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Hey everyone. Just started my new biker scout build.

I have a WTF armor kit on the way

A Steph’s imperial outfitters soft armor kit and boots set

And a DVH blaster pistol on order as well

I bought a set ofRed Kap coveralls and some fabric from JoAnn’s AND a sewing machine.

My wife and I did a trial by fire and learned how to sew over thanksgiving weekend.

I’ll post as often as I can showing my progress.

Most of my stuff should be here in the next 4-6 weeks. Can wait for that beautiful BBB!

 

 

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Welcome to the forum!

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Here is an update on my 90% finished flightsuit. Still need the giant square in the back.

A quick run down of how I did this.

1. Right out of the box I turned the flight suit inside out.

2. Next I laid a pair of form fitting jeans on top and traced out the slack with a fabric pencil.

3. Next I temporarily pinned and sewed up the pants and tried them on now that they are tailored.

4. With the pants right side out I drew out the patches on top of duct tape so I can traced and cut onto the suede.( be sure to draw EXTRA fabric so it can be sewn in later).

5. Lastly I opened up the temporary inseam and permanently glued down the fabric patches and then permanently sewn up the suit.

 

NO visible stitch lines.

Clean inseam

Comfy coveralls

 

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I also secured stitched on one loop on each sleeve cuff. You simply slip your thumbs and now when you put on your gloves your sleeves won’t untuck from the gloves. 212423e06e5963a7dd8b006eed15c52b.jpg

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Oh yeah. I also removed all of the external pockets and made a collar using the extra fabric. ad1b4a99c89fa8baf4113dbb4cd4b7f9.jpg

 

Later on I will attach Velcro to the joints where the armor plates can’t slip off. And maybe I’ll have my wife take pictures of me modeling it for you all too.

 

Thanks to bikerscout007 for the awesome tutorial!

 

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Well done!  

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Got a chance to try on the flightsuit today. I did a bit more work on it too. I re-enforced the stitching along the inseam and waist wear I tailored it all. And I attached some Velcro to draw the mud flap down the back.
If I take it in anymore I think I’ll look like I’m wearing skinny jeans. I think it looks pretty good.
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Any thoughts or critiques?


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Does anyone else get impatient or too excited waiting for their orders to ship? Ahh I’m too excited.
My soft goods will ship from steph imperial outfitters. She sent pics and they look great!
Tom from TDK props is printing my DLT-19x and will be here in mid to late January.
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2019 I’ll finally troop with cloud city garrison in Portland OR!
Anyone from around that area online?


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Wish I had an update for you all. Vendors are taking longer than I hoped. BUT! Who would be interested in a TDK props DLT-19X sniper rifle build thread?
It ships from Australia this Monday.
Keep an eye out for that build in the weapons page of the forum.

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Been a long time since I’ve posted. Guess I forgot about documenting hahaha. Seen one build I guess you’ve seen them all. I got a new bin for my armor. Picked up a husky bin from homedepot and slowly pimping it out. I also and 95% done with my DLT-19x. Trying to match my weathering to the EA battlefront II in game model. f0dbcba41ea4f4c08b0f9b5b30b9f629.jpg3c713e08049008d879db6967ef9ed486.jpg6e230b696683f276286ac6e14056f41d.jpg


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Actually I haven’t really tailor the top yet. I did take in the back by folding in even bits of fabric. I’ll IM you later. The sleeves can be done the same way. Just make sure to sew to the original seam in the pit or you will look like ralphie’s little brother from chistmas story.


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I am doing more test fitting on my scout. Trimmed my chest and back to make it more form fitting and I need to lower my belt boxes.

Are my pouches too big? I got them from a vendor and they are 7” tall. Should I remake them my self to 6” spec?9eae2ba8a60af5a522e833ec35103357.jpga5cae6eabeb4606dfc05a08c4058b87f.jpg

By the way adding Velcro to keep the chest from slipping inside the cummerbund is really helpful.


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Pouches are too big. Dropboxes look fine to me.


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On 5/12/2019 at 1:51 PM, Ctschurman said:

I am doing more test fitting on my scout. Trimmed my chest and back to make it more form fitting and I need to lower my belt boxes.

Are my pouches too big? I got them from a vendor and they are 7” tall. Should I remake them my self to 6” spec?9eae2ba8a60af5a522e833ec35103357.jpga5cae6eabeb4606dfc05a08c4058b87f.jpg

By the way adding Velcro to keep the chest from slipping inside the cummerbund is really helpful.


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I'd say you can probably salvage the boxes by taking and inch out of the top, but you'll probably have to re-make the flap.  

You mentioned velcro for the chest/bund....I'd like to see photos on how you did that,

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I have recently completed the basic requirements for my scout!
I have. Lot of tweaking to do such as fix that darn cod piece.
Anyone and everyone please tell me what I should tweak to make my scout better!
Don’t hold back
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Looks good. 

 

Maybe backfill the cod with foam to stiffin it up to you don’t looks like you’re sportin a toe 

 

Maybe be fill in you pouches as well

 

Correct me if I’m wrong, but does you bund have 4 ribs?

Also the pouches should be about 1” from the outer most stitching on the ribs of your bund

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Not sure if you are doing your own soft parts/sewing, but Pandatrooper's WIP came in handy for the anti-cameltoe cod for me.  He added a piece of thin plastic between layers of the lower  cod padding to help it keep it's shape.  Mine is not approved yet, but I followed suit and did the same thing with a piece of scrap HIPS plastic.  I'm sure you could achieve the same thing with something else laying around the house.  Like maybe a piece of bucket plastic or something.  

test_fit

 

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Thanks for the tips everyone. I am actually going to rebuild my cummerbund set. I am going to make it a bit bigger length and height wise. The set I ordered from Steph was okay but the pouch Velcro was too close to the ribs and the measurements I gave her must not have been too accurate. Oh well. She still does great work.


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I have been accepted to the 501st!
I am waiting on for my official TB number to come in!
I never did post much but thank you to everyone here for your recourses and threads.
You all got me here. If you are in the Portland OR area I will be pursuing a speeder bike build.


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