ST-8559 Grunt Upgrade to Heavy

[PunkRocketScience]

Hi all!

I'm really excited to have started working on doing an upgrade alternate for my grunt shoretrooper to a heavy!  I am thinking I can maintain the current kit with the addition of a few alternate parts.  I have ordered a couple new pouches and have started printing out alternate belt boxes and Pringles can.

I'm thinking I can use rare earth magnets to attach the forearm shotgun shells without having to create an alternate left forearm armor.  Worth trying for sure!  If not, I will just get a spare and attach them on permanently.

Pics will be coming along shortly I hope!

[BikerScout007]

46 minutes ago, PunkRocketScience said:

Hi all!

I'm really excited to have started working on doing an upgrade alternate for my grunt shoretrooper to a heavy!  I am thinking I can maintain the current kit with the addition of a few alternate parts.  I have ordered a couple new pouches and have started printing out alternate belt boxes and Pringles can.

I'm thinking I can use rare earth magnets to attach the forearm shotgun shells without having to create an alternate left forearm armor.  Worth trying for sure!  If not, I will just get a spare and attach them on permanently.

Pics will be coming along shortly I hope!

Excellent, let's get this baby done!

[PunkRocketScience]

I got a couple new sets of M65 pouches, and of course one of them had more "battle damage" than expected...  Crushed completely out of shape.  I made up some 3D printed inserts to stretch them back to shape.  Figured these would be lighter and more functional than using wood inserts.  Added a hollow space and a couple dimples so that they would be easy to pull out from the pouch and be able to retrieve keys or anything else that would fit into the pouch.

The .STL file is posted to Thingiverse in case anyone else would find it useful:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4668397

[PunkRocketScience]

Here are the new shotgun shells for the forearm with the magnets on them.  The magnets were slightly larger than I wanted, and will end up hanging out slightly from below the shell...  But from most angles they shouldn't be visible, and will be painted beige as well, so they won't be obtrusive.