Soundwave Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 The suspenders can be used to hold the Bund up, and keep it from sliding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fistful of Energon Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 Even though those specs are for lancer it's still very helpful. I need to post some pictures of my progress tonight, I've attached the tank and finished the TD. I was moving on to the arm/knee armor today when I ran into the elastic issue. I still think I got sent the wrong width, I have no need for 73 inches of 1.5 inch elastic lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobik96 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Yeah that sounds like a lot. I did my straps to Lancer because I don't like doing things twice. Although I have done a lot of things twice on this project. I'm working on my boots now and have yet to strap my bicept armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fistful of Energon Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 here is the progress. TD has been done for awhile now, a good place to start. The tank and topper wasn't without some headaches. first was finding out the pre drilled hole that came in my topper was incorrect, I contacted Jeff who told me I must have gotten a seconds topper by mistake, he offered to replace it but I decided to fix it myself rather than have more time lost that I could use building. I ended up filling with Apoxie Sculpt and painting it flat black. You can barely notice it. After that I got excited and rushed too much and accidentally drilled too big of a hole and had to go back and again use Apoxie Sculpt ( I love this stuff) to fill in the hole through the entire topper and tank assembly. After it fully cured I drilled the correct size and riveted with no problems, looks great! I ended up using some styrene from a yard sign for my bracket, works fine and bends without needing heat. I will be finishing sanding and final shaping the rest of the armor pieces hopefully over the weekend. I also will be on the hunt for the correct 1" black elastic I need to continue. after that it will just be finishing the chest and back armor strapping and finally the belt, Im honestly dreading this one so any advice will be much appreciated. Oh and according to CB my flight suit and bund shipped on May 3rd so after I get that, whenever it finally arrives, I hope to be finishing everything up this summer. Its been a long, solo ride but even after a year I am still determined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fistful of Energon Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 more progress. fired up the sewing machine. finished tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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