MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) This was once my AM build thread, but since I have sold that armor it is now a build thread for my ATA ANH Stunt bucket. Having said that, here's the obligatory preliminary photos... Edited September 30, 2012 by MxPxRobbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserbrain[TK] Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Go Robbie! All the new shiny TKs in MSG give you the itch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Go Robbie! All the new shiny TKs in MSG give you the itch? Yup! I was feeling a bit left out, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I noticed something a little odd last night, the shade of white between the armor kit and the cover strip plastic is a different shade... is that normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuteman Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I noticed the same on my AM Kit, it seems that the abs for the coverstrip has a decent red shade, difficult to define, but it is definitely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserbrain[TK] Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 My AM kit is same way. Covers strips look more off white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 My AM kit is same way. Covers strips look more off white. How noticeable is it when assembled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserbrain[TK] Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 How noticeable is it when assembled? Not too bad. Most people will never notice. Only people who have built it before would notice. You can look at my pics linked in signature and maybe tell. I wanted to use the excess material that I trimmed off the thighs and shins for cover strips but I made small cuts and they were too narrow. You might consider that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrestonva[TK] Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 The spare ABS strips are definitely a different shade. However, it's generally not noticeable during trooping. It's really only noticeable in photographs taken under certain indoor lighting conditions, in particular fluorescent lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 That doesn't make any sense to me why the armor would ship with two different shades of plastic... I could understand using them for the backing strips, but you would think they could just cut up some of the same ABS the armor is pulled from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuteman Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 It doesn´t make sense to me too, but that is what you´ve got. So there are two possibilities: Take the abs strips with the different shade or use the excess that you can trim of. Depending on how thin you are it could be possible for you to do the job with the excess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilboy[501st] Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 They may well be the same plastic. You should remember that once the plastic has been vaccu-formed it has been stretched out and that can alter the shade and coloring very slightly, but enough to be noticeable side by side. I have been experimenting with vaccu-forming lately and have observed this first hand. Do what I did with my (black) AM armor. trim the excess carefully and use that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 They may well be the same plastic. You should remember that once the plastic has been vaccu-formed it has been stretched out and that can alter the shade and coloring very slightly, but enough to be noticeable side by side. I have been experimenting with vaccu-forming lately and have observed this first hand. Do what I did with my (black) AM armor. trim the excess carefully and use that... That's a good point, I hadn't thought of that. I'm sure I will be cutting pieces off of the front (to get that vertical line not so wide) so I will do my best to salvage as much of that as I can.The parts I'm most concerned about are the legs - the fronts are always visible on those. Biceps and forearms are a little different, with the 'detail' parts being the sides. Thanks for all the comments guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin-X[TK] Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 You are a busy trooper Robbie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 You are a busy trooper Robbie! Oh yes, lol. my TB is just about done, I didn't take many pics because i'm lazy. But once my bund/vest is done it's ready for approval. Then, it's on to this one. If I get the TK done for Celebration, that's fine... if not, I'll have something to do over the fall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted July 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 So I emailed pics, and it seems I am getting new plastic sent out to me. I hope it matches! For reference, here's my existing plastic, both with and without flash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gep Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Thanks for this thread. My cover strips are also off. The white is a 'cool' white with almost a bluish appearance under the right lighting. Did your replacements match better? Edited July 22, 2012 by Gep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 The replacement plastic was the exact same. I'm just going to build it and use as much of the scrap I trim off as I can, and use the replacement stuff as backing for the shims. So weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted September 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Getting back into this project tomorrow... curious about replacing the chest/back with RT-Mod - does anybody have a comparison of the parts so I can see if color matches close enough? I've been searching but not found anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theisaac Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 I just replaced my AM chest and back with RT. I'll post a pic in a few for you to see. As for the cover strip color match. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Mine was different too but its not a huge difference from the two kits I have seen in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej[TK] Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Robbie, I think that any time you use bits from a different kit there is the chance that they'll look a bit different, but most of the time it works out. I wear a TM kit with an AP bucket. I can see the difference, but my Garrison mates tell me that I'm imagining things. Btw, was a pleasure to spend some quality CVI time with you Edited September 29, 2012 by davej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hey guys! I've sold my AM armor as I wanted to change gears a bit, and figured this set would be better suited to someone ready to build right now - so this is now my ATA Helmet build thread - Pics coming soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Robbie, I think that any time you use bits from a different kit there is the chance that they'll look a bit different, but most of the time it works out. I wear a TM kit with an AP bucket. I can see the difference, but my Garrison mates tell me that I'm imagining things. Btw, was a pleasure to spend some quality CVI time with you Dave! Had a blast meeting you and the rest of your crazy group (well the ones crazy enough to come here for a month!) See you around real soon hopefully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theisaac Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Well, this is a mute point now but here are the pics of my new RT-Mod chest vs the AM chest that I started with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxPxRobbie[TK] Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Worked on my helmet a bit this weekend... first we primed the interior with an off-white primer... we were out of white, and it didn't matter because this was getting painted over as well. After this dried, we sprayed the interior of both sides with truck bed liner Painted the mic tips... Assembled front and back, just to see how things are lining up... I ended up trimming the frown out a lot more, was being cautious here... Masked off and painted frown... waiting to hear back from Trooperbay about Dave M decals... not comfortable painting the traps/tears. When I assembled the ears, my face shifted up a little, so I will be trimming the brow a little... i don't like the unibrow look - but i don't want to go as extreme as some of the TDs are... Edited October 1, 2012 by MxPxRobbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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