Deralis Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I was looking at a Hi-rez pic of the Move along trooper when i noticed this!!!! Looks like white cardboard. What do you guys see??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Landcaster Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I must say it dose look like cardboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I don't know what they were originally made from,but I made some anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 What did you use to attach your hand plates to rubber gloves Paul? I'm using industrial velcro that I sewed into nomex flight gloves but I have a pair of heavy duty rubber gloves I would like to put to use (without using elastic strapping to hold the handplates ). Does anyone know if E6000 works on rubber gloves? If so, I'm going to E6000 some velcro to them! Harry I don't know what they were originally made from,but I made some anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 By the end of the day Saturday my E-6000 was beginning to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Those are just held on with sticky tape for the pic Harry.I have used velcro in the past but it didn't last long.I now plan on using snaps by gluing a piece of plastic with two snaps inside the hand plate and a matching piece of plastic with the female snaps inside my gloves which will hopefully do the job. -Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4935 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 By the end of the day Saturday my E-6000 was beginning to fail. E6000 fail???, don't say that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 It didn't fail completely, but it was coming away from the rubber by about 50% after only four hours of trooping. My plan was to use E6000 to attach a rubber handback I'm making to the rubber glove. I am still going to try that. Because the rubber is flexible it should put much less stress on the bond than a flexible material glued to a not so flexible plastic handback (which was what I had on that day). If you do glue a rigid plastic handback to your rubber gloves I would recommend gluing only down the middle of the back of your hand since that area will see the least flex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 That sounds like the best way to secure them to rubber. I'll have to give it a try Those are just held on with sticky tape for the pic Harry.I have used velcro in the past but it didn't last long.I now plan on using snaps by gluing a piece of plastic with two snaps inside the hand plate and a matching piece of plastic with the female snaps inside my gloves which will hopefully do the job. -Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakengine Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Rubber cement would probably work. Has anyone tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Has anyone ever thought that the white drop boxes that sandtroopers don't wear could have been trimmed down and used as handplates? Detail would have to be added to them but their rectangular shape appear to be the same...just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motman241 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 No, I don't think the drop boxes were used for handplates. In that last picture Rocko posted, each of the handplates looks different. That doesn't surprise me, though. There's not that many of them in ANH. Maybe they were a "it'll do in a pinch" sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Paul, I tried out your snap idea. It seemed to work pretty well. I cut a piece of left over ABS in a square, hammered in two female snaps and put industrial velcro on the other side. Then I hammered in two male snaps to the glove. I didn't bother to use plastic on the inside of the glove when attaching the snaps. I figured it would be uncomfortable to wear and the snaps alone seem pretty secure. I already had velcro on the inside of the handplate for attaching to my nomex glove. By using the velcro, it allows you to switch the handplates to either glove. The gloves are military issue and are pretty thick so I don't think they will tear Thanks for the TM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Looks good Harry.I might try and use some thick fabric glued inside my gloves when I add the snaps rather than plastic,like you say,it will probably be uncortable.I know my thin black washing up gloves won't hold up to much abuse so backing up with something is needed I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden6521 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 PM sent! Looks good Harry.I might try and use some thick fabric glued inside my gloves when I add the snaps rather than plastic,like you say,it will probably be uncortable.I know my thin black washing up gloves won't hold up to much abuse so backing up with something is needed I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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