Scout Trooper - Armor - Chest, Back, & Shoulders Final Assembly, Completed

This Is It…

Almost there…

The bridge between the Chest & Back Armor is supposed to be covered with 1/2 to one inch wide cotton webbing…

I cut two short pieces, and sealed the ends with super glue…

I then used Shoe Goo to adhere them to the shoulder bridge area, taping them in place to dry…

The Shoulder Bells are supposed to be attached so that it appears they are held on by zip ties…

The first step is to feed zip ties through the holders…

These zip tie mounts will be used for the rest of the process…

Each Shoulder also gets a strip of 1/2 elastic to help keep the bell from flopping around…

Each strip is sewn into a loop…

And then zip tied to one of the mounts…

The excess zip tie is cut off…

And, the mounts are adhered to the center of each Shoulder Bell, a few inches up from the bottom edge…

Now, back to the main attachment area. The zip ties need to be cut off, leaving maybe four inches, or so…

Then, two more of the mounts need to have loop Velcro added to the adhesive side…

Here, both mounts have the loop Velcro added…

Those mounts are then slid onto the zip ties, with the loop Velcro facing UP…

Then, another zip tie is added to the end of the cut off zip ties, but only pressed on until they “click” into place. These will now act “stops” to keep the mounts from sliding off the end…

The excess zip tie is removed…

Leaving only the “stop”. The mount should freely slide on the piece of zip tie that remains…

Two short pieces of hook Velcro are then cut and mounted on the inside of the top of the shoulder strap area. This is where you attach the Shoulder Bell mounts…