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I think they did make resin cast of the MGC Sterling ROTJ E11 for the back ground.

Wicked cool Mason. I know you are going to finish that bad boy off with lights and sounds, like you've done with the other weapons you have made.

Congratulations Paul on your 10,000th post here on the FISD! There is a saying that goes like this: "It is not the quantity that counts, but the quality". I would say you have accomplished both. Not only is Paul our leader and founder here on the FISD, but he is active and a part of the staff on other forums, like the MEPD and Special Ops. After all of these post, you fingertips must be either bionic or down to the nub! Paul's backyard, I guess I need to buy some stock in keyboard manufacturing companies! But seriously, thank you Paul for what you do.

WOW! that is one of the best ROTJ E11s I have seen, very accurate. BTW, Fil, love the last pic!

Here is a link that some pix that will help ya: stormtrooper reference library Have fun, if you need help, just yell! Happy New Year! Tom

Great work on the lid Mike. Your trim work on the shoulder bell and Bicep look right. But, the return edge on your forearm needs to be trimmed back more. On the original TK armor, the forearms didn't have a return edge at the wrist, and very, very little to none at the elbow. Look at the pix of the original armor and you will see what I am talking about: If this was mine, I would trim the forearms like the originals.. Keep up the good work man!

Something must have happen to the original? computers go figure!

Hey Mike, You can find the color or colour swatches /paint info for the ab buttons. at this link: ---- Also, you can find just about everything you need in the -----just look at the Tutorials/ How To's, Tips, etc..... But, if you need help or have questions, just post! Tom

ditto.

Another EZ way is to get a skateboarders/BMX helmet or canoe helmet and use the liner/pads. You can also find just the replacement liner/pads sold separately... Look at your local Sporting Goods / Outdoor Camping store and Bike Shops. --------- You can find this at some Military surplus / Army Navy stores....or just Google it.....

Congrats Tom on getting your EIB!! Now what's next? Please don't say "I'm going to Disney World!" Bad joke... Good work man!

Congrats Sarah, on making your choice. Don't forget to post pix of you opening the box and letting us see you kit as it is unpacked.

One thing, you don't want the back piece to overlap the kidney plate or the kidney plate to overlap the butt plate. You want them to butt against one another. Here are a couple of pix (on set and promo) of original TK armor (view of the back), to kinda give you an idea of how the armor should fit together. From your pix, your back plate to me looks like it may be riding a little too low, but still needs to be trimmed. Refer to the dotted red lines for the proximity of where it needs to be trimmed (as shown in prior post). I believe I understand the question you asked "If i cut 3-4 inches off should I not cut the back and butt plate equally". I think the photo below should help you about approximately where you should trim the butt plate. Here is a promo pic of a ANH TK from 1977-78. You can see how the butt plate is trimmed and positioned. But like Brian and Clint stated above, have your undersuit on when test fitting your armor. I know it's hard to wait, but it better to do that than make a mistake. .

BALTIMORE — Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, Tony Manero preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist speaking in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry. The 25 films selected this year include "The Empire Strikes Back," the 1980 sequel to "Star Wars" that many critics and fans consider the best of George Lucas' six "Star Wars" films. "Empire" shocked moviegoers with the revelation that masked villain Darth Vader was the father of hero Skywalker. While Lucas didn't direct "Empire" -- he entrusted it to the late Irvin Kershner -- he got another film selected for the registry: the student short "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB." Lucas' "Star Wars" and "American Graffiti" are also among the 550 titles in the registry. The Library of Congress announced the selections early Tuesday. The goal of the registry, which began in 1989, isn't to identify the best movies ever made but to preserve films with artistic, cultural or historical significance. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has chosen each of the films in the registry, culling them from suggestions by the National Film Preservation Board and by the public. More than 2,100 films were nominated by the public in 2010. Original copies of films picked for the registry are kept safe and available for viewing by future generations. The library acquires its own copies to preserve in its cold-storage vaults among millions of other recordings at the Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center near Culpeper, Va. Film can rapidly deteriorate if improperly stored. About half the films produced before 1950 and 90 per cent of those made before 1920 have been lost, Billington said. This year's selections also include "Saturday Night Fever," John Badham's 1977 disco musical starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, the working-class youth known for his impressive moves on the dance floor at a Brooklyn nightclub. It's one of five selections from the 1970s. The others are Robert Altman's revisionist Western "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"; William Friedkin's horror classic "The Exorcist"; "All the President's Men," Alan J. Pakula's adaptation of the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein; and "Grey Gardens," a documentary about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' eccentric relatives. The selections date back to 1891, with one of the first motion pictures ever made: "Newark Athlete," a short film of a teenager swinging Indian clubs, an exercise aid. The film was made at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J., by two pioneers of motion-picture camera technology. Another obscure title is 1913's "Preservation of the Sign Language," a two-minute film of George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States. Veditz was one of the first to make motion picture recordings of American Sign Language, and in the film, he argues forcefully for the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. "That was a great revelation," Billington said. As in the past, the selections show the Library of Congress has a sense of humor. Two broad comedies -- "Airplane!" the 1980 disaster-film spoof, and "The Pink Panther" (1964), starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau -- were tapped for preservation. The most recent films chosen were "Study of a River," an experimental 1996 film about the Hudson River, and "Malcolm X," Spike Lee's 1992 biography of the civil rights leader. Documentaries picked this year include John Huston's "Let There Be Light" (1946), which the Pentagon banned from public distribution for 35 years because of its frank depiction of psychological trauma among combat veterans. While Billington enjoys the popular films selected for the registry, he takes more satisfaction in unearthing lesser-known titles with lasting significance. He pushes the board to find examples from underrepresented categories like industrial and abstract films. "The most interesting thing for me is not seeing something I like make the list, but getting educated by the list that comes out of this process," he said. A list of the 25 films being added to the U.S. National Film Registry, as announced Tuesday by the Library of Congress: "Airplane!" (1980) "All the President's Men" (1976) "The Bargain" (1914) "Cry of Jazz" (1959) "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" (1967) "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) "The Exorcist (1973) "The Front Page" (1931) "Grey Gardens" (1976) "I Am Joaquin" (1969) "It's a Gift" (1934) "Let There Be Light" (1946) "Lonesome" (1928) "Make Way For Tomorrow" (1937) "Malcolm X" (1992) "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971) "Newark Athlete" (1891) "Our Lady of the Sphere" (1969) "The Pink Panther" (1964) "Preservation of the Sign Language" (1913) "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) "Study of a River" (1966) "Tarantella" (1940) "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945) "A Trip Down Market Street" (1906) But, I wonder if this is going to be the original theatrical version or the Lucasfied SE version?? I recall reading several years back that the American Film Festival contacted Lucas about getting a print of the first film, Star Wars. The American Film Festival had chosen films that best represented each decade. They contacted Lucas about getting a print of the first film, Star Wars, to represent the decade for the 70's. George Lucas was very pleased and sent them a print. After receiving the film, they realized it was a print of the Special Edition and not the original film from 1977. They explained to Lucan that since the segment was paying homage to the decade of the movies of the '70's, they wanted the original version, not the updated one, and they ask him if they couldn't get a copy of the original version. Lucas politely replied that that version no longer exist.

Good luck Tom with your EIB. Post pix when you are ready man. LOTS of pix...

Here Pat, check out this link: ANH Stormtrooper Helmet and Armour - Just the Facts

The couple of SDS, TK lids that I have actually gotten to see and hold didn't have the paper fasteners, but I didn't question whether they had done any mods to them. But, if that is the way Ainsworth puts together his TK products, that is further proof that he has no clue how the original lids were done (no offense to anyone that owns one of his lids). It seems unprofessional of him to do things that way, especially for the kind of money he commands for his product.

No, SDS lids (back/cap to faceplate and ears) are held together with nuts and bolts. But, the Hovis are held on with hot glue. AA just uses the paper fasteners while he is assembling and adjusting the helmet.

Happy Birthday Tray!!

Yeah, that is one of a three part video segment that AA and his attorneys made for the court case. It was an attempt to show a "generalization" of how Ainsworth supposedly created the Stormtrooper and the other helmets back in '76.................. Also that is why there isn't much talking/narrating in the videos. This was to allow Ainsworth to narrate and answer questions in the court room while the videos were playing. I think we all pretty much know and can tell that Ainsworth is not making off of the original molds, nor does he have them anymore. There are missing and changed details, not just with the Stormtrooper stuff, but throughout his whole line of products, (Tie Pilot, Jawbone, Cheese Grater, Rebel Pilot Helmets, the variances of the Rebel Soldier Helmets, etc). It doesn't take that keen of an eye to see that all of these are not authentic, plus if you were the person that artistically created something, you would remember your details or least reference them in books, pictures and the videos, (frame by frame), before trying to pull something like this off.

Great work Tom.

Nice ROTJ Fett, I enjoyed the video too! Thanks for posting, Oscar. Have fun with your TKC build!

LMAO! good stuff.....Thanks for posting, Tiffanie.

No, I was actually thinking of building my own Deathstar. :deathstar2: BTW, you can buy it by the case (it's cheaper).

If you notice in ANH all the E11's that have the Hengstlers will have the cylinders, and there are ones that are missing the Hengstler but have the cylinders. Then there are some that are missing both. The common thought is that they didn't have all the little greeblies to finish out all of the E11's because of "budgetary constraints" Here are a couple theorys of mine, one of which is that there were some Sterling E11's that could fire blanks and some couldn't fire at all, like the custom gripped ones that had the wooden dowl rod instead of the barrel. I have worked on a couple of movies that had weapons on the set and it was easier for the weapons master to know which could be deadly eg. capable of being fired and which ones were non- lethal by having an easy way of distinguishing between the two. Thus, the missing greeblies could be a tell for the weapons master to know which ones to check between takes. My other theory is that when they were developing the Stormtroopers and realized they were all in white armor and they needed to do something to make them look slightly different from each other. By changing up certain things on their suits and weapons this would give them a way to distinguish between Troopers and make it look like they had a grander army. By doing this, possibly they were trying to giving each Trooper their own distinctive look to their weapon by adding or subtracting certain greeblies. This is also possibly why there are different numbers of tube stripes, so it gave the illusion that there were more Troopers than there actually were.