TX-17241 Starting My Journey!

[dogbertwrldrulr[TK]]

13 hours ago, TK Monkus said:

 

Hey there Dan.

 

Just wanted to jump in here as mine is that first link.

 

I actually didn't use the RS internal strapping. I did custom snaps and fit the length of the strap, to whatever length I needed so I wouldn't have to constantly size the straps when I took the armor apart for storage.

 

 

 

As some of the others have said, it looks like your back is sitting a bit low and your chest is a bit high. Those pieces are in a way connected as if you move the chest down, the back will come up. Similar on the ab/cod and the butt/kidney. You could then move the ab/cod more towards your body so there isn't that gap which would move the kidney/butt up and close that gap with the back since you moved that up. Are you trying to stick with using the RS strapping? I believe you don't have to for centurion (I didn't) and for me the snap strapping worked much better as I could size it to what I needed.

 

Reach out with any other questions, happy to help.

 

Keep up the great work!

 

M 

 

Thank you for the information, and I appreciate you reaching out and commenting. I know in some of the pictures I sent that the armor is misaligned, those are what I have been sending to RS to help me with the strapping based on their feedback (which has stopped after 2 whole emails).  I do plan on replacing the internal straps and have been poking around looking at what others have done before I cut what they provided.

 

A couple of questions for you...

 

1. Is that elastic you used for the strapping, or nylon webbing that is more rigid?

 

2. Did you have to replace any of the buttons/snaps that RS provided (collar, cod/butt strap, right side)?  If so, can you tell me where you got them?  I know I will have to replace at least 1 and I want it to be compatible with what they have used.

 

3. RS internal strapping used little wire things that are screwed into the edges of the armor, did you take those out, or leave them in and just ignore them and put your straps over them?

 

Thank you!

[TK Monkus[TK]]

10 hours ago, dogbertwrldrulr said:

 

Thank you for the information, and I appreciate you reaching out and commenting. I know in some of the pictures I sent that the armor is misaligned, those are what I have been sending to RS to help me with the strapping based on their feedback (which has stopped after 2 whole emails).  I do plan on replacing the internal straps and have been poking around looking at what others have done before I cut what they provided.

 

A couple of questions for you...

 

1. Is that elastic you used for the strapping, or nylon webbing that is more rigid?

 

2. Did you have to replace any of the buttons/snaps that RS provided (collar, cod/butt strap, right side)?  If so, can you tell me where you got them?  I know I will have to replace at least 1 and I want it to be compatible with what they have used.

 

3. RS internal strapping used little wire things that are screwed into the edges of the armor, did you take those out, or leave them in and just ignore them and put your straps over them?

 

Thank you!

 

Hey Dan,

 

No problem!

 

Did you order the kit pre finished by them? So it was ready to wear when you received it? That may be where I got a little confused (not that you can't change things even now!). If so, now I understand as they installed their strapping system it sounds like. I ordered the armor from RS unfinished so built and sized it all, so I never installed the RS strapping system, I went straight to the double snaps.

 

1. Is that elastic you used for the strapping, or nylon webbing that is more rigid? I used nylon for my strapping so there wasn't as much give as I wanted the pieces to stay pretty much where they were. The collar, butt, and side ab are elastic though.

 

2. Did you have to replace any of the buttons/snaps that RS provided (collar, cod/butt strap, right side)?  If so, can you tell me where you got them?  I know I will have to replace at least 1 and I want it to be compatible with what they have used. I did not. Even though I bought mine unfinished, I did buy their strapping pack so have all of those, and I kept those as is. Why do you think you need to replace one, and which one? If you do need to replace, you could probably ask RS to send a replacement.

 

3. RS internal strapping used little wire things that are screwed into the edges of the armor, did you take those out, or leave them in and just ignore them and put your straps over them? Even though I bought the RS strapping pack, I didn't end up using most of it. My armor was raw so none of that was installed. I had decided from the start, after much research and many questions, to go the double snap route and not the RS strap route. Take a look at my build thread if you'd like and you can see how I ended up strapping it and the process. I think you probably could just put snaps over the "wires" they use as if you take them out, you will need to fill those holes.

 

 

 

[dogbertwrldrulr[TK]]

Thank you for all of the information!

 

Yes, I bought the complete kit from them under the assumption I would be able to wear it out of the box.  The legs, arms, and helmet all fit fine (one shin is a little tight at the knee), its just the torso where I have the issue, hence all of the questions/issues.

 

As for why I need to replace the buttons.  One of the first comments that RS gave me for working fit issues was to replace the shoulder straps which which means I would have to replace 1 button on the right shoulder strap.  Another major issue I have is the strap that goes between my legs is way too short which means I have to replace that strap and button as well.  This is because the back armor set does not completely cover my back from collar to butt so it sits high.

 

Looking through your thread, I had some questions on your strapping.

 

1. On the armor itself where you have the "male" end of the buttons, it looks like you used a short piece of nylon and attached 2 button pieces to the nylon and then glued them directly to the armor, correct?  What did you use for the glue?  Super glue, CYA, E6000?

 

2. I saw one question you had was about opening the rivets.  Were you able to open them or did you end up buying new ones?  Do you have a link for a source for them?

[dogbertwrldrulr[TK]]

So I'd like a sanity check here. I would appreciate any comments on all of the sections/pictures.  I'd like to know if you agree with what I am seeing or if I am way off base.

 

I laid my armor out and I feel that the back does not align well with the chest piece which then leads to the fit issues.

 

Here is the armor laying flat on the ground.  In my opinion the back shoulder pieces are significantly lower than chest ones.

 

Here is the armor with the sides aligned the best I could by hand.  Again, the back shoulders do not seem to align well with the chest.

  

 

Here is me in the torso armor and the thighs.  The thighs are pulled up as high as they can go.  I think the top of the back sits too low and should be closer to my neck/collar, but there is also too much of a gap between the butt and thighs.  Or am I crazy on the gap between the thighs/buttplate and it is fine here?

 

Here is the front view.  I think the chest sits too high as it presses a bit into my throat and there is obviously a lack of coverage at the bottom.  Similar to the back, I believe the gap between the cod and thighs is a bit much.

 

Here is the side view.  The back sits too low and the front is sitting too high, however the sides are very misaligned and moving the back up and front down would exacerbate this issue even more.

 

Am I crazy?  Am I missing something?