Arnie_DK

So just right across thanks

Shoulder bells...how tight should the elastic in them be?

Well I can always leave it out and then just put it in later if I want to So point taken But with the belt... I need to shorten it a bit, as its aprox 10cm to long. I'm thinking taking 5cm of each end and reattach the velcro. Where the front will be attached. The blue tape shows where the overlapping part of the belt ends.

Need to resize the belt a bit. There are already elastic loops on the drop boxes, and have seen the snap solution somewhere else, and thats what I'm going to do Also, should I have the bend or the sew line on the canvas pointing up?

I'm guessing this would be the correct way to attach the pieces to the belt?

Yeah, the postal service worked this time 2 days getting from England to Denmark is really quite impressive.

Okay then I will leave the gap AND YAY!!!! Look what my room mate just brought up from the mail box (blaster not included hehe)

That was my plan... Not sure I follow you here?? Why wouldnt I need a strap connecting the bicep to the bell??

Yep, that exactly what I meant But I'm just gonna cut the thigs to begin with, and see if the shins still bother me after that. Have tried the chest on now, and think it fits. Also, just to be sure, this would be the correct place to fit the snap plates and elastic in the shoulder and bicep area?

Really??? But its so big...and yes I mean the front...I might cut a bit of the back thigh and maybe shin. The thigh is gnawing at the back of my knee.

Thanks But yeah the sniper plate might get replaced in the future. I also want to fill the gap at the bottom of the thighs.

Thanks for the tips guys. I found out that a modified chineese chop stick worked very well Time for some update pics!! The belt is still my old one, but hopefully I will get the new one from TM today or tomorrow The chest straps are done as well, but still need a few taps on the back. I might have been to eager to get the sniper plate flush fitting with the shin...It been warped a bit on the left side...

Okay, thanks

Really? No cutting or rubbing it of???

Finally...most parts ready for next step. But any advise on removing that ugly blob of E6000 leftovers? Sorry for the blurry picture, but my camera dont like the white shiny ABS up close...

yeah... I should have exspected that... But oh well. Now I have an excuse to stay up late...again. The first parts ready for further work will be at 2208 (UTC: +01:00), and the last at 0519, so I have plenty of time for making snap plates...now that I dont need any more cover strips...and get the forearms finished.

Great build man For the weathering, why not let it weather itself? It comes really fast, and looks more natural than if you did it yourself. But looking good either way

Aaaaand my workspace(kitchen) looks like a war zone...

So the build have been veeeery slow since my last post (I'm blaming Sparrow for Jinxing me :ewok1: ) Mostly its the back of the shins that were giving me a hard time. But they are curing now, so all is good. All outer and inner strips have been added and are either curing or have cured...except for the forearms! They have been left out again, but at 5 am this night/morning, I didnt really have the energy to sand them and glue the strips in...That will be done today. So the few progress pics I have. Oh yeah, almost forgot. I have had this donoe for some time now, just forgot it.

At least they made a funny movie

Thanks Paul. I didnt want to cut anything because I had seen some troopers with quite pointy thighs. But I have changed them now. I used the heatgun to start with, as I'd like to keep the return edge. I also like the little notch on the back of the left thigh, so I kept that

Not entirely confident about the thigh strips... Any second opinons would be nice before I glue them in.

Moving along

Ahh yes...time for a mistake Its no major crisis, but still a bit annoying In my eager to do what I can while the E6000 cures, I suddenly realised that I needed coverstrips more than I needed, the snap plates i was making! Stopping the snap plate making to check I had enough strips to cover my thighs and shins I realised I had used too much of the raw strips provided by TM to make the rest of the strips 25mm, as the one I had already installed on the left shin. So the solution would be to split the last raw strips I had in half, thus making the strips for the thighs roughly 22mm. Most people probably wont even notice that shins are 25mm front and back, and the thigs only have 22mm...but I will always know! But I guess its something I will have to redo sometime. It works for now.