Collecting suggestions. Thank you for the feedback, let me know if I missed anything.
Helmet: Yeah it’s not a full sized helmet I think is the issue. Also I see that a bit of my neck seal was sticking out a bit in these pictures.
Shoulder bells: I do have black elastic on the underside of my shoulder bells that run under my armpit and straps that run from the top to the shoulder straps. I will trim some of the bottom away to see if that brings them in a bit.
Shoulder straps: need more of a bend in them to get closer to meeting the armor.
Thermal Detonator: I’ll trim the clips
Belt: remove excess Velcro showing.
Drop boxes: I have the strap holding them onto the belt inside the snap but it sounds like to line up with the edge of the belt I’ll need to move them and I’ll probably go with Velcro to hold them in place.
Shins: Sounds like I either need to switch legs for my shins and move my knee plate to the opposite one or redo my overlap and Velcro and trim the cover strips.
Is the gap between the ab and kidney plate too excessive and require a shim? I’m not trying to weasel out of work, but I was hoping basic approval would allow me to avoid shimming since I’m very pear shaped and I don’t think I’m capable of putting something in there that will look of feel good.
I’ll have to do some searching to find a good background for pictures...my wife seems to have an aversion to blank solid color walls.
thanks again everyone