Next Up Biker Scout aka TB project!!

Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo · Post by **Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:59 am

dun make the same mistakes as i did. start with the long lead items 1st.

recon · Post by **recon** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:55 pm

Yes of course Tham bro.

Thats why im starting on the jumpsuit, inner vest and cumberband with pouches first, cos those items need alot of fine tuning. Armor/Helm will order later gauging the progress of the soft parts. Not forgetting the boots

Hmm dunnoe wether to order both the KC and MLC helms?

Haldir · Post by **Haldir** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:06 pm

Heehee....or like me....gotten the armor first and after that kinda too broke to get the other parts (or dun have the tool to put some of the armor parts together or trim them

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Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo · Post by **Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:45 pm

recon wrote:Yes of course Tham bro.

Thats why im starting on the jumpsuit, inner vest and cumberband with pouches first, cos those items need alot of fine tuning. Armor/Helm will order later gauging the progress of the soft parts. Not forgetting the boots

Hmm dunnoe wether to order both the KC and MLC helms?

*faint*
*woke up*
ok. start ordering the armour 1st bro. then the soft parts.

recon · Post by **recon** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:22 pm

Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo wrote:
recon wrote:Yes of course Tham bro.

Thats why im starting on the jumpsuit, inner vest and cumberband with pouches first, cos those items need alot of fine tuning. Armor/Helm will order later gauging the progress of the soft parts. Not forgetting the boots

Hmm dunnoe wether to order both the KC and MLC helms?
*faint*
*woke up*
ok. start ordering the armour 1st bro. then the soft parts.

haha u faint bcos of my remark or fatimah's one? haha

Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo · Post by **Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:40 pm

order d armour 1st. it is the longest lead item. i'm talking abt MC armour.

recon · Post by **recon** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:47 pm

Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo wrote:order d armour 1st. it is the longest lead item. i'm talking abt MC armour.

Ok roger that. Tot MC should be quite fast as he did with my TK...maybe i was wrong.

recon · Post by **recon** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:56 pm

TB has touched base with HQ, order is in process but need to confirm some stuff.

The new boots offered by MC is quite nice and the price offered is quite close to getting a boots here and have it customised. Should i get it, is it movie accurate enough?

recon · Post by **recon** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:23 pm

MLC helm has just touched down!!

Order with MC Armor parts are in process!

Soft parts with imperial tailor in process

Hyperfirm Scout Blaster - Checked!

Biker Scout Boots - Not Done!

Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo · Post by **Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:58 pm

so u'll find my "martial arts manual" useful...

recon · Post by **recon** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:14 am

finally some updates after 4 months

MLC helm need to wet sand and auto paint!

MC Armor parts on its way here! yey finally

Soft parts with imperial tailor need to do abit more adjustments!

Hyperfirm Scout Blaster - Checked!

Biker Scout Boots - Later then do

Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo · Post by **Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:49 am

great!

recon · Post by **recon** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:56 pm

Ok just some update and notes for up and coming TBs

I noticed as one's waistline gets bigger, there is a tendency that each of the cumberband vertical strips (7 in total) maybe accidentally be tailored wider thus pushing the pouches too far to the sides (sidelobes). Thus its important to highlight to the tailor the exact width of the strips desired.

One good technique would be to experiment and try out (7 strips draw out together on paper) different width of strips for e.g. 2.2cm, 2.3cm, 2.4cm etc and see which produces the best result aesthetically, meaning pouches which are aligned parallel with the last strip, would not be too far to the side. Ideally in my opinion, the ideal position of pouches, the inner sides should be aligned with the left/right nipper of yr chest.

Hope this would give some insight to making an accurate yet good looking TB cumberband

recon · Post by **recon** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:01 pm

Dun worry eugene, as you are using tham's cumberband (2.2cm for each of the 7 strips) as an example with a slight reduction in waistline, your waist pouch are aligned nicely. But however you may need to insert some foam padding to beef it up as you are on the slim side cos cumberband should fit snuggly around the waist. If the tailor were to tailor according to you waist, it would result in the strips being too thin and pouches too close together.

crashout · Post by **crashout** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:11 pm

i think she is duplicating the one she showed me that day with an additional allowance so that the cumberband is not as tight fitting to my waistline....would that do?