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5 hours ago, LEGOeatPokemon said:

Should I have 2 or 3 straps between the kidney to posterior? If 3, I would have to go over the brackets and wouldn't that become a bit wonky? Maybe I should just use the brackets in addition with elastic straps as backup reinforcements on the sides of the brackets?

3 from kidney to posterior 

 

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Ok, so after measuring a bit on the shoulders I made the straps for them:

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I also made this to glue to the chest part:

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However something about this is wrong, can you guess what? :glare:

 

THE SNAPS ON THE RIGHT STRAP WERE MADE ON THE WRONG SIDE!!!:6:

 

And of course I didn't realize that until I had already glued them on...

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Fortunatly I managed to save it somewhat by making the left strap into the right. I will still need to Resew the other.

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@gmrhodes13 Yeah, it didn't go so well...:duimomlaag:

But I must inform that I have decided to keep the brackets as it seems like the best option right now. I maybe can reinforce them another way instead of plastic strips?

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3 minutes ago, LEGOeatPokemon said:

@gmrhodes13 Yeah, it didn't go so well...:duimomlaag:

But I must inform that I have decided to keep the brackets as it seems like the best option right now. I maybe can reinforce them another way instead of plastic strips?

A couple of other ways to reinforce would be to use some fibreglass matt and resin, get's a bit messy for such small areas OR JB weld, it is grey though so would need to be painted afterwards, it's a 2 part system and takes a while to dry but is strong and sandable, I've used in on my FOTK build and it does reinforce really well any areas of cracking, could be an option ;) 

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I would do 3.  One toward the end of either side and one in the center.  For this area I suggest using nylon instead of elastic.  There's really not a ton of movement for that connection, and it helps prevent "trooper butt", where the posterior plate sticks out too far away from the kidney.

 

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Update time!

Today I redid the snaps (right this time)

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And glued on the new left strap:

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Also glued on the female snaps on the right side:

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Then I remembered; I hadn't put in the ab to belt snaps!

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That was a right pain to do this late. :deadhorse:

 

I also made holes for the cloth belt to the plastic one:

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And then I followed your advice @justjoseph63 and made some nylon straps for the posterior to kidney. I couldn't put them exactly were you showed because of the brackets and I don't have that wide nylon, so I made four straps and put them a bit to the side. I will add the male snaps later.

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Is it ok?

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Do you have a photo of how high the ABS belt will be sitting once attached, Jonas?  It should sit just under (touching) or slightly overlapping the bottom button of the large ab-button panel.

 

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Now I'm done for the day.

 

Well that deadline didn't work -_-

 

Anyway I glued on those male snaps on the armor:

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And glued on the rest of the left shoulder strap:

 

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 And I put on the snaps and chicago screws for the belt:

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They sat well with the armor on too :)

 

 

Now a question; I only have 1-1/4 wide elastic for the belt boxes, does that work?

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Probably won't do anything tomorrow as a certain movie has premiere:popcorn:

 

Nordic garrison should be here in my local cinema in Umeå when I arrive so maybe I can get some pictures with them! :)

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35 minutes ago, LEGOeatPokemon said:

Now I'm done for the day.

 

Well that deadline didn't work -_-  It never does, lol

 

Now a question; I only have 1-1/4 wide elastic for the belt boxes, does that work?  That should be fine, Jonas.  When attaching them, make sure the tops of the drop boxes are snug up against the bottom of the ABS belt.

 

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The present belt position will definitely get you to EI, but will need to be raised a bit if you are (hopefully) aiming for Centurion.

 

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36 minutes ago, LEGOeatPokemon said:

Now a question; I only have 1-1/4 wide elastic for the belt boxes, does that work?

Hi, the CRL doesn't indicate an ecxat meassure for the elastic or nylon strap for the belt boxes. What it's needed is that they cannot be seen.

 

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Well I'm back after seeing ROS, took some test fit photos:

 

Is the belt a bit high up here? I just turned it upsidedown since it would be a bother to make new snaps and remove the old.

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How does it look on me?

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No trooper butt, it sits snug against my bum!

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No gap!

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Here it is a bit of a gap, can I put in another strap a bit lower?

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The belt turned the right way:

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Here is how it looks inside right now, I put in some velcro straps on some places that I can replace if they break.

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The posterior plate should ride under the kidney, Jonas, and the belt can come up a lot.

 

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Ok,I probably won't be able to do much during christmas, I don't have that much time.

On the other hand, I must do something so I don't forget to work on the armor.

 

So today I glued on the belt bottons

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And started on the strapping for the arms:

 

Left:

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Right:

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By the way, does anybody else have problem viewing photobucket images?

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Looking awesome, Jonas!

 

"By the way, does anybody else have problem viewing photobucket images"?

 

Unless you have a PB account, it is difficult if not impossible.  Many of the older threads here are being deleted, as the images were posted with PB and the images are blurred.

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3 hours ago, justjoseph63 said:

Looking awesome, Jonas!

 

"By the way, does anybody else have problem viewing photobucket images"?

 

Unless you have a PB account, it is difficult if not impossible.  Many of the older threads here are being deleted, as the images were posted with PB and the images are blurred.

I did mention the issues with PB and advised we should try reaching out to the authors of the threads to see if they would update them.

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