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Thank you! It was long overdue. Thank you! And thanks for all the support Adam, these are genius! Thank you so much! And, yeah: Next up, a Clone! Phase 2 Animated Comet Don't worry, I'll return to my beloved TKs. There's still the HWT and the Hero to complete the set -- oh, and getting my ESB at least to EIB, if not Centurion Thanks! I, too, am very glad. Thanks! So glad I manage to keep all of you laughing. We all need a bit of joy, laughter and happiness in our lives

The arms turned out fantastic, Bart! Yeah, the drop boxes could definitely be raised a bit and moved toward the rear.. in a perfect world they should look like the diagram below. Not to add to your list of woes, but I have 2 other easy to remedy suggestions if I may. 1. In the first pic it shows the top of your ABS belt covering the bottoms of the ab/button panels, but in the second pic it shows it sitting a little low. Not a requirement for Basic, but since the snaps that connect the cloth belt are already set, what you can do is use a piece of industrial Velcro (bottom photo). I use this same method. I borrowed Adam's pic to illustrate this. 2. In the second photo, I noticed that you have a point on the inside of the top of the forearm. This will poke into you, especially since while trooping we have our right arm bent in most of the time while carrying an E-11. I would suggest taking some sandpaper and rounding that off. Trust me. On a side note: DANG I'm glad to see what a great job you did removing all those return edges! Keep up the great work, Bart.. you are doing fine! I still say we need to start an OCD support group here. I'll be the first to sign up.. It's called the antecubital fossa, but elbow armpit sounds perfect. I am so going to steal that phrase, Adam.

The rest of the armour arrived today. Again, very happy with the quality. Looks like I will need to make some adjustments to the leg and arm parts as they are a bit too small. I can’t get my hand through the wrist opening. one other thing I am realizing is that when you try pieces on, the fibreglass is very itchy. I likely will coat the inside with plastidip, unless someone has a better solution. I also ordered a death trooper kit at the same time, which I am going to build first, so this one will be on hold for a bit.

YES!!! Congrats Luca!!! and of course... one for tomorrow. . . . . . . . . .

Yup. I'd use that tape line as a final trim line. That should look good. Definitely match the front cover strip to the new thigh edge level. It'll be SO much more comfy without that upper thigh return edge.

Way to go Luca! Congratulations and thanks for keeping us laughing!

Wow, that's at least a double kit. That's not bad at all!!! And yeah, that's the stuff. They're about half the thickness of real military helmet pads and are perfect for padding arms, knees, and even bucket areas that don't need thick stuff. That double pack will last you for a while if you get it.

Congratulations Luca. Awesome job. Glad you finally got it.

Trust me, I know from OCD. I know it too well. I used to polish my armor after literally every troop until I decided I liked it weathered in a certain way. Now I try to maintain that weathering... OCD can be brutal. It took me about 10 troops to get my armor truly feeling GOOD and fitting me as I wanted it. That involved those cheap tactical paintball helmet pads in various spots. I like them because they're about $15 for a full set (amazon), stick onto velcro dots, and can be easily removed for washing and moved around for the perfect fit. I have padding on the inside edge of my forearms. The inner elbow edge (elbow armpit?). With padding there and how I have my bicep-to-forearm strap, it keeps any armor bites from happening. The forearm armor touches the bicep armor without any pinch happening on the inner forearm. This works well for me. Others have padding on the elbow itself to keep the forearm smooshed up against the armor and prevent bites that way. Others have no padding at all and don't seem to have issues. For your drop boxes, I think a little elastic needs to come out to keep the boxes in their correct spot. Where that trimming needs to be done is hard to say, but it looks just ever so slightly long. Back gaps look great to me.

Decision time. I'd like to finish the arms this weekend. This is the best fit yet using the 2" bicep to forearm elastic on the cover strip and inside the cover strip. Do I need to make further adjustments or am I beating a dead horse now? I'm a bit lopsided yet because I can't get both arms on by myself. Things to do yet on the top half of me: 1) Return edges on the butt plate to remove. I think I have arranged some in person help and guidance for that and the thigh return edge removal. 2) Figure out the drop box thing. I think it's just a case of some glue. They slide an inch in either direction. 3) Rotate the shoulders a bit forward. I think 1/2 inches would fix up that gap. 4) You guys tell me, What I've done so far (much to my amazement because I'm out of my wheelhouse here): 1) Dropped the chest over the abs. 2) Dropped the back to the butt plate. 3) Added a right side overlap prevention latch. 4) Got used to removing glued strapping and regluing. Yes, small miracles in my mind. Bart

thanks Greg. it took me some finding all my details to get back on to the site, but i am back on there now and i will see how it goes from there........

Very nice Adam, hoping you will post a a little video once you install the BlastFX kit.