TK-7060 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I've come as far on my armour now that I'm putting on the knee plate and thigh ammo strip. I'm wondering about how to place them, should I glue them on or should I use velcro? And with the knee plate, is there any trimmin to be done. I have the FX kit, and it seems to fit nice on, but as a newbie builder, my eyes can be blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThayNerd[TK] Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I used rivets on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Rivits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I used rivets and glue on the knee plate, and glue on the thigh strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE[501st] Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Rivets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-7060 Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I think I will use.... wait for it... rivets for knee and glue for thigh. Is there a riveting tutorial I might have missed while searching the forum? (Pun intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK6237[501st] Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 when securing the sniper knee plate, you might wanna consider tilting it forwards, just a little bit, so that it stands out from the shin piece at an angle (but only like 2-3 degrees). That way, you avoid having the plate rubbing against your knee when you walk. I riveted both the sniper knee and the thigh boxes. Practical and screen accurate. If you can´t find white rivets, you can just cover the rivet head with some Tipp-Ex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledragon88[TK] Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 'Metallskive' (metal-sheet-ring??!) between the plastic on the inside that the rivet goes through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-7060 Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Thanks for the tips. I'll start working on it tomorrow. The thighs took me the whole evening. Slowly moving forwards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledragon88[TK] Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 metallskiver is called washers in english!..ah, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binkx02 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Hi Guys, just wondering what size rivets are you all using many thanks colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Hi Guys, just wondering what size rivets are you all using many thanks colin Most people use 1/8 rivets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binkx02 Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Most people use 1/8 rivets. cheers ,just bought some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexbeast Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I am personally having trouble with gluing the thigh strip. There is very little contact area so im having trouble getting the glue to take. Also what method did you use? I have already tried and faield twice at gluing this thing on. Should i glue one end, wait for the glue to set then bend it and glue the other or what? I dont think it will survive another failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Knight Jajj Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 i used rivets on the right thigh ammo piece... and snaps on the knee piece... although i would definitely recommend rivets for the knee piece... every time i walk one side of the knee piece come off... the snaps are not strong enough... i tried using rivets first and i kinda screwed it up... i ended up with big holes in the plastic...so to fill the holes i used snaps... still a bad idea but it was all i had at the time... I'm thinking about trimming a bit off the bottom of it so it will pull out farther... as it is now it does hit on my thigh piece.. and that is what pops the snap... still tweakeing... good luck man... and take your time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I am personally having trouble with gluing the thigh strip. There is very little contact area so im having trouble getting the glue to take. Also what method did you use? I have already tried and faield twice at gluing this thing on. Should i glue one end, wait for the glue to set then bend it and glue the other or what? I dont think it will survive another failure. I glued the center, then one side at a time. Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john danter Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Rivets dude Last thing you want you want is for bits to fall off in public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk-trooper[TK] Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 The three things I use are rivets. white heavy duty snaps and binding post and screws 1/4x1/4. They come in different types of metal. I used aluminum and painted them white. I used the latter on the drop knee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexbeast Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks for the advice guys, got both leg accessories riveted in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-7980 Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 I used screws and velcro for the thigh ammo strip. Two screws (1/8 inch thick, maybe slightly larger SLIGHTLY for a nice tight fit, not sure how long) on either side with a small strip of velcro in the center to keep it from sagging. I had rivets in my knee plate, but they failed horribly (maybe a poor riveter) so now I have some screws in there as well. Going to be replacing them with the same screws I have my thigh strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman[TK] Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 I wanted to be original so I used rivets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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