Ok update time!!. It's been a while, so here we go. First off I have almost the entire suit pepped. Just need to do the cod peace and the foot wear. Here is a pic of everything so far
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misfitjh it's hard to see but the helm is way up at the top, also note the hand plates are not in the photo but they are pepped and resined. Here are a few close ups.
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So next we look at the chest and back, I set this on the couch in my garage so it was easier to see. I have cut the top a little different than some that I've seen as you can see here
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misfitjh I just have to trim about an 1/8 of an inch around the opening and my neck will fit just fine. My neck fits now but rubs on the fiberglass. Now the next pic you will see it pushed back together, this is how it will look when assembled and worn. I am
NOT going to use straps or buckles to keep these together.
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What I plan to do is use a pin and slot with a magnet twist to hold this together. It's really simple and my help others who don't want to use straps on the chest peace. This is what I'm looking at doing, get a round cylinder style mag, a 2 1/4 inch long peace of PLASTIC tube thick walled and with an inside diameter to fit the magnet, and a 2 inch bolt that fits in the tube. Glue the magnet in one end of the tube, cut 1 inch off the other end. Slide the bolt through the inch you just cut off and hot glue it in place. Put the two peaces of tube back together and the magnet should grab the end of the bolt. Now put your armor back to get here and tape it to hold it together. Hot glue, resin, two part epoxy what ever you like to use, the tube into place with the seam matching the seam on your armor and let dry. It should make taking off and putting on the chest a snap. Once dry test it out, you should be able to hook your thumbs behind the chest and push forward (when wearing the armor) and it should just pop off. No buckles to mess with or straps to adjust. I plan on putting 2 at the top on each side and 2 on the bottom on each side.
WOW sorry about the long post guys but I was excited and had to share this idea, some one may have already did this before but I thought just in case I'll get it out there for you guys to look at and talk about and send some feed back or ideas I hadn't thought of. Let me know what you think.