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First off, Congrats on your EIB appointment!
Sorry I am late to the game to make comments before the appointment, but one detail that may have been overlooked...it looks like the left shin closure is facing outward versus inward. It could be an optical illusion in the full body where I am seeing the edge of your right coverstrip next to your left leg. Your right shin may also be facing outward too, cannot tell on your full body, but the way the velcro shows a tiny bit in the corrected coverstrip photo above, it looks like it is facing wrong way. Hope I am wrong, but it I am right, you should consider changing that so the closure is not visible from the sides.
Again, Congrats, its a nice looking suit you have put together sir.
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Glad to see ya over here Matt. Get out your notebook and commence to reading everything and taking notes!!!
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As of today :
Daughter = 54.5"
Son = 52.5"
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My daughter is 54" and a wafer thin. My son is 52" and is solid head to toe.
This was measurement when I ordered from ya. Let me get a fresh measure for ya in a bit.
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We've got boot!!
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lately I have been using a Hoo-Rag, as most balaclava I have tried, keep slipping off my chin and pulling my mic to an unreachable/useable position.
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Ottawa is new TK representing big time this week.
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Welcome aboard Kaitlyn and good luck with your research and build.
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Alrighty. Finally some success on the undersuit. After digging through racks and racks at every store possible I have been able to find women's XS Capri pants. This is fine as it more than covers the kids knees.
And digging through tons of racks in Dicks I have found a shirt that works.
Just waiting on the boots to arrive and we'll be all set to finish things when I return from vacation.
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Hey Cory. If you'd like to get to know other troopers in Southern Ontario region reach out to me via PM and we can discuss further. There will be some armour parties coming up in preparation for Fan EXpo that will be a great opportunity to meet folks and get help of required.
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Tapatalk not letting me edit.
Shirt not short
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Soo friggin frustrated looking for undersuit for kids. I'm in the US for remainder of week. Nothing at Wal Mart, target , kmart, TJ Maxx, Marshall's and the like. The best I can do is women's leggings. Nothing. Even close short wise.
I really prefer somewhere where I can have kids try them on as my son is beefy and daughter a string bean. Using size charts is total crap shoot.
Ughghghghghghgh!!!!!!
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So, the Shoulder bridges glue was not able to hold due small contact area which in turn is due to the limited length of the bridges. I moved to Velcro before I left for my trip.
finally found a good deal on boots, they might be a little big for the kids' feet, but I plan to put thick insole. They are Smoky Mountain Women's Leather Jodphur boots. Got them for $33 plus shipping. Boots were 1/2 price due to being only pair in stock or something like that. The online store was Equestrian Collections .com.
Once I made that order, I went ahead ordered Angelus paint, deglazer and some fabric paint for the boots. all of that was ~$12 plus shipping.
Still struggling to find compression wear for the kids. I have tried Target (US). Next attempts will be Wal Mart (US) and some other shops recommended by other folks in the area where I am visiting.
Finally, I have decided to acquire additional limbs from Walt to be able to make a set that also fits my daughter. the torso and helmet will be shared (for now).
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AP for me too. Check out some build threads (mine is linked in signature below) of AP owners to see the ins and outs.
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Yes yes, Walt you seek.
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Welcome aboard Cole, glad to have you here. Its an amazing community with more so much information it can be overwhelming at first (hell it still is after a couple years).
Who on FB from the Canadian Garrison have you been chatting with that directed you over here?
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Have not had much free time this week in preparation for being out of town. But a few more details are underway.
Shoulder bridges curves
attached to chest:
Ab button details glued. Hope I got them on right
Also been conducting some strapping tests an experiments. Final setup has to wait for an undersuit as tshirts are just too thick and it's messaging with proper closure and alignment
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On your front traps. You should not have an angled or curved black line and grey near he brow trim. I believe it should come straight across only parallel to brow line.
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"Right weird" not wear
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Glad to see the same right wear look as mine where it looks pinched in compared to left side.
Be sure to paint screws white on the ears.
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alrighty, some more slow, minor progress, actually I consider this pretty significant progress. I have the torso strapping done. Will still require some adjusting to get just right, but its close enough to help move things to the next steps.
Added some rivets to the sides
and cod
Also replaced the thigh ammo pack with smaller rivets.
bigger rivet (shown again here) for reference
These are 1/4" diameter and post length. They are all cap rivets, as split are not easy to come by around here, and honestly, these are good enough for this kit.
Here is a front view with everything tossed on for fun. will need to shorten up the thighs a bit as well as the shins. Arms might just be ok, will strap them up tonight.
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R2-D2, Squeaky (TK16180) and Clamps ( that's me of course) had the honor to represent the Canadian Garrison at the Vans x Star Wars event in Toronto on June 21st.
They provided a sweet little photo booth setup that spits out takeaway images for folks. We worked out a nice system to keep a trooper outside the store with store staff driving folks inside to the photo booth anchored by the ever loving, and invisible to the Empire, R2D2.
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Oops. Forgot the boring image. Tapatalk is not allowing me to edit lately. So here ya go:
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More straps and snaps and Velcro added to the mix. Getting close to being able to fit the body and then trim the sides. Once all that is all done I can move to finalizing height of thighs and shins and forearms.
All of that though happens after a 2-ish week hiatus with the family.
events outside and sweat
in Field Training Exercises
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