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Looks good to me. If I had to nitpick anything it would be the rivet on the bottom of your tank. It seems a little bit high up to me. It could be the angle the photo was taken from since you said it was a child that took it.

I am 5'6" and this is how Altmann's looks on me:

Get a pair of curved Lexan scissors like this: https://www.amazon.com/Integy-Hobby-C23053-Curved-Scissors/dp/B00QYZOS7G.

Great feedback! Thanks everyone. I did lose some weight since i finished the flight suit in August and the leg straps are looser now, time to adjust those for sure. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

Thanks. I can't take credit for the magnet idea, I got that from Pandatrooper's build thread. And if I had to do it all over again I would take the approach Inklegg mentioned earlier in this thread.

The day has finally come! My helmet arrived today and I couldn't be more happy with it. Spike does great work! Such a great feeling to turn all of the items in my signature green! Pre-Clearance Thread

I'm 5'6" and I love my SC armor. I really didn't have to do much to it to accommodate my height. Build thread here: http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?/topic/15462-The-Aren't-You-A-Little-Sort-For-A...Biker-Scout-(WIP)

Are you getting new end caps or just repurposing your old ones? If going the new route are you just buying from SC or some other source? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

This flat RJ-11 chord looks promising: https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Plastic-Noodles-Telephone-Cable/dp/B00MJU3N8K

The greeble on the TD is correct with the two rectangles at the top (like you have it). If you are using pandatrooper's thread as a reference for this piece, his picture has it upsidedown.

I can't take all the credit. Shada gave me the idea. I hope it works out for you!

I decided to go ahead and add the second magnet to my holster. It wasn't really necessary and I mostly just added this modification out of shear boredom while I continue to wait for my helmet to arrive. As you can see in my previous post, with the SC holster the magnet under the barrel of the blaster doesnt reach the 'ledge' inside the holster. To solve this problem I needed to create a ledge that was higher up inside the holster. To do this I took my trusty lexan scissors to an already broken white plastic laundry basket. In the picture below you can see that I cut a curved portion of the handle of the basket. I then glued the external magnet for the blaster to an end of this new ledge piece and you can see it in the clamp: Next I glued it inside the holster and let it dry in place overnight: Here you can see the newly installed ledge from underneath with the blaster in place: Here is a top down view: I now have two points of magnetic contact keeping my blaster in place. I'm very happy with the results.

I just did a simple running stitch as described in this video: Here is a close-up of how mine turned out. It's not pretty but unless someone is really close and staring at my crotch they won't notice.

I sewed on my patches by hand. It's either that or ripping the seam of the leg open to sew the patch on. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

Looks good! I did all of the soft parts myself as well, it wasn't too bad and I had zero experience sewing. Good luck with the build!

It looks good to me!

There is a stickied thread here: http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?/topic/10737-The-Ultimate-Helmet-Comparison-Thread-(with-sizing) It won't give you pricing, you'll need to contact the vendors individually for that.

Thanks! The boots were really fun to work on and are probably the best part to do first while you wait on other parts of your armor to come in.

My DVH Blaster arrived today! This seems to be the newest version of the blaster with the magnets embedded in two spots, one at the front under the barrel (as was the case in V2) and the new spot on the circular "transistor" on the handle of the gun. Darth Voorhees added this second magnet to accommodate armor types where the barrel magnet could quite reach the holster. Blaster with external magnets in place on front and handle Blaster with external magnets removed Blaster in holster. Here is an underneath shot with the blaster in the holster. I have SC armor and I try to point out the gap between the armor holster and the blaster. With my holster already attached to the boot, I needed to figure out a way to install the external magnet. It was as simple as just positioning like so: The magnets are so strong that it still does a great job of holding the blaster in place through both the vinyl of the boot and the plastic of the holster. Using E6000 to permanently attach the external magnet. Now all that is left is continuing to wait for my bucket to arrive (ordered 117 days ago and painfully still counting )

I used the marine vinyl from JoAnn's Fabrics and it was great. The texture is very subtle and the material was great to work with. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

I just added a part to my build thread that shows what I'm doing to prevent the sag. I haven't trooped with this setup yet, but walking around the house it seems to stay put.

I just added some detail on my build thread about how I did this.

There have been a lot of questions lately about how the 2 piece bund/cod assembly goes. Here's how I did mine as well as how I keep my bund in position by velcroing it to my flak vest (note I have yet to actually troop in this so we'll see if it works out, stay tuned..) Front of the cummerbund with pouches sewn on and cod in place: Back of cummerbund: I have a line of loop velcro at the top of the bund with hook sewn on the top of the cod. Here you can see the cod attachment pulled off of the bund and folded back: What's with all the excess loop velcro on the back used for you ask? Well I have a line of hook velcro sewn on my vest as shown here (there are a couple of strips so I can adjust): Here is a picture that attempts to show how it all comes together: Finally, like many have done, I sewed some loop velcro on the inside of my bund and some hook to the end of the elastic thong which goes together like so:

Check out how Pandatrooper turned his SC belt into a single piece belt. I think this is good enough to meet lancer requirements, but I'm not one that makes that call.