My Fem Mando Progress (pics)

I got my awesome chest armor today! Thank you Rotton!!!

I'm pretty small so I'll have to trim it down, but here it is <3

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QUESTION... Can anyone tell me how you install the BobaMaker visor, I am having trouble keeping the bolts down. I'm using super glue and they are just popping off.

THANKS!!!
XO
 
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vadr_h8r said:
I thought of something that would make your t-visor really stand out. Remember I said something about a pink t-visor? Well how about Pink window film for your BM Visor :)
here is the website and a pic! http://www.gilafilms.com/Automotive/AutoViewer.asp?CarChoice=whitecar&Step=ShowFilm&FilmChoice=XCPink
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Thats awesome! But after thinking about it I don't know if it would look good on the visor I have. But we'll see... after the helmet is done, maybe that will be what it's missing. :)
 
Use an industrial epoxy. It WILL hold it down and not pop off. I had the same trouble with my visor and the bolts popping off but I fixed it by applying industrial epoxy.
 
JB weld or JB Quik works wonders too, its a two part glue and it holds really really well. So if that doesnt work, just use the stuff i mentioned. Take care and good luck.

Great progress so far!!!
 
go to ace hardware and find one of the old guys that have been working there since the dawn of time and ask for chicago screws (they're two part screws, one part screw the other a shank the screw threads into). then stop off in plumbing and get some plumbers putty (i find mine at walmart). when you get home figure out where all the anchor points are going through the visor, i.e. drill some holes through the visor (make them a kinda long, so you have a little room for adjusting. then mark the spot on the inside of the helmet, put a small ball of the putty on each of the spots then set the shank into the putty.

disclaimer: i used just the putty to hold the visor into my sgt fang helmet, but i plan on using this described technique when i get around to doing my ms3. i have no idea how well it will work with the dp material. but i did use it to hold snaps to sintra tabs and it holds incredibly well to that. (then i gooped the snap-tab to the inside of the armor)
 
I always just hot glue the visors in :)

That being said, there are a couple of things that can bite you. If the inside of the helmet isn't nice and smooth, it won't sit right.

If the visor is shaped a bit differently than the helmet, you may get some gaps. I've never really been worried about those myself. I don't think the originals were installed perfectly either. A minor gap will just let more air in, which is a Good Thing.
 
saint_nasty said:
go to ace hardware and find one of the old guys that have been working there since the dawn of time and ask for chicago screws (they're two part screws, one part screw the other a shank the screw threads into). then stop off in plumbing and get some plumbers putty (i find mine at walmart). when you get home figure out where all the anchor points are going through the visor, i.e. drill some holes through the visor (make them a kinda long, so you have a little room for adjusting. then mark the spot on the inside of the helmet, put a small ball of the putty on each of the spots then set the shank into the putty.

disclaimer: i used just the putty to hold the visor into my sgt fang helmet, but i plan on using this described technique when i get around to doing my ms3. i have no idea how well it will work with the dp material. but i did use it to hold snaps to sintra tabs and it holds incredibly well to that. (then i gooped the snap-tab to the inside of the armor)
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Thanks a lot. The inside of the DP is really bumpy and weird so hopefully it sits right. im gonna try the plastic welder again too.

vadr_h8r said:
Here is a pic of Chicago screws so you know what they look like :)
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Thanks a lot for the pic! i don't need any nuts in between the shank and the screw?
 
i'd like to post a correction to my previous post. my technical jargon was incorrect. but i was kinda tired when i posted that: it's a t-bolt and shank. with the shank being the actual screw part, and the the t-bolt what it screws in to. please accept my apologies for any confusion my previous post may have caused.

i feel like a newspaper that needs to print a retraction for mis-quoting some celebrity talking trash about anoher celebrity.
 
Good thing you printed that correction...you should see how they are eviscerating the guy with the FX recast Stormtrooper Helmet...:lol:
 
You visor may be too curved or not curved enough to sit flush on the inside. If this is the case just heat the visor and give it more/less curve. I used a kerosene heater to heat mine, the first one I did, didn't have enough curve, the second had too much.
 
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