Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Hello Everyone, I'm helping out a new friend on his armor for legion membership. This is a “Troopers Helping Troopers” team armor build. Name: Jay Helmet: ATA 100% Done (already at Centurion Level) Armor: MTK 100% Done for basic approval. 80% Done for Centurion Level (updated on 09/17/2015). Location: Northern California Background Jay and I were introduced by UKSWARTH (Tony) last month at one of our garrison armor parties. Since we live close by, we began working together on his build. He’s been working on his armor by himself for the past two months. Before our second armor build, he was at 30% underway. He's already aware with the legion CRL requirements and our Advanced Tactics program. We will be documenting the build here. Edited September 17, 2015 by Haribon72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Pictures from last Sunday Jay and his girlfriend working together Drop Box assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Our rivets Cutting the ammo belt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 MTK has curves on their ammo belts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Building the rivets on the abs and kidney (clam shell assembly) Edited August 28, 2015 by Haribon72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) We call this the "UKSWARTH" method = Reinforcing the abs and kidney assembly with additional strips and rubber washers Edited August 28, 2015 by Haribon72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 If they can paint their nails, the ladies can paint ab buttons! Hahahahhah!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) After eleven hours, we wanted to do a test fit and get him into his armor for the first time. There's still a lot of work ahead. On this day, we got Jay at the 60% mark. We'll update again on our next build day. Edited August 26, 2015 by Haribon72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper[501st] Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 MTK is getting really popular lately. Looking great guys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The5thHorseman[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) It's looking very well! Do you realize that now you've become the expert, Walter? Edited August 26, 2015 by The5thHorseman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Thank you Jason and Hello again Germain! Yes, I'm back on the FISD boards and its getting easier to build TK armor now. I wish I had a veteran builder when I started two years ago. For this build, we're aiming straight for Centurion by building everything to advanced tactics requirements. Luckily for Jay, I still had a lot of leftover rivets, straps, abs cement, and misc materials to get his build in full swing. Jay has experience with tools so it makes this team build more productive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsaber25[Admin] Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Nice Job Walter. I wish my build went as fast as Jay's has. Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Thanks Steve! Every new builder should reach out to their local garrison for help. They might have a veteran builder waiting to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrfox1 Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Come to Oregon and help me :-) I have 2 TK's in the works and a friend with a trimmed kit; neither of us have progressed very much unfortunately. Nobody seems to like BBQ either, I keep trying to bribe people with meat to get an armor party together but I think Oregon must be full of Vegan-troopers... Edited August 26, 2015 by Starrfox1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Havoc[TK] Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Great job guys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfFairies Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 looking very good! when do you guys do the armor parties? i need a little help with my TK badly... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Hey sorry I'm late. Excellent build so far Walter and Jay. I'm probably just as anxious as Jay to see this build come to a conclusion, exciting times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) We call this the "UKSWARTH" method = Reinforcing the abs and cod assembly with additional strips and rubber washers LOL... too funny Walter, though I think you meant Ab and Kidney, right? Also, you can have the title of "Walter's rubber washers" as I don't use those Excellent job BTW to the both of you. Edited August 27, 2015 by ukswrath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Come to Oregon and help me :-) I have 2 TK's in the works and a friend with a trimmed kit; neither of us have progressed very much unfortunately. Nobody seems to like BBQ either, I keep trying to bribe people with meat to get an armor party together but I think Oregon must be full of Vegan-troopers... Hello James, keep trying to reach them. Do you have a build site on FISD? looking very good! when do you guys do the armor parties? i need a little help with my TK badly... We've been having monthly armor parties. PM me for details. There are members in the Salinas area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) LOL... too funny Walter, though I think you meant Ab and Kidney, right? Also, you can have the title of "Walter's rubber washers" as I don't use those Excellent job BTW to the both of you. hahahahaha! Thanks Tony! I think I had sniffed too much abs glue. Let me fix my post. =) Jay said he learned the rubber washers from you. And it works great! Overkill....but we learned something new! Edited August 28, 2015 by Haribon72 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Lol well I do use washers but just the standard steel you'd use. Hey, if it works. Gotta love the creativity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribon72[TK] Posted September 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Website is up and running again. Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper[501st] Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Website is up and running again. Sweet. Now you just jinxed the site. Let's see if it can stay up today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 It was only down for a few hours, everyone makes it seem like it was a couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper[501st] Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 It was down all weekend for me. Did the DNS flush, used cell phone, work network, home network... nada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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