My Pilot Belt

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Jimmy L. 66
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My Pilot Belt

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Greeting citizens!
I have finally completed my Utility belt!
I started with a Williams Studio 2 belt.
I then took ideas and clues from rickrickrick stunt belt build,i then used an inspired by/ slightly modded Chuck Williams patterns, I think it's a keeper. a couple of miss-fires but I wanted to show my progress- bat-warts and all-overall I love it.
I seldom see the pilot belt, and it is my favorite, so I went for that.
Belt is leather, painted using rickrickrick method. I made some pouches out of wood blocks ( yellow spray paint/ 1 coat clear) with leather flaps, but they read a little big to me.
That much leather is not in the budget right now, so for new pouches I used foam on foam-( 3-4 coats paint 3-4 coats clear) all snaps are painted thumb tacks.
I tried to dye the elastic, but it turned out orange instead of yellow- the slpots on back of elastic are where I tried to paint yellow.
Many thanks to Chuck and Rick for inspiration and clues along the way.
It was a fun build and plan on doing many more.
Suggestions and comments welcome?What do you think?
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slpot on back
slpot on back
receiver side is 2" nylon strap (sloppily) glues to belt
receiver side is 2" nylon strap (sloppily) glues to belt
buckle side is also 2" nylon strap with Velcro closure ( so I can remove/ reuse buckle)
buckle side is also 2" nylon strap with Velcro closure ( so I can remove/ reuse buckle)
my belt 4.jpg
my belt 2.jpg
overall a nice piece I think
overall a nice piece I think
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Jimmy L. 66
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Oh I forgot the pics of the blocks I made
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elmrgraham
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Post by elmrgraham »

Pretty sharp.
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Post by Batman65 »

Looks FANTASTIC. I think any Batman would be proud to wear that belt. I Myself fabricated a belt using the foam cave design. This was done purposely so I could fill it with fun size candy bars at Halloween. I think it captured the feel of the tv show belt pretty good, considering. I plan on doing a stunt belt also when I have time with a nice brass buckle and probably the rounded snaps. I have the metal, I just have to sit down and start etching..lol

Beautiful job on yours.
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Post by Flyinggrayson »

Great job! You fiend!
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Post by burkestudio »

Nice job!!!

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Post by Lou Szabo »

Nicely executed. Are you taking it to the next step...Batarang pouch...
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Post by Jimmy L. 66 »

Thanks for the compliments guys
yes, Batarang pouch will be on the next one.
I think that shouldn't be difficult in the foam.
I also plan on doing as many different pouches as I can reference- electo shock pouch, rope pouch, bat spray pouch ( was that ever on screen?), bat radio pouch, etc...
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Post by Austinunc »

I love the pilot belt and think you did an awesome job! I bought a Mattel belt and its not what I had hoped for but I plan on buying a Clint young pilot belt in the future, unfornitally im not to talented when it comes to creating stuff like this.
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Post by floatinjoe »

Looks great. I also like the look of the pilot belt. I know that it isn't practical in design, but I like the way the pouches look with the top flaps.

I'm working on building mine, but it keeps getting put on the back burner.
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Post by Chuck Williams »

Excellent job!!

It came out great! WELL DONE!!! :D
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Very cool!
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Post by rickrickrick »

Nice work! The foam covered belt boxes look great!

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