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Interested...

Wondering... What's the number at now? - Berbs

SWEET!

Thanks, Z! Beep Boop...

When I do my repaint after the premiere, I may have to do a similar Shim mod for the Back and Chest. Although, To lessen the chance for MORE splits on the top of the ShoulderYoke, I may add the Shims to the Chest Piece, so the the Gap for my arms is still wide. - Berbs

THANKS, STEVE!!!!

Love this. May have to run to Wal-Mart at lunch just to see.... - Berbs

Right on Chad!!! Beep Boop...

Jen, I'll show you, Renee's at the next Armor Party. Not sure exactly when that'll be here in SA, but soon!! In fact I may just upload some pics. - Berbs

Out of curiosity... Is there a way to see the order of approval? -Berbs

I don't know about calling it "Corset-Style" so by all means change it, but in case you haven't already got something for this.... Ab section Abdomen and Kidney section must be visibly seamless, and may have a vertical “corset-style†opening in the middle of the Kidney section which will be hidden by the Thermal Detonator. The abdomen armor has 7 boxes attached that matches the order and placement shown and sit flush against the armor. Box connection should not be seamless and the connecting edge should follow the curves present in the armor. - Berbs

I'm a hefty trooper and I personally have the MTK bucket and AM/NE Armor, and I love the setup. (plus the color matches very well!!) 5'10" 250 lbs 36" waist. - Berbs

Interested in 2 Pair: 1-M & 1-S (I'll double check our size later... but if they are gonna run the same size as the ones we received which were too big... I had to leave behind my usual Large and wear my wife's Medium, and she had to order Small) Thanks! - Berbs

Nicely done, François!! - Berbs

Man, those are some Great Looking Gloves, François!! - Berbs

LOL

Regarding this one bullet...."There must be a cutout in the center of the chest plate" So, other than the 10 Troopers on stage and the Suits on the Mannequins at the Anovos Booth and in Room 209, I believe the rest of us just had Stickers for the "Chest Notch" We considered cutting ours out, but figured it best to stick with the supplied decal, at least until the resin replacement "Chest Notch" is made available. However, for those like us who haven't done so, do we need to cut this open? Don't get me wrong! LOL! I'm happy to do it! In fact, Nee and I had a nice chat with Dean at the booth and discussed some of the last minute changes that came from the Big D. I just want to be sure that's what's intended. I'm definitely not in a rush to be one of the first approved (cause let's face it, bro, MINE is NOT the prettiest... NOT BY FAR!! I just want to meet whatever is settled on!) So perhaps instead of There must be a cutout in the center of the chest plate We could have There may be a cutout in the center of the chest plate or the cutout area may be replicated with a black decal or black paint

WANT!!! YES PLEASE!!

Indeed he does!! - Berbs

I have a tiny crack on my right shoulder from my test fit the day before we arrived in Anaheim. (Will get a photo to add here later). This was not at a CA-Glued point. We didn't use Bondo. Rather, I believe it was stress from flexing the shoulders open to get them over my Gasket-Covered Shoulders. (And being a Big Boy, that meant quite a bit of flexing... Big as in Chubs... NOT Muscle!! LOL!) I've since reinforced the crack with CA and some Spare ABS, and have had no issues since. - Berbs

Yes, we used CA for Adhesive and Filler. We cut as closely as we could, but of course some gaps were wider than planned for. So we layered it and kicked it. And Sanded everything smooth afterwards, Any small fills we patched with Putty. Worked really well!! (I must say, I've not heard of adding Baking Soda... ) That Sure Seal stuff and the Pro-Flex stuff both sound great!! - Berbs

WOOT!! :dancing-trooper: :dancing-trooper: - Berbs

All I've noticed so far are: Bucket (All around) Cape (I wish this had been in the SWCA Exhibit...) Gloves (Fingers) Cod ('Dimples') Knees (Oops?) Shin Guards/Spats? Boots (They match the Chrome quite well...) My wife wants to Chrome her TFA kit and make the Mods... But I wonder what it would cost to Chrome, and how soon an accurate Bucket will be available.... - Berbs

Wherever Bondo would be used by others doing the TFA Builds, we used CA instead. (Same process we've used in other seamless builds... ) - Berbs

I like ABS paste but with the time constraints to get this done by Celebration I went for CA and accelerator with my local builders here for much faster results vs the cure time of the paste and I have no experience with Bondo. In fact, I still haven't opened the bondo that I bought for this build! Beep Boop...