Rennoc Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Hey everyone I've been doing some searching and have not been able to find a TK to TD ab plate conversion. I have a TK ab plate that needs to be cut out and a TD needs to be put in its place. I haven't been able to find a post describing how to do this but maybe I just missed one. Any help you guys could give me I would really appreciate. Thanks Conner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandatrooper Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 What armor do you have right now? On most of the ROTJ tour suit style armor, the box that's molded into the ab section is already the TD box. A TK "button and ridges plate" is usually glued on top. The side vertical row of buttons also changes from 4 small buttons to 3 big ones. Troopermaster TM sells the 3 vertical buttons. I don't think anyone makes a TD "rectangular box" insert. It wouldn't be hard to scratchbuild it from Styrene or ABS plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennoc Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I've seen some people sell the TD box on ebay for fairly cheap but I know you've always got to be careful on there. The kit I got is an AM kit but the ab armor has a TK plate with the rides already there. You have to drill into the plate to place the buttons that came with it. Someone else once told me that you have to cut the TK plate out and then place a new TD box over the area you removed and/or sanded down. I was hoping someone might have pictures or a video of that process or detailed steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 This tutorial will probably help: http://www.imperialsurplus.com/tdab.html You can just make the TD ab plate out of leftover ABS or styrene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennoc Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 This tutorial will probably help: http://www.imperialsurplus.com/tdab.html You can just make the TD ab plate out of leftover ABS or styrene. Hey thanks a lot. That is exactly what I'm looking for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I finally got around to finishing this mod today... what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I finally got around to finishing this mod today... what do you guys think? Good job man! Thanks for the link to the tutorial too. That will come in handy for those needing to do this very thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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