Thanks again everybody! got back to work on this after my first week of school and getting some tools that I needed
I think it's Coming along nicely ... 
Be careful going through Doors ... 
funny story, I already knocked one of the nozzle covers off going through a doorway in my house
but I was able to reattach it, so all is well
So here is my progress
got the belt attached with the rivets and secured the parachute clips
primer
paint and rivet holes. I left that one part unpainted to allow the epoxy to cling on better
from there I glued and riveted that plate on, and I addressed this
That is perfect, exactly what I wanted. My suggestion would be to add a pad of some sort under the wrap around plate (that white thing) at the small of your back to kick the bottom out from your back. 2 reasons; 1) it will pivot the top 1/3 of the jet pack a bit closer to your upper back and decrease that massive gap, 2) it will get the jets pointed away from your buttox and upper legs. If you tried to fly with this as is, you'd burn up that entire region of your body....which isn't what you want I assume?
now why would you assume that? I think char-broiled mando might be an interesting look
but in all seriousness, I did add a temporary piece of padding to see how it would look. so without further ado
so I already raised the straps a little more after looking at these pictures, but other than that I think its just about done! (for now
) but what do you all think?
