Darth Aloha

The plastic shoulder straps need to be held down in the back via a white elastic band to the white fabric that connects/bridges the chest and back piece. Tomorrow I'm headed an hour south to Kona to the only fabric store that doesn't require a boat or a plan to get to. I'm wondering about the elastic holding down ANH shoulder straps to the back plate. In a typically obsessive move I read about 20 of the 40 pages of all occurrences of the word "elastic" on the FISD forums and found one reference to 1/4" white elastic. How wide do you think it should it be? Aloha and thanks, -Eric

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I'm sure Jorran will have a more coherent answer... because I wish I could remember how I knew where to drill those holes... I think I might have download the PVC pipe template from here, printed and measured. Aloha, -Eric

Awesome. Thanks! This photoset is one of my favorite build references... now all I need is for my armor get here Aloha, -Eric

Apropos of this news... a friend of mine just reminded me of Vader Coaster. Aloha, -Eric

Facepalm!

I know, RIGHT?! Aloha, -Eric

Pointless but cool? I think cool is exactly the point. That's bada$$! Aloha, -Eric

Bubba Fett's BBQ Darth Grill will lure you to the dark side of the ribs I keep trying to come up with something having to do with Dark Lord of the Sauce... rather than Sith.. but I just can't put it together. Witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle grill! Too bad someone already took "Grillenium Falcon": Ok now I'm just bored... R2 smoker (This is uber-texan Philip Wise from Rebel Scum's R2 unit): Grill apron anyone? Ok I'm going back to work now... Aloha nui, -Eric

Also I found Jorran's TK Shopping List helpful. Aloha, -Eric

While I'm sorry that Jorran has to redo all of his naps... cause that sucks considering that he's in the home stretch... I'm really glad I read this before my armor arrives. What's funny is that all the threads I've read (and I spend a ton of time reading build threads) have gone on and on about vario pliers. This is the first thing I've read that say they suck. I hope I can find the little anvil thing on island rather than paying even more outrageous shipping fees. Aloha and thank you, -Eric

Looking great botherman. How's it feel to finally be all suited up? Aloha, -Eric

That's the one. Often found at target and wallyworld too. Aloha, -Eric

This theme is so bright... I dig it the most. Thanks man. Aloha, -Eric

Ok... I just noticed the coolest of all cool features (unless there was there before and I never noticed) when viewing new content. "Preview this topic" It is suddenly super easy to cruise through and read new posts or just keeping hitting "mark as read" Win! Aloha, -Eric

Congrats black frownster! Look'n good. Aloha, -Eric

Whoa! It doesn't even look like the same object from the first post. Great looking blaster... can't wait to see it all black and mean looking. Aloha, -Eric

Darnit! If I only had 14 silver dollars I could get me one of these Han Solo blasters (or maybe a leopard print cane with a horse's head.) Aloha, -Eric

There's always the IPB iPhone app that provides a spiffy interface to the improved mobile theme: http://www.invisionpower.com/suite/iphone/index.php Aloha, -Eric

Thanks Daetrin. I take back my repeated fist shaking to the west in the direction of Zeroroom. Aloha, -Eric

I'm a total neophyte and still waiting for my kit to arrive... But these are the same brand magnets I purchased from amazon. I bought 4 packs of 6 of the 3/4" x 1/8" discs. Aloha, -Eric

After the requisite mourning period over the loss of Stukatrooper flickr stream... I spent way too much time the other night reading every post in the assembly forum that had the word "snaps" in it. 13 or so pages worth. If it wasn't obvious to previously, I officially have the white plastic virus. I could have saved time if I had found this first. These are great quality photos of exactly how I plan to strap my armor... which is due to arrive September-ish from Rob of RT-MOD. So thanks to everyone... especially Troopermaster and Dmian for this thread. The only thing I'm missing for my build (besides armor) are snaps from Tandy. They shipped them parcel post a month ago Aloha nui, -Eric

Aloha guys... I'm going to be in the Jervis Bay area the week of the 15th. What are the chances there A) A troop scheduled in the area around that time There is someone who owns RT-MOD armor who lives around there? Thanks -Eric

Both Mouser and DigiKey carry all manner of 9v batter holders and cases. Use their search forms to find what you're looking for. Aloha, -Eric

What about the "past 24 hours" option on the left menu on the "new content" page? Aloha, -Eric