Beren's SC build questions

[Beren]

I just received my SC kit and am beginning to trim and assemble the parts and pieces. I've been looking through the vast knowledge base here on the forums for guidance, but am still learning may way around here, so some of my initial questions will be quite basic.

 

Using Pandatrooper's build as a solid reference, I am building the armor for my wife, so I'll need to keep things trimmed down for her size.

 

First questions involve the belt:

1) How close to the top of the belt boxes do I trim the belt? There's a bit of plastic above and below. Do I trim this flush to the boxes, or leave the 2mm of material alone?

 

2) The sides boxes need to be attached (not the hip boxes, but the side belt boxes) via rivets. These parts have a short tab on one side and a longer tab on the other. Just wondering where the hard part of the belt needs to terminate... If I place the longer tabs towards the back, they wrap around my wife's back a bit.

 

Thanks in advance to your help and feedback! I look forward to learning from you all!

Pete

[Beren]

I've moved on to the mask now...

 

Do I need to glue my mask and visor together? The SC kit instructions don't suggest this, but I thought I've seen scouts trooping with once piece that flips up...

[jameserec]

Yes the visor and mask should be glued together. Otherwise the visor will drop down in front of your eyes. Glue it on the top edge and at the temples. Double check as you are gluing that the side edges of the visor and mask line up. Don't drill the bolt holes until the visor and mask are together and use the center of the divot in the visor as your hole point. The holes that come with the helmet will not be in the correct spot.