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Allright! So it shouldn‘t be a problem for basic approval if I‘m using the 38mm for the belt and the 40mm for the chest and back piece. But I guess for Lancer it should match? Either 38 or40mm. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Yes, this helps! It looks like about 1 cm from the edge. And I'll definately trimm down the lip a little bit more. Do the two strapping for the armor and the boxes look ok? Forgot to write this question in the post.

Still no news from my sewing machine... Well... I used the time for some cutting and sanding armor parts. I cut slots for the strapping into the forearm armor pieces, the drop boxes, the belt and the knee armor. I glued some additional abs plastic sheets into the knees where the the upper strap is going to be riveted to the armor to give it a little more stability. Hope this keeps the part from cracking. The biceps armor needs some extra sanding. There is no marking for the strapping of the biceps armor. What is a good distance to get inside the armor with the strapping. Is this understandable?! 😅 Got a question regarding the belt. How much do I have to trim the outline / the rest of the abs? Does it have to be snug to the boxes or is it ok this way? Strapping is a good point. I want to use these two belts for strapping. The left one is white 40mm cotton webbing for the chest and back armor and the other one is for the drop boxes and came with the SC kit and is 38mm. Well and yes... blood, tears and sweat... 😂 pricked my finger with the exacto knife...

Upps... the drawing is misleading. I wanted to refer to the width of the lower part but when I understand it correctly this part is meant?

Just a short question regarding the rivets. The CRL says 3mm rivets are needed. This means that the red marked parts needs to be 3mm in diameter?

Congrats Chris. Well deserved! Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Good job, Chris! Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Oh I see… Well ok, maybe I‘ll use them as pattern for the bound and ask her to redo the flaps [emoji16] Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Just a small update at the end of the weekend. I've been at my mothers house and she gave me the pouches. Kind of satisfied with the result. Just need to attach some velcro on the back of the flap to connect it with the bound. Unfortunately our sewing machine is still not repaired, so maybe I'll start to cut some slots for the strapping of the armor. 😁

I‘ve just started printing the DLT with these files. Just something for in between… :-D Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Depends on the thickness of the resin part. But as you can see on the hengstler Counter of my finished bapty there is a crack and that‘s because I screwed in the screw which fixes the counter to the rail a little bit so far… But let me tell you one thing, filling and sanding can be very meditative! :-D Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

This is the almost finished 3D Props Bapty btw Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

I think the best way would be to buy a DIY kit because you need to sand and fill it anyway… [emoji16] Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Well I can post the pictures here to Show you what I mean. The first is imperial arms and the second one 3D Props. Imperial Arms came in one piece and the other one disasambled. Both Need work but in direct comparisson the 3D Props is better. Especially because the detailed parts are casted in resin and therefore much more realistic. As I said regarding the e11! Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Hello there! I‘ve bought an E11 last year and I can say that the quality out of the Box is ok. As I remeber they offer different finishing. I chose the clean version and still have to get rid of the print lines. Communication was good! Later I bought an E11 bapty at https://www.3d-props.com/ and the quallty straight out of the Box was much better and it felt much more sturdy. Unfortunately they don‘t offer a Printservice at the moment only the files. All does not have to apply for the DLT, just wanted to give you my impressions. I can send you pictures via PM if you want. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Definitely! 😅

Yeah, BBD is always a fun day... Recieved my SC armor kit today. I was surprised that the package was so not really "BIG" and my first thought was, that something is missing... 😁 But everything arrived well and in one piece. So that's it for gathering all the parts. This weekend I'll get the pouches from my mother and I'll take some picturse of the measurements. The flightsuit just came back from the tailor. I'm still not 100% satisfied with the results. Especially the bottom part is still a little bit baggy. I'll take some pictures next week because I'm kind of busy this week. That's it for today... Cheers!

Fingers crossed! Have you considered taking the boots to a cobbler? Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Ok, I took the sewing machine to a local hobby shop and they'll fix it. Unfortunately this will take up 3 - 4 weeks because they've got tons of work... Well... unless it's working again everything is fine. The tailor just called and the jumpsuit is ready to pick up this thursday and I got my suede today and I think it's looking really good. The questions is what am I doing in the meantime. My armor will arrive aprox. next week. Maybe I'll start with some trimming and sanding. We'll see... 😁

2. These Boots are made for walking - Part 2 Found some time to work on the boots. First time working with vinyl. I tried to stick to cheesewhoopy's tutorial as good as I could and in general the process is really straight forward. I stuffed the boots with some socks but I guess boot strappers would have been a better solution. First attempt was not succesfull because I cut the vinyl a little bit to short. The second try was much better because the vinyl fitted the instep much better. And again I wasn't satisfied with the first try and did a second run with the hairdryer. I let the vinyl settle down for about 2 hours. After that I removed the pins and added some e6000 and stretched the vinyl back on the boots and pinned it down again. In the meantime I cut two stripes of 1/2" vinyl for the wrapping. Today I glued the wrap arround the boot with some superglue. Unfortunately our sewing machine is broken so I need to repair it first. I've already cut out the parts for the calfs but I can't go one until the machine is repaired... 😡 Hopefully this is an easy fix... But there was one message which cheered me up. My armor is on it's way! 😁 That's it for today

Just ordered the armor at SC today. Very exciting! 😄 The real suede is on it's way, too. All parts are gathered some still need to arrive but just a matter of days (or weeks) and than I can go all in.

Alright, adding a larger collar should be easy if it's to short in combination with the helmet.

Just got back from my vacations and had to work on my TD a little bit because of the upcoming troops. Now I can continue with the Scout. I'm currently working on the boots but I want to do a little timeconsuming step in between. I bought a Helly Hansen Overall. It already has a mandarin collar and only some pockets which need to be removed or closed. As I'm planning to go for Lancer status the CRL says that the overall needs to be tailored to the wearer. As you can see the overall is a little bit baggy. Especially the crotch (hope it's the correct word) needs to sit a little bit higher and all the parts need to be a little bit tighter in general. On the second picture I lifted the lower part a little bit and I think it would be much better. Is the mandarin collar high enough? I'll take the overall to a tailor because the tweaks are a little bit to complicated for my limited sewing skills... 😅

Thanks for the quick reply. When I get the pouches from my mother, I'll make some detailed pics in my WIP.

Are the flaps inside the pouch in anyway relevant? In the CRL they are not mensioned or my english is simply not good enough to understand it. My mother finished the prototypes today and she made the pouches with two flaps inside. Just asking... 😄