td2878

so heres some more updates, I thought id test a few more things out on my test frame to find out the general consensus, I dremelled off the tops and the middle bar as well as the extra foot bar.....do you guys think I should keep the extra foot bar, or take it it off, the boxes rest nicely on the smaller foot in my opinion and it doesnt stick out so much. Here are pics of my test fram and the frame ill be using just to show what it looked like before and after the hacking .

looking great i havent even started on the armor yet, still feels a little daunting, helmet is done though!

So heres how the final result came out on my 2nd frame, instead of might foot, i place both my hands on the back of the frame at each spot i wanted to bend and pushed down so i would get the exact bend on each side. It bent pretty easily with my weight on it with no sign of any kinkage (is that a real word ), do you guys think the bend is too little or too much???

so I tried and i think it came out good no pipe benders, sand or heat needed, i marked where i wanted the bend to be, placed the frame face down on the carpet, and put my foot where i marked the bend and slowly pushed it was so easy....heres my practice frame(which i will be selling by the way) now to lower the mark and go for it on my actual frame heres a pic of my practice frame.

looking good there bearden!!! what happens if you dont fill with sand?

i dont have a conduit bender can you do it any other way?? with just man power??

Hi all im going to attempt to get my frame bent tommorow, does anyone have any tips or tricks on how they accomplised the bend??? i was just think of heating it on the range and then trying to bend??

on my old fx kit i just used industrial velcro on top and bottom giving a strong hold, probably no canon but it looked good and would be covered by the back pack straps anyway

i am actually enjoying putting mine together too, its just mikes skills are wicked!!

man i wish id waited now..... looks fantastic lucky simon

what did you mean, my screw holes were pre drilled are they wrong???

yeah i was wondering how to get a higher brow line, i wanted to do a move along trooper ...maybe my next ap ill do move along this one ill keep the brow the same more of the stop that ship style.

man went searching around the stores again no sku 1924's anywhere, i think ill have to improvise to get a colour match as cloase as possible.....td8828 what color did you use on your pack???

My thoughts go out to brother GUNS and his family hope yu guys are ok!

thanks guys oh and thanks fo rthe fantastic parts!!! BOOM BOOM!

tried everywhere here in calgary, canada for the country blue apart from walmart, the only skus they carry here(@canadian tire & home depot) are sku 1925 and 1926 close to that color as in blue but not the right shade...i was getting so frustrated,,,,hopefully i have better luck at walmart 2moro. I know this has been asked before but what type of krylon fusion do you guys use to say paint the mortar tube, i bought textured flat black, I think I bought the wrong one can someone let me know what they use and do you prime before using the fusion or the country blue?? cheers TD2878

Well heres a pic of my new AP, its finished well almost now I have to build the armor and weather everything, not forgetting to take off the cheek decals and painting the cheeks grey, I handpainted the frown, tried the stickers , didnt like the look. Its next to my old RT for comparison, I found the blue decals very hard to put on just managing to get all 13 on there by individually adjusting them while they were still moveable(used the windex trick!) took forever until i was happy. Actually having a look at these pic i think i should paint the top part of the front tooth too!

love those pouches its what i based my replica mp40s on!

Rolf, your armor looks awesome!!! I hope mine looks that good!

looking waay better now awesome!!!! BIG UP for the BADLAND SANDYS!

cool rolf, dont get me wrong I still love the helmet and im totally ecstatic about getting started on this project.........GOT MY BACKPACK PARTS TODAY TOO....woo hooo, I was just a little dissapointed in the end product guess i was just expecting a liittl more perfection but as AP himself said the originals were far from perfect in the first place!

I was just speaking to AP and he said the new pvc helmets wont have this problem as its easier to work with than abs, im putting my DP down for the pvc set.

i thought AP was using a professional Vac shop??

thanks TM!!! I was just getting worried as my RT helmet never had these bumps

contacted Ap and he emailed me back FAST!! He said all their helmets have these bumps.