WTF TK armor build. (first build)

[cwolfe[TK]]

Bingo!

 

Thanks!

[cwolfe[TK]]

Like so?

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

New shins trimmed. Cover strips cut. Not glued yet.

 

 

Edited December 14, 2016 by cwolfe

[troopermaster]

It looks as though the WTF kit has two outer left parts in the kit - now that I can see them from the front. You have them assembled as good as possible but the shin on the left hand side of the photo is the left shin and the one on the right is the right, so they want swapping over before you mount the sniper knee plate on the wrong leg.

[cwolfe[TK]]

It looks as though the WTF kit has two outer left parts in the kit - now that I can see them from the front. You have them assembled as good as possible but the shin on the left hand side of the photo is the left shin and the one on the right is the right, so they want swapping over before you mount the sniper knee plate on the wrong leg.

 

 

Cool. Thanks. The two halves match up pretty well. Better than that last set. I'll swap them as you suggested. I was wondering about that.

 

CW

[cwolfe[TK]]

A little bit of work done yesterday.

 

Arm strapping is done. I found that when you fold the elastic over to punch the holes for the snaps. A little thin CA will harden that area and make it easier to punch the holes and also add strength. I need to straighten up the back plate. I need to trim the free floating straps in the back. I haven't made a lot of progress on the bucket so I'm still in the Black Series.

 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2017 by cwolfe

[cwolfe[TK]]

Just for fun with the pauldron.

 

Edited January 1, 2017 by cwolfe

[cwolfe[TK]]

Working on some shoulder strapping.

 

 

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

Because I was bored and thought it would give me a good perspective of where I was on the build I laid it all out.

 

 

 

CW                                                                                             

[shwarzwald]

It's really coming together! Keep it up. The finish line is so very close.

[cwolfe[TK]]

Snipper knee

 

 

 

I swapped them around before attaching the sniper plate.

 

 

Edited January 8, 2017 by cwolfe

[cwolfe[TK]]

...and a test fit.

 

 

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

A little bit of work on the belt and drop boxes.

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

My split rivet set came in from Joseph.

 

 

 

 

 

CW

[cwolfe[TK]]

double post. Whoops.

Edited January 15, 2017 by cwolfe

[DamnitDavid[TK]]

I was a lil confused about which shin was which, this will help me move forward.

[cwolfe[TK]]

I was a lil confused about which shin was which, this will help me move forward.

 

I was very confused. I switched them around several times before committing.

[cwolfe[TK]]

Rivets painted.

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

Working out the placement of...

• A single male snap on the top right corner of the ab plate is present.

 

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

The other way actually. Facing inward.

 

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

My strapping system on the right side of the abs. It's a little tight, but I allowed for some stretching.

 

 

 

 

 

CW 

[cwolfe[TK]]

Making some snap plate for the interior ab strapping. I ran out of snaps.

 

 

 

[cwolfe[TK]]

Picked up some more snaps. Finally finished. I'll share my method for smashing snaps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I should be able to start on the interior strapping this weekend.  

 

CW

[cwolfe[TK]]

Trying to work out this interior strapping. I started with double snap plates, but ended up cutting them in half. I may regret that.

 

 

 

 

 

Move along, move along.

 

CW  

[cwolfe[TK]]

Ok, This is frustrating. The perfectionist in me is getting on my nerves.

 

 

 

Edited January 23, 2017 by cwolfe