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2 hours ago, Lupus1202 said:

Didn´t taste it yet :laugh1:, but to be sure i don´t make a mistake, do i have to fill this gap with abs paste?

No you don't have to fill this gap, it's a nice and tight gap, some do as it is screen accurate as you can see below.

 

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Questions just for understanding:

The Kidney and abdomen plate are equal on the top, just one level, right?

https://i.imgur.com/GV0gK5B.jpg

 

And another one.

Is there a fixed distance between the chest and the back shoulder parts,

(measure of the strapping) or depends it on the build of the person?

https://i.imgur.com/oJqyPXh.jpg

 

Greetings

Wolfgang

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Some armor have a slight angle on the top of the ab, but they should both meet level at the top

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No fixed length of the shoulder elastic. It really depends how the chest/backplate sit on your body. You will find with all the armor strapped together it will conform to your body and it should be easy to work out the length of the shoulder strapping. Most use doubled over elastic for the straps, single elastic isn't quite strong enough. When you mount your plastic shoulder straps to the chest ideally it should lay the large tab and 4 to 5 smaller tabs.

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Ladies and gents,

after rough trimming the abdomen plate i recognize a bulged area.

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Now i need your advice. Looking at some photos in the gallery section, the lower part gets between the thighs and is needed for the rivet.

It´s not a big issue if i don´t cut it, but it will fit even better. Maybe there is a way to trim it a little bit more and also got enough material for the rivet?

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Greetings

Wolfgang

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After time of absence, where my thoughts were by my wife and i don´t even think of anything else, back to work and starting  with my canvas belt.

After i orderd some fabric samples, my decision was this:

 

https://www.tolkostoffe.de/catalog/product/view/id/182884/s/schwerer-canvas-baumwoll-polsterstoff-in-wei-188040/category/41

As you can see in the further description it´s a more heavy fabric.

Ross´s belt has cutlines nearly 8mm in width, so it´s in the range of the crl.
How i started?
The fabric is 150mm long and nearly 100mm in width.

First of all i cut 4 lines of fabric each 150mm long and nearly 10mm in width.02aoz6l.jpg

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Before i sew them together i made two testpieces. One with three, the other with four layers of fabric.
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As you can see the four layers are obvious thicker and very strong, using a little trick when i ironed them together.
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I use this hemming web so the layers stick togehter after ironing.
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You can use this one without a wet towel on it, but it won´t be wrong to use one.
After repeating this three times ...

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... you will get something looking like this:

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After this step i sew the layers togehter with a simple overlock stitch.

As i said Ross´s belt is nearly 8mm in width with the pre-made cut lines.
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Becuase i take 10mm in width, i took 5mm from one side, cut it of and sew it again with a overlock stitch.

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Mark your cutlines so you got nearly 8mm in width and repaet it.

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Choose your favorite overlock stitch on the sewing machine and sew both sides of the canvas.

Et voila ...
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Next step will be, sewing the velcro.

Greetings
Wolfgang

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