Bowfanny Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Greetings all, i recently came into a set of second hand 850AW I believe V3 kit that was trimmed by the last person. Some of the trimming turned out to be a bit of a butchery and some oopsies. Right now I am currently about half done printing the helmet and may go back and re-print a piece or two as the original prints were a bit off but not by a noticeable amount(except to me). The 850 kit collar pieces are a complete wash as far as I am concerned and I have already printed a new collar but the back plate collar tabs are wonky. Nothing lines up like it needs to and so am struggling mentally as to what direction to take on it as I could just print the SF files for a new set or try to adapt and use some of the sintra I have on hand from building Mando stuff to repair the damage. It sat in someone’s garage for I don’t know how long. I received it in a big black garbage bag. Ive sanded all of the forearm and bicep cover strips as well as glued those suckers on after sanding the pieces to get footing for the adhesive to grab on to. I like Quick grip contact adhesive. It tends to hold better than my 3d printed parts when I assemble with it. It gets a grip within a few minutes and sets up solid/semi flexible over a 24hr period and I’ve snapped 3d pieces before it gave out. I’ve been double checking the crls and what not about the eye bags also so here’s where I am with that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK8271 Rogue Trooper Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Nice work on the eye bags, I would suggest having a look through this 850 WIP http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/19218-850-kit-with-lots-of-alterations/Paul got his 850 up to Vanguard which was some feet. The pulls on 850 are weak but it can be rectified if your willing to put the work in. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowfanny Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 14 hours ago, TK8271 Rogue Trooper said: Nice work on the eye bags, I would suggest having a look through this 850 WIPhttp://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/19218-850-kit-with-lots-of-alterations/ Paul got his 850 up to Vanguard which was some feet. The pulls on 850 are weak but it can be rectified if your willing to put the work in. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I’ve had his build open in another window on my phone since I started researching and building! I keep popping back over to it as I go since there’s a lot of great stuff he did there. I’m dual building at this point because one of my local Garrison buddies has a Vac former and we plan on doing a group build type thing with the SF 3d printed parts I am doing. I am definitely going to be trying to make this 850 kit go as far as possible! Thanks for the complement! I am also reprinting the back of the helmet and the back lower of SF V2 helmet as my print bed was out of level when it was printed and has a 5mm layer shift from one side to the other which is fixable but I want a great helmet at home right off the bat! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK8271 Rogue Trooper Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 So handy having a 3d printer , I would print out the forearm ladder also as the pull is very poor. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowfanny Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 9 hours ago, TK8271 Rogue Trooper said: So handy having a 3d printer , I would print out the forearm ladder also as the pull is very poor. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Was considering that myself! I’m just concentration on printing the helmet at the moment which with a couple pieces printing again will probably be done the beginning of this next week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowfanny Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 Aaannnnddd I figured out that this 850 kit wasn’t what I wanted to do so I’m switching gears over to printing the Sean Fields V2 kit. 2 Ender 3 printers are gonna take a bit to knock out the main parts. Takes about a full week to do one of the regular sized greeves(printed a set for another Shore) but I’ll have to scale the width and depth up a hair because my calves are 17 and exceed the capacity of the stock size. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowfanny Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Forgot to mention, I just received 20 rolls of filament via ups that I ordered last week. I’m thinking that should give me a pretty good start on my kit ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowfanny Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Started printing the Sean Fields individual strap bits last night. Got 16 sections printed overnight and printed both buckles and the posts to secure the buckles on the chest plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegativeEleven Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I see you've gotten better at printing since we traded parts on the mercs forum so many years ago. I got a 2nd hand kit (very early as far as ST's) and am trying to figure out what needs to be replaced and if I'm capable of fabricating it myself. Might message you if you get those files working for yours. Been sanding and carving away at the the old resin 850 helmet I got and it's got some real issues that I don't think putty and sandpaper are gonna fix. I wouldn't wear something that big, 3d printed though. Gonna have to find vac-formed shins too, cause all I got were the resin front details and buckles in this box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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