c0wboi Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Wow...So I have SC armor, and am finally close to being done. After getting everything on, I have noticed a HUGE gap between front and rear chest plates. The tank is parallel, and everything is positioned right. However, I have about 3 inches between the front and back shoulder pieces. I see where MC armor has some kind of cloth you can use to act as a cover, as it were. But this is definately too big for that... I was going to trim a few pieces of ABS plastic, but velcro on the bottom of it, and attach it in the gap. Any other thoughts? And yes, I DO have a very large chest. Roughly 46" too much benchpress in high school, I guess.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4505Marcel Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Wow thats a tough one you got any pictures mate? Im a 45" chest and my SC armour meets up just fine at the shoulders, my cloth bridge covers are 50mm wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0wboi Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Headed to work now, will post some when I get home in about 12 hours.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chex Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Should still have no problem getting the gaps covered. There's always a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ray Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Wow...So I have SC armor, and am finally close to being done. After getting everything on, I have noticed a HUGE gap between front and rear chest plates. The tank is parallel, and everything is positioned right. However, I have about 3 inches between the front and back shoulder pieces. I see where MC armor has some kind of cloth you can use to act as a cover, as it were. But this is definately too big for that... I was going to trim a few pieces of ABS plastic, but velcro on the bottom of it, and attach it in the gap. Any other thoughts? And yes, I DO have a very large chest. Roughly 46" too much benchpress in high school, I guess.... I had a very similar problem mate, chest like a barrell, and made my own armor only to find a massive misjudgement and a huge gap at the shoulders, it took quite a bit of work to patch, i shaped strips of plastic over my shoulders using a heat gun (and a very thick sweater to stop skin loss) this i then shaped, trimmed and extended the chest and back plates at the shoulders using this plastic i shaped, which i rivited and stuck it in place very carefully with plastic weld, once it was all set, i used an epoxy plastic putty to fill all the gaps, sanded it off and repainted the lot, worked like a charm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0wboi Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks for the tips! I ended up re-forming the pieces a little and then covering the gap with elastic, as per what the others do. Kind of a joint solution. Thanks again to all who helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedfluxx Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I see where MC armor has some kind of cloth you can use to act as a cover, as it were. I too have SC armor and bought white duck cloth at Jo-Ann Fabrics to cover the gap between the front and back pieces of the chest armor. I had Velcro sewn on each side and cut a slit in-between to allow for the t-strap to go through for the shoulder pieces. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfluxx/522976...157624575883263 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfluxx/522916...157624575883263 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfluxx/522916...157624575883263 Recently I noticed that depending on how I wore the chest armor, the pieces would overlap at the gap creating a visibly annoying "hump" to show. I fixed that by cutting a couple pieces of adhesive Velcro and running it over the top of each piece right where they met. I then re-attached my duck cloth pieces and eliminated that hump altogether . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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