More progress forward on the clone armour. I have completed the fusion of the two thigh plates for the left and right leg.
I'm getting it all put together and then I will trim it up and get it in bondo.
My original plan was " NOT " to cut out the calf's in my shin armour. However that did not go as planed. I realized that after I put on the shin armour that I could not pull it up high enough to get to the snaps on my shoes. So the calf's had to go. I removed the spoons and did the calf conversion.
First I had to cut the calf out of my spares that I bought.
You have to cut them big so they can be attached in behind your armour your going to use.
Then above I cut two pieces that will be used as a tongue and groove sort of speak and glued them together.
After cutting everything out this is what was left of my spare calf armour.
Then I moved on to the assembled shin armour that I will be wearing. This was kind of nerve wracking because I did not want to mess it up. In the end it was fine. So I cut out the spoons just on the curve and removed the throw away part.
After removal.
The two pieces that you will use in the end to make the conversion.
Last but not least, what they look like put together. I have not installed the tongue and groove piece in the armour yet so there is a gap at the top.
It will fit snug when they get installed. I will post more so you can see how they go together. I could use rare earth mags. on the bottom edges but I think I am going to use velcro instead to hold them in tight. I will also be making a mod. to my clone shoes in order to keep the shin and calf armour from rubbing threw my shoes. I will post that here as well when it is complete.
Thanks, more to come and good trooping to you all.