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merci beaucoup, pat! it helps to live near inspirational leaders like the panda and others for help and advice; I'm lucky. plus, I've been working hard on my TK whenever I have a spare moment! but don't tell my wife... "I'm cleaning the garage, honey."

thanks mason, pm'd and as per the challenge, i'm posting my entry here as well... i would wish for the "...one of a kind 1 1/2" outside diameter E11 barrel (for PVC pipe blaster)"! it is so choice

thanks Mason, for the quick approval today. what a great way to start my week! here's a pic of the d-ring. ran out of image posts allowed the first time

thanks Christian! will post shortly...

ahhh hahaha pat, you are too funny! paul is half-asian, i believe?!

thanks mason, will do!

thanks Ryan! and yes thanks, Brian. yeah, there was quite a bit of trimming that had to be done. I just hope I don't gain too much weight from now on

ah haha! it must have something TO do with the gravitational pull from the centre of the universe

thanks terry! yes it's true, pat. all asian homes have red walls. just like all eastern canadian homes are required to have blue/white walls. no? go canucks go!!

I am respectfully submitting my EIB request: Kim Chen TK-5929, ANH "Stunt" Badlands Garrison, Outer Rim Squad Armor= AM, assembled per FISD "expert infantry" standards Helmet= ATA, upgraded correct mic tips, rubber trim and flat green lens Blaster= modified Hasbro with Doopydoos kit, Hengstler counter, cylinders, proper T-track and rear D-ring Height = 5'10" Weight = 135lbs Boots = tkboots.com Canvas belt = sewn canvas Hand Plates = AM Gloves: black gloves with screen accurate hand plates Electronics= Aker amp in chest, custom internal mic & Squirrel fan in helmet Neck Seal = Gotarmor/FISD Holster = FISD

hey congrats julie! good for you!

thanks kirby!

thanks terry! yes, i did actually, and it did help lower them enough.

haha! thanks tom! appreciate the kind words.

and finally, here's everything together... a few of the submission pics that were used for approval last week into the 501st, wuhoo! TK-5929 reporting for duty!

for my blaster, i went with the hasbro e-11 from our local wal-mart. i ordered the doopydoos resin kit, and used krylon grey primer and black. did lots of sanding to get all the unwanted details off before adding the primer coats. here's the progression of that conversion...

the paint turned out pretty good considering the less than ideal environment, and i started on the lid details including painting the teeth (testors 1138) and decals. hovi mics were lightly sanded, and then sprayed with krylon black. the vocoder was hand painted using a bit of testors flat black.

after the initial trimming on the lid and shaving out the teeth, panda helped me rivet together, after which i started to sand, then add two coats of white primer, followed by three coats of white (all krylon paint). decided to paint the ears separately. temperatures were pretty cold here the week i was painting in the garage (0-10 degrees celsius), so i had a small space heater warming up the corner of the garage i was in, my spray cans warming up in a cocktail shaker with hot water, and a hair dryer to warm up the lid moments before painting. that and a lot of shaking the can between applications!

ok, finally have some time to catch up on posting build pics! with the suit pretty much done, i started work on the ATA helmet, which had actually arrived a little while ago. here's some pics of that process, including the shaving of the teeth which i started by using my dremel, but then switched to my small file set to get more precise edges and corners. ears were tricky and took quite a bit of back and forth to get a decent fit, and i ended up using a combination of the dremel and sandpaper to get it done.

awesome! good luck with the build, brandon!

i've painted the rivets white now, and panda has also been helping create new returns on the trimmed thighs...

and here's the front buttons being painted and then attached onto the chest box and side strip. panda devised a handy way of holding the buttons on a paint stir stick, which made it really easy to sand, prime and paint each of the buttons...

here's some shots of the thighs being assembled...

haha, i actually wish i had a few more pounds but i guess i won't complain!

working on the arms was good preparation for the shins, which needed quite a bit of excess trimming given my size. i reinforced each seam with inside strips before adding a cover strip on the outsides. the outside shin backs just had one 25mm cover strip which i then attached velcro to for easy opening/closing.