Boltstrooper[TK] Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nice built. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 David, thanks for the info. Which areas did you sand? I ended up using a small riser to slightly increase the angle to align the angle of the sides of the plate with the top of the shin (build thread linked in my sig). The counter-effect was the slightly offset left side visible in the photos. While I certainly will continue to strive to have my suit be "perfect", I'm curious if this is an official blocker at this point. If it's not desired to sit this way I can remove the shim and fit it more in the fashion I see in your thread (another excellent AP build which I referenced during my process). Also, semi-flat black paint in on the way for the blaster scope touch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locitus[Admin] Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 I don't really see any specific "blockers" here, but there are some very valid points that have been brought up and for the sake of future-proofing I'm curious to see what comes out when these have been addressed. Also, the belt could sit a bit higher than right at the edge of the kidney plate if that's an easy fix for you. And yes, the knee plate should have vertical edges at its ends. Not tapered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Thanks Mathias. Raising the belt is an easy one. Could you elaborate on which points? I have the following: knee plate alignment (going to take my time here as I had slathered the E6000 on) blaster scope weathering (in progress) blaster seam line sanding (in progress) raise belt in the back smooth the transition between armour and shim with putty or caulk (in progress) Was there anything else of note? Is this a good cut line for the knee plate? Edited February 16, 2013 by Jancelot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locitus[Admin] Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 If you can you could also try to make the transition between armour and shim smoother. Try to make it seamless if you can. Maybe some kind of putty or filler (I've speculated on silicone caulk)? Otherwise I think the points you have there will do nicely and the cut line on the knee plate looks good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Excellent. It might take me a week or two to get through these as my time is tight and I want to get them right. But I'll update when complete. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locitus[Admin] Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 It's going to look great I bet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svache[TK] Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Congrats! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Update: I took a breather for a bit on this project to research and put together a staff officer as well as redoing a table for the nursery. I'll be back on this one by Wednesday and start chipping away. I've already sanded the seams on the blaster, made the vertical cuts on the knee, acquired the paint for the blaster and the caulk for the shim seam. Edited March 3, 2013 by Jancelot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Update: I took a breather for a bit on this project to research and put together a staff officer as well as redoing a table for the nursery. Those side projects can keep us busy lol. Now hurry up and get back to work, I am waiting to congratulate you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) I'm still chipping away at these updates, but progress has been made. Removing the knee plate is proving most challenging as, apparently, my gluing is highly effective. I don't want to crack anything so I've been working on it slowly as I've had patience. I've made several passes at the kindey/shim seam line. I started with polyseamseal but didn't like the color. I then made some ABS paste and sanded it down with 3 levels of grit. Let me know what you think. Cheers. blaster scope - reduce weathering blaster seam line sanding blaster handle - remove weathering blaster t-tracks - remove weatering smooth the transition between armour and shim with putty or caulk Edited March 26, 2013 by Jancelot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locitus[Admin] Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looking forward to a set of suited up pictures when you think you're ready for it. The blaster weathering turned out great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted March 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 NOTE: below picture is not my sniper plate, but a reference for the following question. I was able to remove the sniper plate and am ready to re-position. For reference, aligning it per David's (TK-8453) Centurion thread is still good? http://www.whitearmo...on-status-ap76/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locitus[Admin] Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 I raise your fan made reference and give you LFL archives: Of course you might not be able to mount your knee plate the same way since it is different in size and shape than the real deal, but I can't encourage using replicas as reference. Look at the real stuff and do what you can or need to make it look the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Heh, noted, and in good faith I have been attempting to do all along. ANH screen caps as guides are a bit nebulous given the irregularity from the hasty way props were assembled. I took a baker's dozen blu-ray screen caps to study and it appears that "at or slightly below below the shin-line" was "standard". I don't think I'll try to melt it on per the one in that pic, though. Had a go with the heat gun this morning and was able to bend the sides a bit further. Then I went at the connection points to mold them to the shin. I feel this looks very close to several of the suits in my screen shots. While the crack certainly is in the spirit of the movie suits, I plan on smoothing it with ABS paste and sanding after gluing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onkel Christoph[TK] Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Nice clean build, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnie_DK[TK] Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Like your upgrades. Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugbyrat Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I'm working on ab shims right now. The way I did it was to layer and glue 2 pieces of ABS. The top pieces equals the length of the shim needed to cover the gap (in my case 5.5"). The lower piece of ABS is 2" longer (1" on each side of the shim). I glued the 1" excess to the kidney plate (since it is 2 layers of ABS, the second layer of ABS lies flush with the actual ab plate. I used ABS paste to fill the crack, and sanded it with 3 different grits. The remaining 1" of excess has a piece of velcro on it, which will attach to the ab plate. I'm in the process of heat bending the shims now for a more fluent fit. Here's one shim. It needs some touch-up, but you can see how it is perfectly flush with the kidney plate. Here's the other shim after being glued in, with no ABS paste applied yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnie_DK[TK] Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyTrigger[TK] Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Progress of application checked on 28th June 2013 No update found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 (edited) First of all, my apologies for how long it has taken for me to reply here. I've had these mods complete for a couple months but just haven't taken pictures. Adjustming to new parenthood was my sole focus for the past few months. I have had several opportunities to troop in this suit and it fits great! knee plate alignment smooth the transition between armor and shim with putty or caulk raise belt in the back blaster scope weathering blaster seam line sanding Knee Plate Alignment Side Shim Seam Lines NOTE: ABS paste used Belt Placement Blaster Mods Edited July 15, 2013 by Jancelot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyTrigger[TK] Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Update progress spotted. Waiting shim seam to be finished and submitted. Looking good trooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancelot[TK] Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Thanks Phil. I overlooked the "In Progress" label on the side shims. I removed it and updated the section title to "Side Shim Seam Lines". I'm ready for feedback. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Looking good, fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyTrigger[TK] Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Your left rear shin overlap ... Which way is it going? It looks wrong in the above submission pic, but you can take a pic of it on its own to show how it opens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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