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Armour Sections inc upper and forearms plus bells and knees

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Bund / Cod

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Boots / holster / blaster / armour bits not previously shown

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Apologies for the photo dump but that should be everything till suited / clearance pics and you all get to see the chubbiest scout in the forest

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This is great to see Matt. It's getting about time when you suit up and work out all the fitment kinks. We're here to help you with all that so don't hesitate to reach out.

A typical suit up consists of the following:

  1. Flight suit
  2. Vest
  3. Knees
  4. Boots
  5. Cummerbund
  6. Belt/Drop boxes - should be around your navel.
  7. Chest/Back Armor and Shoulder Bells
  8. Biceps
  9. Forearms
  10. Gloves
  11. Bucket

Once you do it a few times you'll find the method that works best for you but trust me when I say to make sure you put your knees on before your boots😁

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Bucket will be nice and secure in this... The white soft covering was provided by chef , who is a god , and I bought a  helmet bag. which they both fit in. nicely . This has a strap so can sling over shoulder

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2 hours ago, Aradun said:


I’m really digging that fabric chef uses!

Ja! I've had a Chef's vest for 8 yrs now and it's still as nice as when I got it. Top notch work from Chef! Matt's got a quality kit. Now we just got to get him in it!😀

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Bought some storage / transportation boxes from a DIY store over here and will line with old towels to cover the plastic surfaces.

This will be for the main armour and flightsuit etc. If I need to the half round  section at the back is removable

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This will be for boots and smaller soft goods etc gloves , blaster etc . Again will be lined with a towel .

 

Also have all there bubble wrap from chef I can layer in between stuff to make sure all ok.

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And just a fun one, This is Ade , my partner Cori's eldest who's autistic and has learning difficulties.  He is usually scared of costume characters but as I showed him it was me under neath then shut the lid then opened again he was okay.

So naturally he wanted to try it on.,  He might be an honourary pathfinder lol

 

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Dennis made a comment about the rabbit hole of tweaking , I laughed at first but now I know better.

 

Had wee bit of helmet wobble at sides.  so I thought what can I do to sort it...then inspiration struck

 

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two bits of yellow sponge to the rescue

 

also chin cut now fitted to make sure it stays put.  I know thats optional but I want the bucket to stay put

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First suit up and dress fit tomorrow. tad nervous

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So full face helmet fit with padding and cup. Hopefully that cant be seen.

 

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Looking forward to seeing that first suit up. That’s when the dream starts becoming reality.

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Houston we have a problem  

 

flightsuit isn’t tall about above the waist so can’t get over shoulders. I need to remeasure and sort that  

That’s my mistake and it’s sortable   
 

the main thing is that all the amour fits , had to use the extensions , but the test fitting was with ISG scouts so belt bind etc all good.


The upper arm t-bits are both exactly the same so the pointy bits are both the same  

now the crl just states there has to be a t-bit bit but nothing on the L/R orientation. Hoping that would be okay 

its a blip but it’s all sortable 

 

 

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Sorry to hear that Matt but I'm sure if you reach out to Chef he'll get you sorted out. Your t-bits will be just fine for basic and easily updated if you go for Lancer.

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2 minutes ago, Retrofire said:

Sorry to hear that Matt but I'm sure if you reach out to Chef he'll get you sorted out. Your t-bits will be just fine for basic and easily updated if you go for Lancer.

Yeah. Already spelt to him and resubmitted the correct measurements.  
 

one option he mentioned is to add an elastic section to make up the difference. This would be at a point where the bind would hide it I assume. 
 

I’ll be sending it back on Monday and it’ll be done when it’s done. 
 

it’ll be fine in the end 

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Quick update

Flightsuit off back to chef to be sorted. 
 

in mean time added Velcro to back

of knees , back of belt either side of the join and the front ‘buckle box’ just in case.  
Also had issue with the fitted zip tie anchors coming off their adhesive backing on the shoulder so removed them , cleaned the surface and fitted new ones with new zip ties. 
 

Then I remembered the armour video that @BikerScout007did so went back and checked that ,  then copied the solution to fit the top anchor to the shoulder bridges.  So that now has a tie anchor stuck to a piece of industrial Velcro secured to the Velcro on the bridge cover. 
 

Make the pain stop lol

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Hey everything is going swimmingly my friend! You're "earning" your TKID and walking the same path everyone here has done and you're doing great! Good thinking going back to the video and getting it sorted out!

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Chef has the flightsuit back so all being well won’t be too long now.

It it stops being so damn wet I can get the weathering done lol

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Great news! Man that was quick! Kudos to Chef on that great customer service!

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1 hour ago, Aradun said:

Great news! Man that was quick! Kudos to Chef on that great customer service!

Yeah. 
 

all I’ve had to to do is cover the postage to him

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Right.  It's weathering day , temp about 9 degrees in real money and some cloud. No wind so it's time.  Have everything I need and the tutorial video queued up.  This way when the suit is back its dressing , pouch check and securing then clearance pics

 

woohoo

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Quick pic.  This will lighten as it’s drying ( very fresh ) followed the images on here from other cleared and the video so fingers crossed

 

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Looking pretty good Matt! Remember when it comes to weathering that "less is more". Check the pics in the scoutopedia here for a good reference. Love to see this coming together!

http://www.501stpathfinders.com/scoutopedia.php

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Cheers Pete.  
 

I had to redo the front as had a wind/sneeze issue and from of armour was a bit too done

 

ive  cleaned it off and redone it. I’ll sort a pic out. 

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@Retrofire

First attempt and latest.   Least it’s an easy fix 

 

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Would value your and anyone else’s input 

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