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For me 120 is a little coarse and I'd start with something around 180 or 240 using wet and dry with water. ABS paste can dry a different color compared to the ABS and you are sanding through the gloss finish of it. I had a similar issue with my TFU armor, I ended up using some waterbased acrylic paints and mixing to match the color of ABS and dabbing on in a few of the darker areas.

I glued on the sides as well as the front as the front wasn't laying flat.

I only glued mine at this one point to keep it from rotating down in the front at the red arrow.

Hey! For anyone still following along, I have some updates! I just finished up the semester, and visited a friend for his birthday, so I haven't had the opportunity to post. Lately ive been concerned with smoothing out the side seams. Still have a ton of work to do, but here's where we currently stand: The right side has some bubbles that need filling, and for some reason, on the left side, the seam seems to be a different color, which is a bit frustrating. While I was away, my Endor Finders gloves arrived! They look and feel great: Will eventually upgrade the hand guards, but these work for the time being. Along the lines of soft goods, I wanted to try my hand at making the shiny shorts. I bought a sewing machine just about a year ago, and haven't had too many opportunities to use it, so I figured id give it a go. I purchased this Marvel branded shiny black fabric at Joanns, and it was about $20 a yard: On YouTube, I found some free PDFs for biker shorts, so I downloaded them and printed them out: Transfered: Traced: Pieces cut out: Shorts assembled: They're a tight fit, but it makes sense. I will eventually attach photos of myself suited up, so we'll see how it looks with the rest of the ensemble. Still trying to do as much DIY as possible, and saving a bit of money with the hopes of upgrading down the line, I decided to also 3D model the shoulder brackets. Here are some photos of them printed out: These were printed in ABS. I designed them to be 1/16 of an inch thick, and the hole on either side was designed to fit a standard male end snap. I will add these to the 3D file depository in case anyone wants to use them. Here they are with some filler primer: Im happy with the way things are going currently, Im working at an OK pace. Im most worried about the abdomen seams, so I will likely have some questions going forward. In addition to everything in this post, I have also painted the inside of the helmet, and done some more sanding on the shoulders and yoke. I'll have photos of that work posted tomorrow. Thanks to anyone following along!

Little update Wiki Doc is fully constructed and images slowly being added. Construction of the CRL is well underway, but this draft is still up for review, not final by any means. Some changes have already been made from the first post draft, as I read through and re-word some items, so the language is familiar to other FISD CRL's. I will post a revised full version in the near future for further scrutiny before we submit to the LMO team for their review. They also may request further changes.

I have an AP kit and helmet and I have to wear glasses in the bucket too. So between the battery and the fans and glasses it is a bit of a performance to get it on and off however I manage it. I had to add padding in all sorts of places to keep my nose from rubbing against the inside and I had to adjust the top padding to get it to sit fairly decent on my head and let me see out the best I could. It's not pretty inside, but it will works and it is totally okay to go that route of padding in and out to get the fit feeling good. Bart

I have a pretty big head and manage with a standard sized helmet. From what you are saying it sounds more like you need to adjust the fit rather than the size. Can you show a picture of the inside?