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Hello everyone! I just got 501 approved and detachment access. I originally bought my ANH Stunt TK kit back in 2020 right before I made a huge move in the US. My BBB showed up and it sat unopened for over a year. I moved it across the states, even! In 2021, amongst a pile of moving boxes and take-out food, I decided to open it and start building. I built a few pieces, promptly became intimidated, and put it all away. Come 2024, I decided to list it for sale on the internet. I hadn't touched it in years, and I had long given up on building the kit. I unsubscribed from the FISD newsletter and resigned myself to defeat. So, the listing sat....and sat.......and sat some more. Then, in 2025, a member of the New England Garrison reached out to me with the intent to buy my kit. GREAT! I could finally unload this pile of shame. Lets go! We chatted a bit, and he eventually convinced me that I could, in fact, build the kit, he and his fellow 501 members would help me. So instead of selling to him, I should build it......what?? Who does that? Anyway... "Sure," I thought, why not? So he talked me out of selling my own TK to him, and then added me to his little group chat. I looked at my TK sitting in my garage, and once again, it sat....... for 9 months. I accidentally found "Dad of Xander" on YouTube around this time. He had this incredible in-depth tutorial series. His approach to the kit finally shook me from my paralysis, and I started attacking the build. His series was filmed in a way that you could clearly see what he was doing while he was doing it. He also explained it in a very simple manner, and then showed you why you should do it. "I got this" I thought...... A lot of mistakes were made. A LOT of mistakes......some lessons I learned are: 1: Make the snap plates. It looks tedious. That's because it is. Do it anyway. Don't be lazy. 2: Don't do Super Glue. I know you can slam out a bunch of work really quickly. That's the problem......If you know, you know. 3: Measure Twice, Cut once. This goes without saying. But measure again before that cut. Seriously, and don't push the gap in on the tape measure. Its there for a reason.... 4: No Super Glue. Please...... 5: Did I mention don't do the Super Glue? 6: Carefully watch/read the entire tutorial, and then watch/read it again before you proceed. (Case and point, my thermal detonator) 7: Seriously, throw the superglue in the trash. The slow process of E6000 is so you have time to reflect on your mistakes and why you are doing this. Anyway, a little humor, but thank you again for all the help I received from here. I spent a lot of time lurking. I disappeared for so long that my account went inactive on here, even. Heck, I even unsubbed from the emails (I gotta turn that back on....ooops). A massive, MASSIVE shoutout to the New England Garrison fellas (I'm not sure if they want named or not), and Dad of Xander on YouTube. I would never have completed this kit if it weren't for those resources. With unquestioned Loyalty. -TK 12325

Congrats Shane. Welcome to the FISD. If you need one, I can recommend a superglue crisis centre.

So I was pretty sure they were backwards and taking the knee plate off lead to taking the shins apart so here i am... just double checking everything is correct before putting it back together... Did some work on the paint and teeth look better and trimmed up the tears and traps so they are clean... Have to move the left ear down next. The shoulder straps are now curved over so they hook down. Once I have the shins rebuilt I will do another suit up and post more picks.

Welcome to the ranks Shane!!

I'm slim built and added a block of foam behind the abdomen so it pushes the armor out giving a more rounded appearance. Some troopers add a slot and lock system which stops the sides going over each other You may also want to try some V tabs to stop your posterior from pushing out, may reduce when you fix your sides. With a heat gun or oven you bend strips of ABS plastic into the shape of a V, only glue one side and the other remains free to allow movement when you bend. Just helps stop the butt plate from pushing back from the back plate.