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I have been trying to search the forums for the answer to this, but searching these forums is not as easy as it looks. Can someone give me a brief run down of how I should be sanding my armor that i just recieved? Should I use sand paper (what grit) or a nail filer? Special Techniques for rounding the edges? I would just like to know this information before I get started because, we all know this armor is not cheap and it does take time to replace if I mess up so better to be cautious and knowledgable then to dive right into it. Thanks,

Hello, Trying to put some finishing touches on my flight suit. Seem to be having a difficult time with it though. Can you please look at the pictures and let me know how I am doing. Any advice would be great! Thanks, Full flightsuit, patches removed, collar added, added straps around legs and wrists to "tighten" up. Legs are little baggy, I plan to take some in. Are the Elastic straps too loose? too low? A view of my riding patch and elastic straps. Flak Vest

Its been a while but I have made some slow progress. Thought I'd update my progress as my armor should be arriving within 2 weeks. I removed all my patches and I added the neck collar to my flight suit. next up, I purchased the suede for the riding patches and I will be sewing them into the suit and adding the butt flap and also adding Velcro straps to close up the arms since they are really loose. I received my cummerbund set from Marcel. I will be looking for some foam to fill the pouches, but I was going to wait til I completely finished my flight suit. any advice for the pouch foam would greatly be appreciated. Tonight I started on my Boots I purchased Men’s Leather Suede Desert Boots from UK ebay. I did not have a hair dryer since I do not have any hair I used an iron as my heat source and it worked quit well (just make sure you iron the reverse side!) I stretched and tacked all the vinyl over the boots, with the vinyl heated it was really easy to stretch. I then had everything stretched I removed all the thumbtacks except about 4 at the toe and placed the e6000 on the boot and re-stretched the vinyl back over the glued boot. final product Now I will wait for the glue to dry and remove pins and trim the access vinyl. I will update this post when i move to phase II of the boot.

Thanks guys. These are soft toe. I'm just worried to get shoes online cause I feel like the shoes are one of the most important things because I want my feet to be comfortable on long troops and to make sure they are comfortable I like to try them on. I'll keep searching. I can easily return these as well.

Hello BSN, still searching for my base boot. I found these today and they are extremely comfortable. Will they work as a base boot?

Day 4 Received my undersuit. I went with the Red Kap Coveralls. They were at a great price ($29) and fit really good. Here are the list of mods I plan to do to the suit: 1. Creating a Neck Collar 2. Removing 4 pockets 3. Sew in Suede rider patches 4. Add 2" Elastic Strap crossing the thighs where the rider patches are 5. Sew in a Suede butt flap 6 Add Velcro to the legs and arms so I can tighten them and be more tapered.

Day 3 Received my Balaclava today. Since my undersuit has not yet arrived. I will pretend to be a Ninja...

What Marcel said. I reached out to him asking if he had any smalls and luckily he had some extra. I finally had something going on for me with my small hands haha

I recieved my first items and I plan to document the whole journey from start to finish so, here is my build thread. Items already ordered: Armor Kit - SC Helmet - KS Blaster - KS Gloves - SA Cummerbund / Pouches - Marcel Undersuit - Red Kap Balaclava - UnderArmor Items still needed: Vest Boots (will make my own) Helmet Mods Day 1: I recieved my SA gloves. I have really small hands so I opted for the small and they were a perfect fit. That is all I have for today, but I am pretty excited to get this journey started. Stay tuned...

Thanks for the quick input!

I found both of these suits for a good price, both around $29. Tru-Spec Jumpsuit or Red Kap Coveralls I would prefer the one that I would have to do less mods on. Will these be acceptable? Do you like one over the other? Do you recommend another type of suit? Thanks for all the help guys.

Thanks guys! I was just checking on these because they are on sale for a great price $29 and I wouldnt feel so bad if I messed up my first build haha. I was curious because the gum sole looked a little thin compared to others I have seen. I am still swifting through these forums for good cheap base boots. I see that payless is an option, but I looked on their site and only saw dark brown soles.

Is this an acceptable base boot? or any recommendations. thanks,

Thanks! I have the dremel, so looks like ill be picking up a rivit gun.

Hello, It could possibly be on this forum but i have searched and could not find anything. I am just looking for a checklist of all the tools that I would need to be prepared for when my armor arrives. If it is specific can you provide me with details. Thanks so much.