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Smartgunner Steadicam Vest Pattern?
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Author:  septic [ Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:47 am ]
Post subject:  Smartgunner Steadicam Vest Pattern?
Hi all,

I'm sure there was a thread here for either a base pattern &/or pics for converting a generic cam vest into something more screen accurate, but I can't seem to find em. Anyone able to help out with info OR have some good 3A vest ref pics?
Author:  Moosh89 [ Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:36 am ]
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M56 Smart One has great reference photos of several 3A vests here:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14382&p=227004&hilit=vest#p227004
Author:  septic [ Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:43 pm ]
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Ah nice, thanks Moosh.
Author:  septic [ Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:08 pm ]
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I was sure someone had a pattern for the vest pads, but I may have been thinking of this excellent thread:

Caramac's Smart Gunner - http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15672
Author:  Sgt of Marines [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 7:44 am ]
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Adding to this thread I tried to check where the arm connects to the gun but cant get a good picture on the bracket would that be somewhere else? thanks
Author:  knoxvilles_joker [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:58 am ]
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Sgt of Marines wrote:
Adding to this thread I tried to check where the arm connects to the gun but cant get a good picture on the bracket would that be somewhere else? thanks


It is a short stub shaft on the arm that slides into a hole on the gun itself
Author:  septic [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:14 pm ]
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There's a couple of parts that make up the "connector" (and different SG builds handle it differently, of course).

For a few pics of the currently-believed-to-be screen accurate method, check out the thread Moosh linked too.
Quoted from Pg 11 -
M56 Smart One wrote:
... Matsuo has addressed fitting the C-clamp to attach the L-bracket to so that I can attach the gun to the steadicam arm...
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Adam Marsh-Smartgun clamp.jpg
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Also check out this thread (as it shows off the L bracket you [probably] need to clear the drum mag) -
http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=242975
Quoted from Pg 3 -
bigbisont wrote:
... For the gun bracket I will be trying to get screen accurate, for the attachment to the vest...not so much.
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Bigbisont SG L-bracket 01.jpg
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On the other end to connect to the gun, I layered up a "C" bracket. It hugs the gun in a screen accurate location. 2 tiny screws are in the top 'legs' and one large bolt runs through the 'counterweight' cylinder and up into the barrel cover.
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Bigbisont SG L-bracket 02.jpg
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And for my own, I've bolted a Kessler Crane ball joint straight into the gun body (doesn't quite have the clearance around the drum mag, but SGs are always I work in progress, I reckon -
Attachment:
septic SG - Kessler Crane ball joint.jpg
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I'd recommend reading through all of the build threads linked here - http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17377 (the two threads mentioned in my/Moosh's posts are also listed here).
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