Cheshire Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 So I had to take a month or two off from my build but I'm getting back into it now and have a few quick questions about misc. items. 1) Thigh boxes - do the straps for attaching boxes to the belt need to be one continuous piece? I've seen builds both ways where the straps are cut into pieces and the ends are velcro'd down or one long piece. Does it matter for admission? If optional, what are the thoughts on what's more comfortable/durable? 2) Pouches - can someone please baby-step me through the attaching of these things, like what goes where. There's the flappy thing at the top of the pouch - does that attach under the the bottom lip of the chest plate or does it fold over the top of the bund? And again, if optional what's the opinion on best fit? 3) Belt - Looking at my SC instructions it appears there are rivets in multiple places on the belt. Looking at pictures of scouts, I haven't seen too many rivets except maybe joining the fabric for the back of the belt. I feel like I'm missing a crucial detail so any clarification on this point would be great. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaEngine Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 1) I think optional; mine's one long piece fed through the front-center of the belt with the ends riveted at the back of the belt. 2) I've had them both ways. The CB soft goods came with velcro to attach the top of the pouch flaps to the inside/top edge of the bund. I did it that way, but found that when I had keys, wallet, phone in the pouches the weight pulled the bund down over time. It was also common for that cloth tab to show between the pouch and the bottom of my chestplate. So I put sticky velcro on the inside of the chestplate, attached the pouches to it, and duct-taped over them for added support. Looks great, feels great! 3) For lancer specs you'd have to glue the three plastic belt sections together, then use a single rivet at each end to attache the plastic to the material that forms the back. I wasn't going for lancer, so I assembled the plastic sections with two rivets on each overlap, and two at the ends for the fabric...then painted the heads white so they weren't shiny and obvious. White rivets would also work there, I just didn't want to put out another $6 for 100 more rivets when I already had white paint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandatrooper Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 1) Thigh boxes - I'd do one piece canvas webbing. Less material wastage and looks better IMO. 2) Pouches - I attached mine to the meet the top of the bund, then the chest armor bottom edge covers it. I sewed an extra elastic strap on either side of the bund suspenders to prevent the bund from ever "popping out" over the chest. Check my build thread. http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=9781&view=findpost&p=93551 3) Belt - Don't rivet the belt if you can avoid it, you can glue it and no one will notice. My build thread has detailed images on how to hide the seam. You don't have to do it that fancy, but even if you sand the parts and glue the belt parts together with E6000 and hide the seam behind one of the boxes, it will look clean. http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=9781&view=findpost&p=82251 Hope that helps! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thank you both! And Panda, your build thread is a godsend. I pretty much don't even get started until I have it open for reference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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