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Just a quick update. It's been going well to paint over the ABS that has been sprayed with filler primer. No more scratch marks. I'm still not great with spraying gloss so some orange peel, eg on this knee armor. However, after wet sanding with 1500, 2000, then polishing with a plastic polish + microfiber sponge, I'm getting a nice smooth gloss that should be ready for clear: The forearm seam is much smoother after the milliput: One small setback is that many of the seams on my 3D printed parts have been splitting. I did not plastic weld all of them, and every one I didn't weld has split eventually. I actually think it may be because I'm using acetone-thinned Bondo spot putty to smooth the surface, and I think it's eating the CA glue. So I sanded the chest and back seams and welded them, then filled and sanded with milliput: I'll spray them with filler primer today to check out how the seams look. One other thing I can't remember if I'd mentioned before was that a while back when I was heat shaping one of the calf pieces, I put quite a large dent in it. I was able to push it back a little, but decided not to try to use heat to fix it given the high chance of making it worse. Instead I filled it with milliput and sanded it flat. I'm fairly certain it won't be noticeable once it's primed and painted: I've also started prepping the helmet for paint:

Greetings, I'm new to the forums, but a long time member of the 501st. I was very active years ago, but have been retired for sometime now. I am looking for a safe place to unload my TK armor to the next generation of troopers. I will be reading around the forums and getting myself familiar with the rules in the meantime. If anyone could assist in find a good home for my armor please reach out, steer me in the right direction. Thank you for your time. - D

Received the correct helmet from a great trooper across the pond. So now I have the TFA helmet to go with the TLJ/TRoS one. I've already started to break it down so I can get is painted Cardinal Red. Just trying to be very careful not to break any of the connection points. Sent from my SM-S938U using Tapatalk

First troop was with Midwest Garrison 332 Blurrg Squad to visit OSF children’s hospital - the very opportunity I joined 501st to participate in! Second chance was on stage with Weird Al Jankovic at United Center in Chicago infront of an audience of 20,000 - quite the start to my 501st experience! I worked SWCC crew in 2019 and got to attend the 501st ball - from then on was my goal to join.

I use a lanyard with a plastic pouch from an event I attended, it works like a charm :)