BikerScout007

Oh I also think the pouches are a lot smaller than we've been making them. Those in that picture don't look much bigger than 4x4

Well here's some observations I've made about the bund and the cod, to the extent they help:

I agree with this.

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Yeah, the chest armor is a sticking point for me too. The SC chest piece is a little too big, and not "angular" enough, for lack of a better word. But I have neither the skills or tools to vac form a new piece so I will make do.

That's a big improvement, Christian! But what kind of padding are you putting inside the cod to make it maintain its shape? That's the most important thing Also -- I think the TK neck seal was a mistake. That's a mannequin they dressed up. For that matter, they put the holster on the left boot, which we all know is wrong. Being a lefty however, I would love that option! But then I guess we'd need left-handed blasters as well. Lou? hahahaha

Yeah I've been angling to make a new codpiece/cummerbund since the Gino thread a few weeks back. The picture in the book makes it definitive. The codpiece is clearly separate and it has some sort of padding in it that gives it it's shape. The batting that we've been using isn't firm enough. The screen scouts don't get camel toe because their cods don't allow it to happen! We also angle our codpieces too sharply. The screen cods aren't triangle shaped, more like pentagons. I also took some screenshots and the codpieces are clearly designed to fold in half (along the horizontal axis) when the scout moves or hops onto the bike. That's what the crescent is there for.

No need. Just paint the inside of the helmet black.

My advice is to skip the mesh and paint the inside of the bucket black

Cool, I will give that a try then! How about everything else on my list?

I made it longer because it was way too tight before, but I could probably stand to take an inch off of it.

Okay so just to be sure: 1) Move pouches out slightly 2) Balance the drop boxes better 3) Shorten the vest sleeves 4) Fix the chevron on the bund (do you have a picture of how it's supposed to look?) 5) Bring in the glove cuffs (and yes, they fit like a glove. I have huge hands) Sound right?

Hahaha, Marcel made my cummerbund. We'll see what he has to say about his handiwork!

Any suggestions so far?

It's been on my Amazon wish list for months! Can't wait

Looks fine. Look at some of the humps in the movie! They're all over the place.

There's always the costume book coming out in two short weeks.... maybe that will have some answers

Yup all true. I got replacement decals from Trooperbay. And bought a new snout from Rottie. I also got rid of the KS furniture pad bolt covers and used aluminum discs instead. But that head space though..... PS -- almost forgot, I removed the mesh in the ears, painted the inside of the bucket black, and added a chin cup But the KS helmet is light and spacious, even with all the mods you have to make

Not to mention that the Redkap has the all-important double zipper feature!

--- The connection of the pouches can be recognized very well in the frontal zoom view of the blu ray showroom feature. Looking at it you see that these seem to be sewn on directly to the cummerbund. They appeal to mee too tightly attached to the bund to be velcreod on or something like that. As Gino already said that everything is kind of hung or attached to the vest it makes no sense to have them connected to vest and bund as bund and vest still seem to be independent items. If they were connected to the vest there would be no connection to the bund and if there was no connection to the bund the extensions of the pouches wouldn't sit so tight to the bund. The pic on the right is great because you can clearly see that the codpiece is separate from the bund, and actually goes under it, where it presumably connects to the vest. Gino has already said that the flak vests are much longer than the half-shirts we currently use.

SC armor is great, has some fast turnaround times. MC from what I understand can have some long waits. I have SC and am very happy with it. No opinion on either the SC or MC helmets (and actually, MC doesn't make a helmet, they sell the MLCs). I have a KS helmet, which is lightweight ABS and I'm happy with it.

Yeah the heat gun is not for everyone. I was able to glue my SC belt together just fine without it. Using E6000. Then again, we don't have a humidity issue here in the deserts of Southern California.

Hahaha yeah I think we've all got that book on pre-order

So there was a long-sleeve undershirt, along with an undersuit, vest, cummerbund and codpiece? That's a lot of layers!

Well, here goes nothing.... My boots, bund and pouches were done by Marcel so they should already be up to snuff Armor - SC Bucket - KS Gloves - SA Vest - Cucblack Undersuit - homemade from a Red Cap Blaster - Negative Eleven If you need better pics of anything, let me know