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I'm glad to help! I have to use my sewing machine to make the clips tighter. I first did them by hand, and am not as satisfied with the strength they could have.

Well I'm waiting for sometime to get back on the sewing machine I opted to attach my shoulder strap covers I looked at a few reference pics and came to the conclusion that I should have about four of the small tabs on the chest piece in addition to the large tab. I clamped in place and did a fitment check and they looked good to me. Now Walts kit has a large tab on the front and a large tab on the back, from what I have found/read having the tab on the back will not impact approval, but I am still debating about removing it as I have not seen one in the screen captures for ANH yet. I glued in place and clamped down. I lined my fourth small tab line with the edge line of the chest piece. Once I get some more freetime I'll be fixing my shin straps on the sewing machine and getting those bad boys glued up

I'm glad I can contribute

what me worry? the end is in sight. Plus makes sense to flip them that way. I was wondering as I was doing it wow how does anyone get these on while suiting up. Comes to be if I'm asking that probably doing it wrong

D'oh....thats what I get for waking up early in the morning and doing it before my coffee and into work. Fix incoming later today....plus a bit more sewing

Began adding the closure straps to my right shin First I closed the back of the shin and lightly marked where the cover strip reaches to ensure the cover strip will cover any holes Than I measured approximately where to drill my holes. I wanted them as evenly spread out as possible so I put my middle hole at 15 1/2 cm and than about 3 cm from the bottom edge and 3 cm from the top return edge. I measured from the edge of the non covered stripped shin about 6 mm to give it enough room to grip and not rip the ABS. I than drilled my first hole using 1/8 drill bit and tried fitting the hook in. It ended up being a bit too hard to get the hook in and out so I moved it up to 5/32 drill bit and was easier to hook and unhook. Playing around with placement of where to glue the straps in I hooked the straps in and pulled on it to get the placement about where I wanted it to be. This gave me just enough pull on the elastic for once my leg was in there. I than glued the straps in place and let dry. I still have to sew in my 3 remaining hooks on the straps for the left shin otherwise both would be shown

Sorry my misunderstanding. Do check out what msouza posted. Lots of great content for what your looking for are in there.

Here is the thread I was referring to.

Ukswrath has a great build for his anovos TK. I've used that as a great reference while I'm building my WTF TK. Generally speaking all builds no matter the maker will be similar, but it also depends on how it fits on each person's body (we are not all clones )

Hot water baths are the key to easy shaping. I used it on my shoulder straps and worked like a charm. I also had to make a return edge on my kidney and back plates as I wanted to use bracket strapping system, that I used a sealing iron and was a bit scary at first. Long story short....the hot water bath is the best option to shape those parts if you feel like you need it.

Looking good! Going for the twinkie teeth?

Is my white strapping too big for my shoulder strips? There is some visible from the sides. I can make the strapping smaller if necessary.

Made some hooks for the biceps this past weekend. These will hook onto the shoulder bell strap and prevent the biceps from sliding down I started with some left over forearm/bicep coverstrips and cut them to 2 1/2 inches in length I than rounded one end and measured 1/2 from the rounded end to bend the ABS to create my hook. Placed my sealing iron slightly above the mark and held in place until it was heated just enough (20-30 seconds) Than I glued in place. Note the placement as these are centered on the biceps. Height may very based on body to body

Kidney to Abs strapping. After a fitment check I measured 3 1/2 inches of black 1 inch elastic I than folded this over 3/4 of an inch and sewed I then centered my snap rivet and hammered it together (sorry no pictures taken here) I than glued it in place. The placement was done by eyeball. I wanted to give it enough to stretch to and pull the Abs and kidney together without being overly tight. E6000 in and clamped in place and allowed to dry.

Continuing the shoulder bell strapping these will attach the bells to the chest I measured about 5 inches of 1 inch elastic strapping and folded over over about 1 1/8 inch and sewed to give it some extra strength. I than stitched in the sewed in the male end of the sew in snaps that I purchased. I placed the strapping to be about 1 inch from the center of the snap to the edge of the bell Than glued in place with E6000 and magnets.

Got a lot of the shoulder bell strapping assembled First started with the elastic strapping that will help hold the bells in. I measured about 8 inches of 1 inch black elastic I lined it up so that it came up to the inside edge and E6000 in place. I made it a taught as I could without pulling the bells inward on themselves too much.

Added my hand guards to my gloves. Picked these up from Home Depot I lined them up for placement Threw some E6000 on the back of them and gave it a couple weights to keep it in place

I added some mesh behind my bucket teeth. Found this screen repair kit at Home Depot. It has adhesive already coated on the back that you heat with a hair dryer or heat gun and it sticks. I lined it up and traced over where I wanted it to sit After heat gun

Chest shoulder strap time! Started by scoring and snapping right down the middle. I than removed a good amount of the edge, and got ready for its hot water bath to get the curve Placed in some boiling water Than I used a basketball to get the curve shape and allowed to cool. I reheated as necessary to further get the shape better. I used the tongs to remove it from the hot water....common sense troopers! and finished product

Good to know! I figured best to double check before I glue flexible hand guards to these. It probably does not come off as easily as ABS does

Would these gloves work for centurion? I am unsure about the texture on the top of the finger tips

I literally just found it those same pics and was hoping to beat you to posting them I was trying to look in the screen caps and than in the galleries for the court case. I should really try starting at the RS feed

Thank you Tony for the clarification. I know they are not required for approval, just going for that extra feather in my cap Do the front of the shins have this cut on the coverstrips? I am having a hard time finding a clear reference pic. I don't believe they are on the back of the shins.

They seem alright, I have more of an issue with my elbow that i was going to thin down to make it a bit easier sliding off. Tonight is my good working on the kit night so I plan on fitting attempts with the return edges and bells

I did a bit of coverstrip trimming this morning. Worked on cleaning up the left arm so I can prepare that assembly side Left Bicep Front: Left Bicep Back: Left Forearm Back: Left Forearm Front: I want to do the 2 inch elastic strap attaching the bicep to the forearm. I know this is not a requirement but what amount of spacing is deemed appropriate between the bicep and forearm?