RFT Vest -- Rear pocket question

ibejedi (Heather Tanner) · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:37 pm Post subject: RFT Vest -- Rear pocket question

Greetings all! My base is working on group build of RFT's and we are making vests from the modified BDU shirts. I'm looking at what optional items to add to my costume and one is the large back pocket. Most of us are doing this to our vests, but I was thinking of adding the three lower pockets.

I've looked at the standard, but I wondered if anyone had a better description/measurements/etc. for the lower pockets? Is each pocket a separately sewn on pocket, with space in between each one? Or is it one long pocket with dividers sewn in? How wide is the strip of pockets? Does it stretch from side seam to side seam? Simple patch pockets, or expanding pockets like the ones on the front?

If this info is available somewhere in this forum and I missed it, I apologize. I've done some searching and couldn't find what I was looking for. (The Photobucket mess always makes searching old posts a pain as well Sad

) I really appreciate the help, and will upload photos of my vest when I get a chance. I have it completed with the large upper pocket.
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Heather "ibejedi"
Beggar's Canyon Command Post Duty Officer
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Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don't have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow. - Carrie Fisher

kman () · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:33 pm Post subject:

If it helps, here are the pockets I added to my vest. (BDU conversion, pockets made from the material from the removed sleeves)

I made it based on the available material (lower pockets should be longer across the back, with bellows, but I didn't have enough material) after a close examination of the auction photos of the screen-used vests, and watching the opening sequence of ANH on Blu Ray a bunch of times to confirm.

The bottom pocket is one long pocket, subdivided with two smaller pockets on the sides, and the one longer pocket in the middle has a Velcro closure in the middle.

Screen-used reference:

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ibejedi (Heather Tanner) · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 4:57 pm Post subject:

Awesome - thank you so much for the quick reply and great photos! This was exactly the info I was looking for. (And sorry for not replying earlier - the forums are so much more tedious on phones vs desktop!)

One other question - for the velcro closures on the large and the middle smaller pocket - is there a specific size the piece of velcro should be? And should it be sewn on velcro (so you see the stitch lines) or is sticky velcro ok? I have a deadline for approval, so wanting to get approved as soon as possible!

Again, I really appreciate the help, and when I finish I'll share photos of my finished vest. Smile

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Heather "ibejedi"
Beggar's Canyon Command Post Duty Officer
Now or Never Creations and Cosplay: https://www.facebook.com/nowornever2016

Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don't have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow. - Carrie Fisher

kman () · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 9:48 pm Post subject:

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