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Should i align the thighs at top infront or bottom infront?

Thats comforting to hear! Now i don't have to worry about the shoulderstraps not passing inspection

I bet i placed the shoulder straps too far back :/ (If you compare my helmet to my older pictures, you will notice that i lowered the brow ) Is it acceptable or do i have to redo it? Really hoping that it is acceptable EDIT: I think i can spot some high sitting shoulderstraps in here somewhere Specially on the one to the left in front. I hope it still is acceptable, atleast it is movie accurate

I bent the shoulder straps with some cooking water, everything went smoothly, glued them onto the chest and also added some snapplates to it for holding up the stomach/holding the back together. Pictures tomorrow when the E-6000 have dried and everything is in place

Back and front are closer together and the shoulder bells are higher up. Looks good?

Some pictures as promised Does my shoulders fit good, or should they come up more? Also does the back and front hang nicely or should they come together more?

Ok, do i put the whole piece in boiling water or just the part where i want the bend?

Back with some updates, my upper body is next to finished with strapping and all. All i need is to paint the buttons and attach them. The belt is still untouched. My current work is being done on the leg pieces. Hopefully they will be done in a couple of weeks, school takes up much time :/ One question i have about the shoulder straps though is if i still can get approved for EIB or Centurion if i use snaps to hold down the shoulderstraps, i have a hard time bending them and i don't want to ruin them. Since AP shoulderstraps comes unbent I'm clueless. Pictures of torso will come up soon

The shins fits me but the top/bottom of the both backsides of the halves doesn't match up.

So i've glued my left shin now, but the back of it doesn't seem to line up. What should i do? Also, is there going to be a covering strip on the back of the shin? If so, on which side?

I read the CRL and i couldn't find anything about the cover strips as a requirement at all. I guess that doing the overlap method and then gluing on the cover strip would work if cover strips becomes a requirement!

Hi! I'm wondering about the assembly of the shins and thighs of the AP armor kit. Does it matter if you put them together with the overlap method or the butt-join method? Thanks!

Sorry that i ninja the thread, but does it matter whether you put the AP shins together with a butt join or a overlap?

Ok, thanks. Then i guess there will be no worries trying this on, i wont do a allday troop or something, just a little test fit I'll post some pics in my build thread later.

It was the snap plates i glued on, so the idea was to try snap it all together and try it, but I'm going to pickup a new drumkit so i guess i can wait until after that! But it will be ok to pop of the magnets and the clamps?

Hi FISD members, once again i ask for your guidance on my way to becoming a stormtrooper! I'm currently gluing the snap plates to my torso and back pieces, and I'm wondering how long it would take for the E-6000 to cure enough for use, i know that the full cure time is 24 hours but i would like to try it on right now (It has gone 19-20 hours from gluing) Thanks! //1mpulseS0D

So... There hasn't been too much work on the kit for a while now. Im in the painful progress of making snaps and snapplates :/ Hard work, I've also ordered some magnets so i can get my legs finished! Updates might come this week or next depending on when i get my magnets!

Even though i can't continue gluing until i got some magnets, i got my helmet done. My mictips from Keith finally arrived and they are awesome!

Ok, I'll look for them! Would 12mmX1.5mm do? Link to the bay for them

How much force is recomended for clamping together armor?

I'm in a quite tricky situation. Is it possible to complete the thighs without magnets? Else would these magnets do the trick since i can't get any rare earth magnets here. http://www.clasohlso...px?id=164541316 They have a force of 0.9 kg, of course i will use clamps at the ends of the thigh but at the middle section?

So i should leave some room by the ankles for the shoe to fit in? Seems like a good idea Anyways, going to work on the thighs first.

I got both arms done now! Onto the thighs, i think. Do i need to get TK-boots before i do the shins or can i do it without them?

Looking awesome! Did you use Dave M decals or the AP decals?

E-wok-ers I'm not sure if it would fit in for a competetive grilling team since i got no experience of it but a neat suggestion