inner drop box requirement

[LaserBrain99]

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• Drop boxes must have full inner drop boxes to close the back. Flat covers are not allowed.

 

I'm a little unclear on this requirement.  

 

Will this DIY job pass Centurion? 

 

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How about this one: 

 

What if the box was solid? Would that pass?

Edited January 14, 2021 by gmrhodes13
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[gazmosis[501st]]

The requirement states that it must be a box in box.  A neatly trimmed piece of ABS sitting on a filler like foam looks nice, but is NOT an inner box as required

[The5thHorseman[TK]]

As Steve says, this requirement means the inner boxes must have walls:

[LaserBrain99]

So a drop box constructed in the manner of this tutorial would be acceptable?  (Hey, that's your tutorial, Germain!)

 

I'm following that tutorial, however instead of scavenging corner pieces, I used a heat gun to bend a continuous strip into a rectangular ring. I CA glued the ends together in a butt joint. 

Next I'll glue that ring to a flat piece of ABS. Then insert that into the drop box.  

 

 

The boxes don't need to open, right? 

[The5thHorseman[TK]]

Yes, drop boxes constructed that way shall be Centurion acceptable, and indeed that's my tutorial

The boxes don't actually need to open. As i handmade mine, the fit is really tight and the airlock is enough to secure the halves together, but some glue them, some use velcro, or magnets.

 

Edit: all the pics on my tuto are now hosted on flickr rather than imageshack. Still don't know why i used this terrible host in the first place...

Edited October 25, 2014 by The5thHorseman

[gazmosis[501st]]

Moving this thread to general armor discussion.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

I consider the inner drop box requirement to imply that it must be a formed box with edges curved, and walls.

 

and usually only would be made by using a box designed to be used as an inner drop box

 

KW designs does great inner drop boxes

[gazmosis[501st]]

And Vern would be right