shwarzwald
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Yup. Though on that note I either need to find someone selling the diamond knee plate or make it myself. Some of the people whom create armor sell that one part for a bit more than what I would consider fair for such a small piece of abs plastic.
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If I recall I've seen you on fisd as well.
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I'll give it a shot when I get started on them tonight. Btw gotta say that after posting progress on 3 separate forums aside from getting the most help here, this site has the best layout and is waaay mobile friendly. My garrisons forum doesn't resize the pictures so you have to scroll across the page to see the stuff. XD
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Ah I realized I forgot to wipe off the old lines. Yeah after talking to ya'll I saw what ya meant. Though the outside forearm on the left still pushes into my wrist and bicep due to the odd slant.
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Ahaha oops. So almost to forearms. (Just finishing up glueing cover strips on left bicep and right is ready to go.) Buuut while scoring the bottom of the right bicep the stupid exacto dug in too deep snapped and took off an odd section. Luckily I saved the rest of the piece. Using scrap I made a back piece and will tomorrow play with the scrap to make abs sludge to fill it in and smooth it all back out.
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I'm pretty sure its my left arm causing the issues. (As seen below.) And below is right arm.
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Sweet. I'll move onto those after finishing up the biceps then. Luckily I have found a thread (and saved) that shows how large each coverstrip needs to be. Also I may not say it enough, but receiving feedback is extremely appreciated and I thank anyone who helps out.
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Well time waits for no one. While I'm awaiting feedback for those forearms I went ahead and moved onto other parts. So far we're on the third coat of primer (with sanding in between) (Also probably going to do many more coats) and left bicep has the inside cover strips glued in. After watching rogue one tonight with my father I intend on getting the right bicep to at least the same progress. (As you can see the gash above the trapazoid is all but gone.)
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Ok so after a bit more reading I think I can mostly leave the outside of the forearms alone. Trimming away almost all the inside forearm allows movement. However this may seem silly, but I dont know which forearm is for which arm. The inside forearms are different from each other. Which means I need to do some trimming to make them fit right. But that also means a little of the outer forearms need to be trimmed too. With that being said I marked them with what I think is the correct side and the proposed trim lines. Also both outer forearms match. Is one supposed to maybe angle a different direction near the elbow? Edit- I also saw that the left forearm had 11 rectangles. The right forearm has 12 rectangles. (Is this true? That would partially solve my issue and I would just need to trim the left forearm a bit more too.) I would realllllly like feedback before I make an irreversible cut. (Reading other threads got me this far.)
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Alrighty then. I'll squeeze it down 3 more mm. Also! I forgot to ask since some piece need trimming to even fit. The forearms! I have seen a few build threads to where there were 11 boxes instead of 12. Now is that fine? And is it better to cut from the wrist side as opposed from the elbow side?
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Alright so day 3 and a good amount of parts are trimmed and starting to be fine trimmed. With that being said I would like to know just how important getting the cover strips exactly the right size? For example the shins from what I read are supposed to be 23-25mm. As it sits mine are closer to 30mm. Is something like this going to stop me from being approved? (It's going to fit me correctly and look good.) (Also sorry for the potato quality pictures. My tablet camera isn't nearly as nice as my phone camera.)
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So aside from removing material I had to move both ears down. They both had shifted upwards when I made the intial hole. Also did a test spray yesterday, so fingers crossed that paint will want to stick to it. I'll post pics later of that.
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Ok so using what I saw and a bit of what was suggested I cleaned up the ears more, took more material off, and relocated one of the screws. I'm much happier with them now and gonna see what the white primer will do to this. (Gonna hit it with 800 grit and wipe it down)
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Very good link. So from the looks of it gapping is ok, but I should tone down the material on the tubes a little bit more. Well in a few more hours hopefully I'll be posting new shots of the helmet.
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Ah did I leave too much material on there? I was aiming for something like the captain at the roadblock. Edit- Also thank you for some feedback. I'll probably trim them down a little bit more which also may help with the gap. After looking again I realize one ear shifted up a bit when I drilled the holes to place it. Hopefully I can fix that. For whatever reason the face did not have enough material on one side so it made it quite hard to place the ear.
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That was one of three tutorials I used while making the ears. Beyond that though anything else? Personal opinion? Between two forums I'm getting nothing. So no new is good news?
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Day 2 progress. Helmet has moved along pretty well. Ears proved to be quite a time consuming task. Also despite doing everything right the ears still decided to gap after they were screwed on. On a side note exactly how flush do the screws HAVE to be? I counter sunk them down a bit, but not sure if its enough. Also should the brow sit higher or is where it is good? Any feedback from here would be appreciated. Tomorrow starts the task of painting it white.
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Ah I actually was considering using those earlier today too. XD Also I'll put the thighs on hold until I can further read up on them then. On a better note though this thin hdpe helmet that came with my kit was easier to work with and I read up on tk-4510 helmet build thread and followed it to a point where I needed a small opinion from you guys before I went ahead and started drilling holes (or whatever. This thing is workable). I'm trying to figure out if I have this about where it should be before I put the rivot(or bolt,screw?) in ear to hold it in place and start on the ears. What do you think?
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Ok so day one ended with most pieces trimmed of excess overhang and such. However scissors, exacto knife, and mini saw all have proven to be largely ineffective an sloppy at trimming. Only thing I have left is my dremel with a few different attachments. Does anyone have suggestions for the best way to trim these pieces up? Also for say the thigh pieces I need to trim them down to fit better. Is it best to go from the top down for those? Also I'm not large by any means, but is it normal to possibly have to add shims on the shins? (I use a bicycle to stay in shape, so I have larger shins.)
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I appreciate the heads up. I collected more supplies so I may at least start getting these fitted and hopefully get to glueing these pieces together before the week is up. Also I checked his thread out( and another thread where someone used that set up) and it looks more complex to use the brackets opposed to snaps.
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Thank you and ya think so? Also I will keep that in mind about the return edges. Though I was going to try to keep as many as I could (except what would cause rubbing and such) because I was under the impression it helped the armor out a bit by keeping it more rigid.
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So today marks the beginning of a new TD build thread. From what I've been informed the kit I have is a TE kit with an hdpe helmet. This is a whole new ball park for me after working on a fiberglass clone. I have read many threads and gotten advice from a few members, however I will still look here and the fisd for guidance. With that being said here is day one's progress. Unboxed Stared at for a very long time Back to forums to make sense of which pieces are which I have a firm idea of what parts go with what and how they attach. However the thighs are throwing me for a loop.
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Thank ya kindly.
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Thats good to hear. Also as far as it goes I'm only aiming as high as level 2. I still wish to retain some individuality opposed to copy dirt for dirt screen accurate swat. ( Not saying its bad by any means though.) Also this might sound stupid, but which part of the forum would best utilized for creating a build thread? At first I was assuming the barracks, but I'm not quite 100%.
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Thinking about it I probably should start the obligatory build thread. I'm still rounding up the supplies for now. Downside is I may have to either order most online or do a 25 mile round trip to the nearest joanns.
