wreckdivr Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Ok, so here we go... After many years of contemplating joining the ranks of the FISD, the day has finally come. And it all started with a big brown box delivered to my door from Rob at RT-Mod... I was very excited to get the box open, but had to go back out for a bit, so I left the box on the ottoman in the bedroom. Apparently, I was more patient than my little friend, as I came home to this.. Wasn't too impressed that I couldn't be the one to open the box first, but really, how could I be upset at him for this. He had been waiting so long. And inside the box... I'm not gonna' lie, Rob's pre-built helmet is truly a work of art. Absolutely masterful. So, as the rest of my soft parts and accessories continue to funnel in, I am researching the death out of this build, as I want to get it right and avoid some of the pitfalls and benefit from some of the "lessons learned" from many of the fine folks and experts here on the FISD. Please be patient as I will likely have lots of questions as I continue on this journey, and I apologize ahead of time if some of them seem stupid. I'm trying to inform myself as much as I can ahead of my first cut, but it's that first cut that is going to be the most terrifying. Wish me luck! To be continued... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wreckdivr Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Here is my dilemma. Not knowing the real difference in the community (or the preference) toward butt joint or overlap construction, I went with overlap RT-Mod as I was told it would be stronger, etc. Not knowing at that time that I might want to go for EIB / Centurion, I thought that overlap would be just fine, but know I'm wishing I had requested butt joint. That said, I do believe that it is possible to trim the overlap pieces and then just butt joint (with cover strip) them all together, using the correct width cover strips, etc. My concern is being able to fully understand how I go about trimming my armour to do this. Initially, I thought I was screwed and that I would have to stick with overlap and just forego any advanced approvals. Now, I see that a few others have done what I'm trying to do, but I'm a little confused as to how to go about this without messing anything up or making it look bad. Rob mentioned that I could just trim 10mm off of each side of the overlap and underlap and then just butt them together and add the strip. Or... I could trim the overlap all together and then butt and cover strip. I'm just afraid of doing something that doesn't look good (and I'm somewhat of a perfectionist) and not being able to reverse it. I'm going to get Rob to send me to cover strips to do this, but I'm just hoping for assistance with the trimming part for the butt joint. There is also the lip piece at the top of the overlap pieces that I think I will need to remove, as well. Please see the picture below for what the top of my shin pieces look like. Does anyone have any advice for how I should proceed so that this looks like it should, as if it was meant to be butt jointed in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Aloha[Admin] Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Yo! I'm sorry I'm typing with my thumbs and my for my brevity. You should be good to go by trimming each side to half the width of your cover strips. That's all Rob does if you order the kit trimmed for butt joints. Check out DarkCMF or Narc's build threads (off the top of my head) for RT cover strip builds. I don't know if Magni posted his build thread but he has a nice RT kit built with cover strips. -Eric Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverback73[TK] Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 I have the same issues with my RTmod build, and decided on inner strips as well as cover strips. I left mine alone as only one will show once the sniper plate is attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark PWF[Staff] Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 As mentioned by Eric and Josh, you can easily do the butt - join build with your kit. My build is indeed done that way. There is a link to my build thread in/under my signature below. If you've got questions, don't hesitate to reach out for help. Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark PWF[Staff] Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 I just thought about this as well...<br><br> The "cut 10mm off each part" is probably a good general rule, but the key is to ensure that the cover strips are the proper width, and then cut each "overlap" piece so that it is half of the width of the cover strip that will go over it. (EDIT: Like Eric said. LoL)<br><br> Hopefully that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19twin67 Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Where did you buy it https://m.facebook.com/bruce.baker.1806?ref=bookmarks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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