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Some parts disappeared... need replacements
TXBolt replied to TXBolt's topic in Kashyyyk Trooper Armor/Helmet
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Some parts disappeared... need replacements
TXBolt replied to TXBolt's topic in Kashyyyk Trooper Armor/Helmet
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Good morning all! I was doing a troop and one of the doo-hickies on the front of my bucket (little knobs that look like air filtration or some such) fell off and disappeared. Does anyone 3D print or have a couple replacements I could snag? (a 'couple' in case another flies off and I have a backup). THANKS! CB13911
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I got mine from WampaWear
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CB 13911 Reporting for duty:
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Thank you for the feedback!! I love the suggestions. I'll get on tightening things up.
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OK.... I THINK I'm done! (gun coming, but I'm not worried about that) Please take a look and let me know... should I submit these pics, or is there something I need to change before submission? THANK YOU to everyone for all your help. It has been a 2 year long process to get this point (I'm estimating about 100+ hours in this thing).
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Awesome! THANKS!!
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Thanks for the compliment! The legs are a bit large so I have to pad them to hold them secure, but if I go smaller, my gigantic feet won't slide in.
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While I work to figure out how to get that belt unit all together, I needed to finish out my shins with the straps and buckles. Using a length of canvas belt dusted with black and brown to darken/ dirty it up a bit was all that I needed. From there E6000 gluing magic to save the day! I hope this helps some of y'all. More updates as I bring this badboy to the finish line.
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On the belt, I followed the lead of other experts here on the boards and used a masking technique to spray paint in the black: For any overrun/ overspray, I just used a sharp knife and scraped off the excess: For the buckle, I just hit it with some primer, silver, and then dusted it with black to give it the right color tone: I cut some leather straps to start the process of hanging the pouches (e6000 to fold over and glue the straps together): At the moment... I'm a little stuck on how the heck I'm going to secure the buckle to the belt. E6000 didn't hold, so I will have to research what to do next on that.
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Next up... misc details that I didn't quite get around to last year. Up until this point, I didn't have the hanging pouches, so I did the same thing and whipped out the cardboard and duct tape. Then I just took some fabric and wrapped the cardboard and slapped on the paint:
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Wow.... time flies when I'm being a slacker. So real life kicked in, and it has been about 10-11 months since I have touched this project. (note... if I screw up my image posting, please bear with me. It has been a year since I messed with photobucket too. ) However, I'm back on track, and here are some updates for you. Let's start with the Cummerbund: Since it was originally made, I have dropped about 25+ pounds. As you might imagine, that jacked up all the dimensions. I had to reshape all the ammo pouches to fit my new waistline. I found that the magic of cardboard and duct tape were the easiest way of getting the job done. Also, by using the cardboard, I was able to make useful pouches as opposed to just cosmetic features stuck to the cummerbund. Now I have a plan for where I'll carry my keys and cell phone. LOL! After making a bunch of boxes, I got it all reshaped:
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It was brought to my attention that I may have misread your question (sorry... I'll stop trying to reply on my phone). I thought you meant the shoc visor only. I ended up attaching the helmet visor to the helmet by drilling pilot holes into the helmet and visor, feeding a screw through and securing with a wing nut. I then hit the screw head with the black cap, and that was it. You can find my build thread here: http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=15850&st=0 (I will need to update it soon, as I finally got off my tail and started working again). TXBolt
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I ended up just using hot glue. It has been a year and it's still solid.