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My boys at school at the moment look what hes gonna get when he gets home It not too clear in the photo sorry iphone but I ran him up a little holster for his E-11 using TM's measurements as a basis. He's pretty much good to go now Just waiting for his under-suit to arrive then he's applying to the academy.

Quicky update. Chases armour has been primed painted and sealed so far we are here: Still legs and belt to get done. Anyone know where I can Pick up a mini pauldron and undersuit?

What's the uk pricing and delivery for latex stunt?

Price and build ATA armour

Same issue. I replaced the mic with a cheap unidirectional one I found in a pound shop and it gave an instant improvement. I have also found that the icomm works better with stereo cables rather than monos. Can't say for sure if the icomm has a stereo mic and output interface or if it was just the new leads that helped.

Manged to find the original trilogy sheet music in a tiny little music shop day before the wedding! It was worth it just to see everyone's face as we exited the church to the throne room

Help me FISD your my only hope..... Getting married in 4 days and am having the "The Throne Room" from a new hope being played as my bride comes down the aisle. Problem is my sheet music book "A musical Journey" isnt arriving for 6 days from amazon. I'm in a bind here can anyone scan me the throne room score for piano or organ? I wouldnt usually ask but its last minute freakout and my princess is having a fit f0xtrooper

Since I built my armour my son has been desperate to join in the trooping fun. Tried TM but unfortunately he wasnt making anymore in my sons size so in desperation I bought a a set of kids sized armour from a fellow member on the boards to suprise him. Boy was it a suprise! although un-assembled it was a mess I think it is some kind of FX style armour that someone has attempted to scale. Not moaning as I was fully aware a little work would be needed. Suffice to say it required a LOT of work (i.e. Bondo, styrene and whole lot e6000 ) Pieces needed re-trimming and re-shaping and finally a paint job. I have been working on it off and on for a few months and its finally starting to reach near completion (well at least a point where I am not too embarressed to show it ) Chase's Mini-Trooper Its presently balancing on the pipe skeleton I built for my son. He's 7 and growing like a weed so I'll expect adjustments for a while I painted up the helmet for him and have a nice gloss white paint job. Just missing the tube stripes and hovi's. Trying to source some mini hovis but will probably have to fashion some out of milliput or something. All for now but here's a little pic of the almost finished helmet and especially for the ladies Beach Troopers

I originally did my lenses as the ear screw method. But they were so uncomfortable I had to forgo the accuracy as there isnt a lot of space in the helmet and it was rubbing against my eye; and to be honest I couldnt see me wearing it for a 4 hour stint. I removed all the padding and lenses and basically went back to the begining. I cut up a set of foam knee protectors to use to pad the inside of the helmet and give it some more space. I filled the eye surrounds with milliput and popped in some motherboard standoffs to hold the lenses. I ground off the outer screw with my dremel leaving this just another option http://forum.mepd.net/public/style_emoticons/default/salute.gif

Way ahead of you...I mentioned I was marrying the love of my life

The time has come to stop walking the jungland wastes alone. On August 24th f0xtrooper is finally marrying the love of his life Although supportive of my obsession my missus isn't as in to the "wars" as me and says any references in the wedding celebrations must be subtle (all I said was It would be cool to get married in my armor, whats so wierd about that ) she bought me these for my wedding suite: Anyone got any ideas where else I could sneak some "wars" in

I would love to check out RT armour wish someone vaguely close to me had a kit I could checkout. I have read that this and fx we're good for us "tall troopers" What about the authenticity of the kit?

okay made a shim for the AB by heating and bending some spare ABS. Attached both cod and AB to the shim to get an extra 1" of height at the front. The chest piece is fitting well and the armour is actually more comfortable than my original mod ??? Attached main snaps to the new pieces to get it on the mannequin. With exception of the masking tape im feeling the armor is how i want it and prepared for infant school troops. Still got to make new reinforced canvas straps and weather the new bits. When I finally do my clean TK im gonna have to look for a different set of armor designed for "taller troopers"

Bugger I knew you'd say that. Gonna have to shim another inch and a half somewhere else.

Re-doing my ab /chest. Can anyone tell me how much of the highlighted section has to be covered by the belt. What would be my optimal position for the belt to allow my new shim to extend the ab section? Cheers

TD's were dirty enough to kill Jawas and unarmed moisture farmers. TK's were so concerned with staying clean and shiny they had their butts kicked by teddy bears with rocks! No but seriously I love all you shiny TK's when ever Lord Vader needs us to take someone out, you guys look after the ship!

TD 5653 requesting 501st access. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=13723&costumeID=2

Onto the last update I decided to redo the inside of my helmet as there isnt a lot of space and to be honest I couldnt see me wearing it for a 4 hour stint. I removed all the padding and lenses and basically went back to the begining. I cut up a set of foam knee protectors to use to pad the inside of the helmet and give it some more space. I filled the eye surrounds with milliput and popped in some motherboard standoffs to hold the lenses. I ground off the outer screw with my dremel leaving this Next I made a template for the lenses using a piece of toy plastic from one of the many toys I have to buy for my little ones. I transfered the template to a piece of wielders mask and drilled the screw holes The wielders mask is much darker and stronder than the material that came with my helmet. I edged it off with C channel (So I dont scratch my face again ) and screwed it into the helmet Finally I ran some wheater stripping over the srew heads and placed the last piece of padding between the nose bridge. As the helmet is obviously not symetrical it needed padding here to stop irritation to my left eye. Much more comfortable and conclusive proof that even a melon as big as mine can fit into an ATA helmet This will hopefully be the last pic post. Final test fitting tonight then a week of weathering. I wont post anymore pics. Anyone interested will see my build in all its glory when I am cleared and request deployment Thanks to those who followed the thread and "See you in the ranks"

Not updated te build thread in a while as most of the stuff im doing now is fitting and clean up, but I thought id post some progress for those following the build. Due to my "manly" and strangly proportioned body I have had to make a few adjustments to my build for comfort purposes. All though pretty much put together I really couldnt manage to stay suited up for too long. As I intend to troop like crazy once cleared I set about making some changes. Due to being stuck on an island with no help avaliable and a missus who wets herself with laughter when she sees me in my bodysuit. I decided to build a duct tape mannequin to make it easier to adjust my armors fit. I wish that I had done this in the begining of my build it has really made things easier. Its a dead ringer for my body shape and was simple to make. The boots, gloves, suit and neck seal are part of the mannequin as I they have been replaced during my test fits. Using the mannequin I have adjusted biceps, shoulders, back, chest, shins and cod (thank goodness my boys were killing me!) A few adjustments left but nearly there....

ok finished the chest modifications. Primed the chest (of course showed up just how much more sanding was needed ) then set about painting it. I used 3 coats of satin white "Plastikote" followed by 2 coats of gloss clear. Looks pretty close to the original finish, not that it matters too much as the wethering should balance it all out. Back in the game Time to make a start on the backpack.

It's ready to prime and paint. Gelcoated the extension for strength polypasted on top to give the shape more definition. I dont want it to look hashed together. Tougher than a Dewback steak and smoother than the emperor on a saturday night.... ...just got to find a good strong plastic gloss white.

Thats kind of the point.

As a 6ft 4" trooper an extended chest piece makes the upper body armour look correct when worn. Where as the original piece makes it look like im wearing a 3/4 cut vest top from the 80's! Granted I can understand it might change the look of the armour on somebody thats 5ft 10" but that obviously isnt the case. It is exactly the same length as an RT-Mod chest; and the chest section is in the same position as an AM chest piece. I dont really see where your coming from pandatrooper.

...ready for some Gelcoat....stay on target....

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