the exacto like a pencil I score it several times and peal it off with a set of pliers.
one set of biceps and forearms roughly trimmed.
Now for the questions:
1) Which way is up? I know I've seen the answer but can't seem to find it. Answer: A
2) I don't have any screen for the helmet frown and while I was in the hobby shop I found something called plastic canvas. Will this work for the frown? It's kind of thick. Was only 60 cents. Answer: No
That's all for now, progress will likely be slow, I appreciate all the help I already know I will get. After lurking for a year, that's about all I ever seen, troopers helping troopers, and troopers helping aspiring troopers.