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Volksjager's #4 Pack Build


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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 

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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 

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And after a little bit of surgery 

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And in place on the painted frame 

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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

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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

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And here is the finished product 

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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.

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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

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Now all the main components were here I started to build everything up. I bolted both the blue & black bottom trays to the frame

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Then started to attached the items to the top trays. Here is the top blue tray completed 

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and attached the tray to pack. Starting to take shape and look like a pack 

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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. 

 

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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)

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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

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I also made my straps out of 50mm nylon strapping with size adjusters on both sides of the clip connector. 

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Even put some clear plastic in the dial face of the sonix to simulate the lens

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Then fix the top tray in place and it was complete

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Then after a little weathering 

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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 :duim:

Good job setting the angle for the radar dish! Your eye for detail really shines through in the pack you've built!

Charlie

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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)

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I stand corrected, good catch! 

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