Leaderboard

Best of luck, take your time and enjoy the journey Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ouch! As suggested new shins may be in store here.

Yea it wasn't as bad before I tried to fix one issue then it got out of hand.... I'm thinking while I order a new set to try Bondo, sand and paint. Worse case I have set of TD shins ready

Yikes, . Ummm, wow dude. Not to sure what to do about that. I would PM Walt and get another pair on the way' In the mean time, try your best to fix the ones you have. The experience you get will be priceless compared to the cost of some new shins. I learned to be careful with a heat gun by trying to make things with ABS other than armor. It will deform quick on you.

Some people think they have to try and save the world from itself. As if they have a far higher intellect than the rest of us peons.

That’s a good kit you’ll love it. Hopefully you read up and are ready to go. Take your time measure a lot and make slow cuts. It’s not a race and ask lots of questions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I ordered Sept 2016 - For almost two years now my wife tells me that Anovos has scammed me out of $$$$ and I keep telling her "they're gonna ship they're gonna ship!" ;P

Superb!! Job well done, sir. :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks great

Hi so I shortened the straps on my shoulder bels like you guys said , is this better ?

Thanks for the hand guard info. There seem to be a lot of different sizes of guards. The ABS ones that came with my armor are quite big. The silicon ones I bought from JustJoseph are smaller. I guess I'll wait and see. I may have placed mine a little further back. Just a hair before the knuckles when you make a fist, so I don't have any overhang. I'll see how it looks when everything comes together. I can always move them if I have to. Back to the forearms.... The first hot water bath definitely helped, but while gluing on the cover strips I noticed the two halves of the forearm actually don't fit together that well. I let the outer cover strip dry for 24 hours but as I started to remove the camps, I could see the cover strip start to lift. I put the clamp back on and gave it another TWO DAYS drying, then it held. I've come to the conclusion that there is a lot of "pressure" on the forearms for them to spring apart. The plastic is really being forced into shape by the cover strips. I decided on another hot water bath. I figured I could reshape the elbow area to make it better fit my arm and at the same time, maybe the hot water bath would "relax" the ABS a bit and relieve some of the pressure on the cover strips. This time I was a lot less afraid about the hot water. For me, 45 seconds works fairly well. And I have the sink already filled with cold water to harden the ABS again. Success. Also, I read that someone had issues with a cover strip coming off in the hot water. That didn't happen to me, but the forearms had dried for many days before I submerged them. The biceps were much easier.... And with that, the forearms and biceps are assembled. No strapping yet. Mark

Official Star Wars ones off Amazon. Thought they fit the bill rather then make some proper ones with the white bits. It held up quite well even when he fell up the stairs, poor mite. It was a really small show which was a bit disappointing but they had plenty of people asking for a photograph. Just need to find a bigger show one with a lot of celebs usually indicates a big show. Pity we just missed the Birmingham one. Needs a bit of tinkering on the fastenings but really pleased. He loved it that people kept saying it was amazing plus he could move people out the way as he was the "bodyguard" for Darth.