Volksjager Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I have been working on this since I was approved as a TD earlier in the year and it's finally at a point where I would be happy to post here on MEPD. Since I wear a black pauldron and looking at emulating the ally door check trooper, I will be building pack #4. I want to build with as many local supplies as possible though I know I will have to out source some of the parts. I have a full build thread on my Garrison forums but will run through the progress I have made so far. If people want a full breakdown I am happy to do that as well So I started off building my frame from PVC & gas pipe fittings that were the same diameter I also found some seed trays that match the sizes I found here on MEPD pretty well. Downside was they had a rim around the outside edge so I would have to take that off and refinish the edge. Here were the trays when I got them And after a little bit of surgery And in place on the painted frame I purchased a Lionstar canteen from Vincent (many thank) and some tupperware pudding cups & a Stow 'n' Go locally. I converted the canteen following Airborne troopers guide and painted the parts up The hardest parts were always going to be radio & siphon. Luckily I was able to get a fellow Sandy and garrison member to 3d print them for me. Quality was great, just a bit of finishing to be done to them And here is the finished product To complete the Sonix, I had to build the enclosure. I will be running an Aker inside playing background chatter so it had to open. I built the frame from Aluminium angle, made the outer walls from black plastic sheet & added some hinges and a magnetic closer for the faceplate. From there I made the leather cover, added the feet and the dial decals from Trooperbay. I also made the bottles from some drinking bottles I had around the house, they have the right look in comparison to the pudding cups. Made sure I could screw them onto pack as well Now all the main components were here I started to build everything up. I bolted both the blue & black bottom trays to the frame Then started to attached the items to the top trays. Here is the top blue tray completed and attached the tray to pack. Starting to take shape and look like a pack From here I will work on the last part of the top tray, the straps and complete the weathering before trying for Police officer. I will keep the topic updated as much as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand_dorn Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Hey dude, your work is awesome!!! Very inspiring, and useful!I'll follow this!Inviato dal mio SM-G935F utilizzando Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I think I'm going to have to print that shires siphon. What did you use to smooth it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 You're also going to need to modify those seed trays. The bottom one (battleship grey) needs to have 5 strips. The top (black colored) has 3 strips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksjager Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Many thanks, glad a couple of you like it. To smooth the siphon I gave it a light sand, then used 2 layers of spray putty, sanding with 400 grade wet dry in between coats. After that I put on a coat primer filler, sand then the black colour. With the seed trays I found that pack 4 has a 3 rib tray for bottom set (picture pulled from my PO application, thanks Bigwam) Since the last update I have managed to build the corrugated section on the left side of the top tray. Was made from 30mm PVC pipe, same size I used for the lab pipe I also made my straps out of 50mm nylon strapping with size adjusters on both sides of the clip connector. Even put some clear plastic in the dial face of the sonix to simulate the lens Then fix the top tray in place and it was complete Then after a little weathering 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmann Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Wow, you've created a very nice pack! Most impressive! I really like the bottom shape of your gray bottles. The ones used on screen have a sharp angle at the bottom, just like the ones you've found Good job setting the angle for the radar dish! Your eye for detail really shines through in the pack you've built! Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 5:06 AM, Volksjager said: Many thanks, glad a couple of you like it. To smooth the siphon I gave it a light sand, then used 2 layers of spray putty, sanding with 400 grade wet dry in between coats. After that I put on a coat primer filler, sand then the black colour. With the seed trays I found that pack 4 has a 3 rib tray for bottom set (picture pulled from my PO application, thanks Bigwam) I stand corrected, good catch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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