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Best of luck! On my ATA I screwed up 1 ear for each side and then solicited garrison help as well (though for me it was a day trip of 4 hours to st louis and 4 hours back home). But it was worth it. There will be some gaps. If get your gaps pretty well taken care of sometimes a heat gun can be used to tweak things just a little bit, but you have to be careful to not melt the ABS and caused it to bubble.
Edit: at 2nd glance both of those ears are actually salvageable. You did a great job on the fronts and the backs can be made to where the gap is pretty minimal.
You can either do a little with the dremel sander, sand paper, or hobby knife. Hobby knife will help you to just take slivers off at a time, sanding will also make it so you are taking minimal off each time.
The fronts look great like I said earlier, so I wouldn't touch them until the end (in case you have to take a little off if they are too big or something. Also, remember that you are screwing this thing down, a small gap that shows up when you hold it up by hand will almost disappear when it is screwed down tight.
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Been reading for days, and I actually got to see some up close this weekend at an event, and talk with the guys. Really looking forward to the build as it seems like this will be much easier to take to an event than R2 is. But the kids sure do love R2, and poking and prodding him, and apparently standing on him too, should have seen me jump up when the girl did that.
Oh boy that would get me up really quickly too if someone were standing on an R2. I'm excited and nervous about wearing 3PO. I've heard I should have at least one soft costume escort in addition to a personal handler. Glad the lego event was fun, wish I could've made it out!
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Welcome and congrats on your new armor! You've taken the first step into a much larger world! As Echo said, it does get easier after the first few cuts. I think your goal of 4 months is very reasonable. I think I assembled my kit in 3 months or so and I like how my kit turned out a lot.
Best of luck! Ask lots of questions and HAVE FUN!
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for photo posting you can mouse over the picture in your photobucket library, click "get links" then select the direct link. I think it copies the link for you (as if you did a contrl+c). Then, when posting click on the image icon and contrl+V to paste the link there.
As far as color goes I think we'd need to see pics of the armor or see it in person to see if it has changed color at all. If it isn't really discolored then just about any standard ABS bucket will probably look good with it.
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yes, it is in 3 pieces. but unlike any others that I've seen in that the vocoder is a separate piece instead of cast into the faceplate. i need to get a few other opinions on it, ill try posting pics
Yeah, it may also be FX (AM and FX are very similar in my eyes). The vocoder is separate on those buckets which is unique among TK buckets.
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He may have meant AM instead of AN. Are the main pieces of the helmet in 3 pieces (ie. cap, back, faceplate)?
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Awesome! If you want to you can start a build thread where you can share your progress and such. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a message, I probably live about 10-15 minutes away.
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Welcome, Nick! As Dave mentioned, please check out the 70thexplorers.com and introduce yourself on the forums there. If you have any questions during your build or need assistance feel free to shoot me a message. I'm in KCK and frequent Independence at least once a week to play hockey. We also have a trooper who recently finished his kit who lives in Independence. Just out of curiosity, what armor kit did you end up going with?
We've had a nice influx of TKs recently in the 70th which has been AWESOME. TKs look great in large numbers. We're also in the process of making a Fire Team which is basically a regional group of TKs who troop together frequently.
Best of luck to you on your build, and like I said, if you have any questions don't hesitate to message me.
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Sounds great, I saw the pictures in one of your threads, looks great, I look forward to your help. Are you doing threepio now?
Yeah, I will mostly be working on that this summer after I finish this semester of school
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You built an R2 in 7 months?! That's impressive! There are several TK builders (myself included) who live very close to you. I'll be pretty busy for the next 2 weeks but once summer rolls around I should be pretty available to help out. It will be nice to have another ATA in the garrison...we are slowly taking over
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Only thing I can recommend against is hard hat helmet liner, it takes up way too much room in most screen-derived sized buckets.
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If I can't go the wireless route then I will be using the Aker that is meant for my TK (half the time I don't worry about hooking it up in the TK). Obviously in 3PO I'll be expected to talk and pull off lots of his one-liners and such.
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Welcome to the forums! It sounds like you are making your way through all the information pretty well! Please let us know if you have any questions. Where are you located? It is always helpful to find locals who can help you along the way as well.
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So I was wondering, what are you going to use for voice and where on earth will you house it in the suit??? Lol
For voice there are 2 options, both kind of end up with the speaker in the same place.
The ideal option: Find a way to connect a speaker to a blue tooth so I don't have wires running everywhere (the suit will be difficult enough to put on without wires).
The realistic option: Use the same mic set-up we use in our TKs.
In both options I will probably put the speaker behind the belly mat and cut some slits in the belly mat so sound can project out of it. It'll be more convenient there because it wont actually be taking up any space in the armor pieces.
All of that said, I'm going to have to start working on my Anthony Daniels impersonation, haha.
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I'm trying my hand at video updates for progression with the 3PO build. Let me know what you guys think!
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When I trimmed to fit myself I trimmed the mold lines so they would be covered by the recommended cover strip size.
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Tried editing my previous post, was giving me difficulties. The trooper I referred to is 5'10 so I'm sure ATA could be made to fit 6'0 as well
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Also I have been doing some more inquiring being that price is going to be a big factor for me. I have looked into ATA. I think that will be a more affordable option for me. Any thing I should know about ATA?
Only that ATA is slowly taking over our garrison, lol. I think 3 or 4 out of the last 5 TKs we have gained have been ATA. I use ATA and have had no issues with it at all. Can be built up to EIB or Centurion standards as well. I'd check some of the build threads tagged [ATA] and see if anyone mentions how tall they are just to make sure your height wont be an issue with ATA, weight wont be an issue for sure. I think one of our garrison TKs is 5'9 or 5'10 and he wears ATA great.
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Dave,
Welcome to the boards! And a particular welcome from a member of the 70th Explorer's (the garrison spanning most of Missouri and Kansas). I don't know that I've ever heard anything bad about AP, though I do not personally have experience with it. I know another highly recommended kit that can be purchased assembled is RS, I think. Even an assembled kit will probably need a little tweaking here and there to get it to fit you how you would like it to fit. Also, don't let a lack of experience building armor deter you from self-assembly if it is something you think you would be interested in doing. We have 3 or 4 new TKs in the last year in the KC area that didn't have armor building experience prior to building their kits. There are lots of helpful people in our garrison who would be willing to meet with you I am sure. If you want definitely check out the forums over at 70thexplorers.com and feel free to introduce yourself over there as well. You can also add me if you are on Facebook (Bennett Gladden) if you would like for ease of contact. We can probably also work to get you involved as a handler if you would like so that you can meet some of the locals and such.
Hope this helps and feel free to message me with any questions!
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Congrats! Looks like the 70th now has 5 EIBs!
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Jealous! looks awesome!
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Dang, I was hoping to see an April Fools EIB upload of a Rubies. Good looking suit there though!
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If you are worried about the pieces not meeting up and being too far apart in the back you can take a look at this thread and see what Quixotic did when he had thigh issues. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/22285-quixotic5891s-anh-stunt-build-ata/page-4
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As a recent college grad (and now medical student) I know the feeling of working on a budget. Costuming is not by any means a cheap hobby, but it is a very rewarding one. Like those have said before me, look around here, do some research, ask questions, maybe try to get in touch with some of your local garrison mates as well. As far as pricing goes, the best place (in my opinion) for a trooper on a budget to start is ATA which is the kit I built my TK from. Good luck!
looking for amour in all the wrong places.
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Also, if you keep an eye on the personal for sale and trade sub-forum you may be able to find someone selling a complete suit.
Welcome to the boards!