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Continued working on the holster. After a few filler and sanding cycle, it was ready for paint. After one coat: Looking good: In order to install the hardware, I had to buy the Torx bits. Then I added the center hardware, and found they stick out the back too far: So I dremeled them off drilled the holes in the base and thigh, and then did the final install: I’m happy with how my “Frankenstein” R2Dan metal + DN base turned out.

More side-by-side comparisons: New TD is on top. This shows view from rear. Sheen on grey pipe is better on new TD, shown right:

Armor Bin Imperial Cog Wheel Covers File-Name: Wheel_cover_imperial_logo.stl, Wheel_cover_base.stl Designer: GoofTrooper [TK-37423] Last Update: 01/2020 File-URL: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4122064 Description: This is a wheel cover for your Husky brand rolling toolbox used for armor storage. Customize your armor bin by changing the look of the stock wheels to an Imperial Cog. I designed these wheel covers to use on a Husky brand 37 in. toolbox. I'm not sure if they will fit other sizes of Husky toolboxes. Let me know if they do! Terms of Use: This design is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution license. Image:

I'll add, too, that Imperial Boots just changed their name and website this week. Clicking on the 421 link that Mario suggested appears to redirect to their new webpage, but actually to the black variant of the boot instead of white. Here also is the new direct URL to the white version: https://keeptrooping.com/product/421-classic-white/

I’ve been a big Stormtrooper fan ever since I’d seen Star Wars as a young boy. Even back then I can remember obsessing over the armor, blasters, and other accessories the Stormtroopers carried. I remember really wanting that grappling hook Luke used during his escape from the Death Star, and dreaming of the day I could collect all the parts to build a E-11 Blaster replica. Of course one of the more mysterious items I wanted to know more about was the Sandtrooper Pack! I actually recognized some parts on it myself such as the Tupperware Lid, and the Canteen, but the rest of the pack was a complete mystery to me growing up. Then one youthful day while surfing the early internet(on dial-up 56k modem connection I might add) I came across the old ‘Parts of Star Wars’ website, which is still active to this day! This was a wealth of valuable information to me back then, it actually identified all the parts I needed to build the E-11 Blaster I’d been dreaming of. This also began my search of trying to find out what parts were used on the Sandtrooper Pack. I came across the 501st Sandtrooper Detachment Forums at MEPD.net and found that many of the parts had been identified, but not all of them. In particular one of the mystery parts appeared to be an obscure AM/FM Radio of some kind. I scoured the internet for information endlessly for years until someone eventually discovered and identified the radio used on screen. This was huge news!; It was a “Sonix Victory 75” radio, unfortunately the Sonix company turned out to be an obscure one indeed! Very little information is known about the company to this day. Then in 2011 a Canadian version of this radio was found in Nova Scotia under the brand name “North Star”. This got me very excited being a Canadian and my mind wandered with dreams of finding one of these vintage radios in the back of some pawn shop, or under a pile of old audio equipment in some thrift store. Well it’s been another eleven years since then, several more radios have been found both under the Sonix and the North Star brand names. But unfortunately, none of those radios were found by me. Alas, I never gave up my search and eventually I did end up finding one of these radios for myself. Not only that, but I also discovered a third previously unknown brand variant! This was only made possible due to the discovery of the Canadian variant 11 years prior. When that North Star radio was found, another was found not too long after that. One of these Canadian radios had a sticker with a model number on the back which read “Model: MT-1809”, this is what ultimately led to my discovery of the Solar brand variant. One day while searching eBay for the query “Vintage Radio MT-1809” this Solar radio just popped up for sale. $45.99 plus shipping, and the best part; it still works! I don’t think I’ve ever clicked Buy Now so fast in my life. My hands were literally shaking as I was checking out, as I’ve had hot ticket items like this sell out from under my nose before I had a chance to finish checking out. Thankfully this purchase went smoothly and it showed up at my door fairly quick. It was found on October 20th, 2022 in Bath Township, Michigan which is about a two and a half hour drive from where I live in Sarnia, Ontario Canada. The seller informed me it was from an estate sale. The reason I want to share my find is that these kinds of discoveries tend to have a cascade effect, and I’m hoping more of these radios will be found yet in the future. I can tell you this version is from an American company that produced radios in the 60’s and 70’s (more of that later) which was a great time for the electronics industry so I’m hoping there was a higher number of units imported for this American version of the radio, though all the companies that offered this model seem to be obscure. And so without further adieu I give you the Solar model: MT-1809

Yeah thats who I was planning on using for the boots and gloves, I was just looking to see if you guys still recommend them. I havent done a build in awhile. Thanks for your help TKSpartan !!

Cool cool. Either way I'm repainting since I'm not happy with the ear paint the bucket came with. I actually just spoke with Mike at Trooperbay a few minutes ago and he said he's actually mixed a little bit of Testors 1110 blue in with the 1138 gray to achieve a closer match with his decals. For kicks and giggles I may try that just to see how close I can get. Worst case I'll just go with the standard 1138 gray.

Dude. I started my ESB conversion! Stripped the paint on a WTF helmet I had and am going to be painting the teeth soon. I do need to figure out what I'm going to do about the gray on the ears, which, as you pointed out, is darker on ANH than the ESB decals. I might need to go source another shade of gray enamel.

Hi welcome to FISD Boots: Vendor: Imperial Boots https://www.imperialboots.com/product/421/ NOTE: Imperial boots are 100% approvable at every level, but they only open once a month for orders. They can run a bit small, so I suggest ordering a half size larger than what you normally wear. Make your own: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/27565-how-i-did-my-boots-tkboots-alternative/

E6000 seems to be the duct tape of glues. Thanks.

E6000

Per the suggestion of Mario, I've added Andrew's iComm battery mod thread to this compilation. As always, if anybody finds particularly helpful resources that should be added to this list, please don't hesitate to reach out!

I think the rear sight should be fine until we look at these again in the near future and determine what variations and options can be added to the CRL. I believe the DO's are only mentioning it and it is not a requirement currently. I will also point out that it looks like we have another shared template across the TFA and TLJ CRL's as the end cap information was correct and is now reflecting the TLJ which is different. Also to note the Centurion requirement for the working light on the SE-44C side arm has disappeared. Shared templates served their purpose when the CRL's were first created but because we are improve them, now they have become problematic. This is something I need to amend by creating a separate template in both CRL's so it can never happen again on any future amendments to either of those CRL's. We only discovered this one yesterday so I will get it remedied as soon as possible. Apologies if this has caused any confusion to both the DO's and members alike.

True story: when we marched in the Rose Parade back in 2007, on the bus ride there nearly everyone was standing in armor. On the way back, *everyone* found a way to sit!