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Everyone will tell you that (as you now know) the sniper knee is a real pain in the derriere!

Albuquerque was a blast! What I got to see of it anyway... Seriously though, I feel like we built an amazing set of armor in the short time that we had and I was super excited that you got to suit up in a mostly finished state before I left. Great feeling seeing it on you and your excitement as a result. Can't wait to see you get your first 501st approval and then move on to EIB & Centurion!

I guess your first TK is like your first child. An overabundance of caution! Second one will be all slapped together without a care in the world [emoji1787] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mine is literally only attached with a small drop of CA glue at the ridges and another on the inside where it touches the cover strip. It's done over 50 troops and is still there for over 7 years now without any problems.

You will find just a small amount of glue on the front and the rear sides is quite enough to hold them

Things left undone after the 4 day armor fest: - ab buttons - shoulder bridges - rear shin cover strips and attachment method - thigh garters - misc smol details like screw paint, glue removal, and knee trimming. The shoulder bridges have metal reinforcement and inner ABS void filling. I got them as close to the correct angle as possible and stuck them on. Fingers crossed that they're in the right spot. Rear shin cover strips have been gluing about 24 hours at this point. I'm gonna let them sit a bit longer before adding the velcro strips. I'd really like to not have that E6000 pop free. Also, the garter snap plates have been glued in and the ab buttons are in place. Excess E6000 is slowly being worried free and screws/rivets are now painted white. Everything on my list has been addressed and will get crossed off SOON!

Hi James, the sniper knee looks good, a couple of side photos would be great to check the alignment. And It's not a common issue the sides to pop up. just be sure to glue the sides and center. keep up the great work.

“ Strong is the Memes in this one” [emoji3166] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In corner areas I use cut strips of plastic, run in the corner and normally helps dislodge the glue then you can pull off, some is harder than other areas. The strips will dull after a few uses so I just cut the end to make them sharp again.

You can simply rub the excess glue off with your thumb. Or if you can manage to pry it loose at one point, just pull it all off. Usually you can get it off without any trouble or residue. Just had to reglue a snap and couldn't resist sharing a picture of me pulling the E6000 residue off Looking forward to seeing this build!

Congratulations Paul!

It's been a long time. A long time. I own/run a small business that's been blessed with insane orders during COVID. But... insane orders. I haven't really had a chance to stop or breathe or do anything but work for the past couple years. My armor has sat in a semi-trimmed state in the original big brown box for all of that time. It's sad, but life required it. A few weeks ago, Eric (@scimitar) had some time off coming up and offered to fly out, hang out, and build some armor. In only four days, armor went from pieces of plastic to a nearly complete set! I cut cover strips, made snap plates, and did general E6000 things while Eric gave the armor pieces final trimming and assembly. At the end of the first night.... A torso!! That can be worn! I'm still medium ashamed that I was never able to get things farther myself. Working 10-16 hour days 7 days a week for 2 years hasn't been good for learning new things or understanding complex shapes and their relation/attachment in three dimensions. Also... most of these pix are Eric's. I wasn't apparently in a photo state of mind. Documenting things. Nope. It was Make All The Things time in my head. So pix are quite light here. And then arms could be attached and I almost felt troopy. Some leg massaging at the master's hands... er... backspace that. Ixnay on the assage-may. Leg day arrived! Legs got roughed in, snipped, boiled, reshaped, and glued. Not necessarily in that order. And then I got to wear the most armor I've ever worn in my life. It was magical. I don't know why I didn't just buckle down and do this all before now. Well, yes, I do. Work has been insane. But armor!!! It finally exists!

I think it's called "Green Stuff" in the States. In the UK I use milliput which is a 2 part epoxy putty. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Congrats on your clearance and welcome to the FISD & the UKG. Hoping this mini me version of a TK will bump into you at a troop in the UK at some point in the near future.

Great news congratulations and welcome to the ranks trooper. You can now request higher forum access here

Congratulations on your clearance It takes hard work and commitment, so well done! Hope to see your applications for the advanced levels and meeting you on a troop

Thank you all so much, I may make some adjustments in future but for now I've made clearance. hooray

-Here it is:!

Reading build threads yesterday, I came across someone building thighs and shins by doing the inner cover strip FIRST. This created a nice, strong, flat surface for the outer cover strip to adhere to and I loved the idea. When I went back today to give credit, I couldn't find it to save my life. Sorry Trooper. Anyways, gonna try that with my second forearm - inner strip first and then the outer. I figure if it doesn't work, I can just tear them apart and start again. But for right now it's curing! I did the inner strip this morning and carefully disassembled it this evening to pop on the outer strip. Now the sandwich will cure for a couple days before I move onto the other side. And tomorrow, I'll have my first completed armor piece once the first forearm cures. MUCH EXCITE!! I'm looking forward to finishing the outer edges and cleaning up the ton of glue everywhere. And using the under side of the biceps, I was able to figure out where to trim. Many thanks wook!! No idea why I was squinting and trying to find detail on the front side. Got it roughly sized to me. Flat edge in the front, tapered in the back. I'll trim the edge up tomorrow and add some glue once I have free magnets handy. And on the off chance of helping any future AP kit owners, here's a couple pix of the back side of the biceps before I did the fine trimming. I tried to bring out the highlight details and emphasize the molded in details. And lastly, a new set of tube stripe stickers and some S trim is on the way from trooperbay right now.