I finally got to work on the armor attachment assembly. Specs are based off
RafalFett 's blueprints. It's a tedious process as it requires 23 sets of a 2-part plate that houses the M5 plastic screw. Thanks to
Major , we got most of the work done by laser cutting the base squares. I trimmed the corners and drilled the holes for 46 pieces!
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I installed brass grommets onto my vest, stuck the plastic screw units onto the armor plates, and assembled them except the left chest plate.
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These screencaps clearly show a cable wrapped in silver tape exiting the left chest plate and running under the girth and ammo belts. I am guessing, and it seems logical, the cable supplied power to the chest display from a power source in the left thigh pouch or in one of the ammo pouches.
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To replicate the silver cable, I removed the chest display unit and lengthened the cable so it's long enough to reach my left thigh pouch.
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I'm going to look for silver tape tomorrow to wrap the cable and attempt to complete the vest, along with the wookiee braids.