Fist fighting trees and teddy bears: A Scout Story

[Aradun]

Hey Rusty! The build is coming along, but I just wanted to note that your bund looks to be too long. Over all the bund should be about 8 or 9 inches in height. Your belt should be worn just below your naval and the bottom of the bund should rest on top of it. The top of the bund should sit under your chest armor (about 2”). What is the height of your bund currently?

[Safetymanual]

13 hours ago, Aradun said:

Hey Rusty! The build is coming along, but I just wanted to note that your bund looks to be too long. Over all the bund should be about 8 or 9 inches in height. Your belt should be worn just below your naval and the bottom of the bund should rest on top of it. The top of the bund should sit under your chest armor (about 2”). What is the height of your bund currently?

Thanks for the feedback. 

Bund height is right at 14"

Belt should be no problem to move lower.

 

Edit: Looks like I took my measurements wrong. Bund needs to be right at 9". Shouldn't be a problem for me to reach out to a tailor to get it fixed.

[Safetymanual]

For the chest\back side straps, those can be off-white correct? I believe I'm reading the CRL correctly.

Under the belt section:

• If using off-white cummerbund pouches and side straps, the drop box straps are also off-white.

[Retrofire]

Yes. You'll want that strapping to be the same color as your drop box straps. That way you will look much more cohesive.

[Safetymanual]

I believe I have my armor all done except for the shoulder bells. I'm waiting on my Flight suit and vest to come in before I know if I need to trim them down or not. I am also waiting on my boots. I learned that riveting is not hard at all. Removing rivets is also easy. Pretty sure my belt is good. I just need to trim some fabric off but I'll wait until I can 100% say it's good. My cummerbund is too tall because I measured wrong. It's currently at the seamstress to have it corrected.

[Aradun]

Hey Rusty! Nice work.

One observation: in addition to riveting the webbing closure material to the plastic belt, it appears as though you have also riveted the strapping from your belt boxes to the webbing closure of your belt.

Per the CRL:

“There are only two (2) visible 1/8th (3mm) rivets on the belt: one on each side toward the back to connect the webbing closure material to the plastic belt”

The strapping for the belt boxes should be sewn to the webbing closure in the back, not riveted.

CRL aside, rivets in that location would not hold up well, as the rivet itself will cause wear to your belt, bund, and or flight suit from rubbing against those materials while moving about.

[Safetymanual]

16 minutes ago, Aradun said:

Hey Rusty! Nice work.

One observation: in addition to riveting the webbing closure material to the plastic belt, it appears as though you have also riveted the strapping from your belt boxes to the webbing closure of your belt.

Per the CRL:

“There are only two (2) visible 1/8th (3mm) rivets on the belt: one on each side toward the back to connect the webbing closure material to the plastic belt”

The strapping for the belt boxes should be sewn to the webbing closure in the back, not riveted.

CRL aside, rivets in that location would not hold up well, as the rivet itself will cause wear to your belt, bund, and or flight suit from rubbing against those materials while moving about.

Thanks!

Ah ok. That'll be easy enough to fix. I have to get a sewing machine or wait for a build day to sew the straps onto the belt. Build day might be better so I can get more eyes on everything before it gets sewn.