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Ok I understand now, black ABS from ebay. Used it for the black stripes on the side's of the torso also..the chest and back plate was a trial and error kinda thing...you can see on my build tread how I came to that alignment.  I had to heat and tweak my shoulder straps to get the sides to line up. I made them as wide as the lower back plate sides...glued them to the back plate and used snaps on the front...two per side...good luck and have fun!!!

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Between holiday festivities, I was able to get quite a bit done. I made most of the changes mentioned in my previous post. Those where:

- Adjusting height of chest, moving it up in the front.
- Adding 2" nylon strapping to ammo boxes.
- Gluing calves together (more on this later)
- Adjusting bicep and shoulder distance
- Adjusting belt and thermal detonator.
- Adjusting side black wings (more still to go)

Regarding gluing the back of the calves together, I think I'm going to have to find another solution there. It's almost impossible to get my boots on after having the calve armor on. The CRL says:

"Greaves are loosely held closed in the back with elastic, shock cord (bungee cord) or white Velcro and are designed to remain flexible."

I'm going to see what I can do to make them remain flexible and open in the back, otherwise I may have to find another solution. Velcro was working fine, maybe just some thinner velcro so its less apparent.

I adjusted the black side wings some but they still need a bit more work. I really don't like the shape of the side wings I was provided when I bought the kit. I may take TerribleBen's approach and seek something else out.

I also moved the strapping for the thighs further onto the side. They still need an adjustment there honestly as they are so close to the cod piece even after dropping them slightly.

Something else I noticed in the pictures is the chest armor looks slightly tilted. Not sure why that was but I’ll look into it.

Circling back, I think all of these small changes lead to some big improvements. I still have a few things to tackle such as those side wings, some belt changes, a missing thigh cover strip, paint, etc. I'm pretty happy with this round.

Let me know if you notice anything else that looks odd.

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35 minutes ago, jamesmillerio said:

Between holiday festivities, I was able to get quite a bit done. I made most of the changes mentioned in my previous post. Those where:

- Adjusting height of chest, moving it up in the front.
- Adding 2" nylon strapping to ammo boxes.
- Gluing calves together (more on this later)
- Adjusting bicep and shoulder distance
- Adjusting belt and thermal detonator.
- Adjusting side black wings (more still to go)

Regarding gluing the back of the calves together, I think I'm going to have to find another solution there. It's almost impossible to get my boots on after having the calve armor on. The CRL says:

"Greaves are loosely held closed in the back with elastic, shock cord (bungee cord) or white Velcro and are designed to remain flexible."

I'm going to see what I can do to make them remain flexible and open in the back, otherwise I may have to find another solution. Velcro was working fine, maybe just some thinner velcro so its less apparent.

I adjusted the black side wings some but they still need a bit more work. I really don't like the shape of the side wings I was provided when I bought the kit. I may take TerribleBen's approach and seek something else out.

I also moved the strapping for the thighs further onto the side. They still need an adjustment there honestly as they are so close to the cod piece even after dropping them slightly.

Something else I noticed in the pictures is the chest armor looks slightly tilted. Not sure why that was but I’ll look into it.

Circling back, I think all of these small changes lead to some big improvements. I still have a few things to tackle such as those side wings, some belt changes, a missing thigh cover strip, paint, etc. I'm pretty happy with this round.

Let me know if you notice anything else that looks odd.

 


Regarding gluing the back of the calves together, I think I'm going to have to find another solution there. It's almost impossible to get my boots on after having the calve armor on. The CRL says:

"Greaves are loosely held closed in the back with elastic, shock cord (bungee cord) or white Velcro and are designed to remain flexible."

 

Only the outside coverstrip is glued to the calves, the calves are left open but either overlap (outside over inside) or be held closed with velcro, like your thighs, watch the thigh closure too ;)

If you look at the back the backplate is also on an angle.

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