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Great selection of photos Trooper. Congrats on the build and good luck with your EiB submission here. This is the first AP kit I think I have seen in my short time here with the original bracket strapping method, well done. Overall the parts seem to fit you well. Here are a couple of observations for improvement tweaks, hopefully not keeping you from EiB): 1. Thigh ammo belt is not riveted in the correct place, the rivet needs to be more in the corner of the belt. Exactly where, well, that was a whole other thread of contention I don;t want to get into, but if you review other Centurion builds, you will get a sense of where to place it. hit me up via PM and I can show you where I placed mine and its measurements. 2. The Same thigh, it looks like the covers strip is not fully glues down on the front outside edge. 3. Your kidney and shims seem to BOW out, not sure what to suggest to pull them a little more flat. 4. did you use the AP supplied green lens gel? if so, that really should get replaced with darker lens, welders mask replacement lens or perhaps the kind that TrooperBay sells. hard lens will also protect your eyes from shoot the trooper nerf bullets (if you guys do that on the island). 5. Shorten the straps between your shoulder bells and the chest/back strap if possible. You could also move the snap on the shoulder strap forward a bit to keep the bells rotated forward. I had to take the extra step to move the snap IN the shoulder bell forward to keep mine from sliding back. 6. in one of your first few photos from the rear, your LEFT shin's rear coverstrip does not appear to be glued well near the bottom. I mistakenly thought it was opening the wrong way until I saw your final photo. Again, I don't think any of these prevent EiB, but the should looked at improve overall look of your kit. Congrats on the build and once more.. Good Luck.

I Picked up like 50 discs fromr Lee Valley up here in Toronto prior to my build. Good pricing and local pickup is a bonus. I wish I had pre-taped them with painters tape. it would have prevented about a dozen of them being broken apart and another 15-20 with chips. oh well, they sure as heck came in handy. In hindsight as well, I would have picked up rectangular (like the ones I got from eBay... as I found the easier to work with to keep edges of things in place.

I think its time for Pickles to update her 501st profile to include the nickname. I don;t think it will be going away any time soon.

Congrats Trooper, as I mentioned over in Mr. Aloha's thread, please report to the EiB application centre STAT!

Thanks, proud to be back for seconds... now its time to decide if I want to buy a CFO kit for RTOJ to do the OT trifecta!

oh no! I'll be good, I'll be good! But back to the topic at hand.. :laugh1:

bwahahahahahahaha Clamps Approves!

I attach my forearm/bicep to the shoulder bell and then the combo to the shoulder snap. I do not insert my arm until the other side is built and attached and then I put one arm in at a time. Other option is to attach prior to slinging on the chest/back.

Looking sweet. EiB and centurion in your future I am sure! Keep up the great work.

same for my doopy builds

Same issue. But when I click on the fuzzy photo it loos like all photos are there in a vertical filmstrip type view. And decent resolution That can be zoomed and scrolled, but not user friendly. I'm Using tapatalk on iPhone.

Greetings trooper. Overall a nicely fitting build. Good job. The one EiB specific item I see, I could be wrong as I am looking from my iPhone, is the decals on the bucket do not appears to be ESB style for the tears and tube stripe. I hope I wrong. Here is my esb decal cu for reference Also. Something seems off with the ear screws, are the Philips head? Good luck sir!

Alright folks, time to beat the bushes and rustle up 19 more EiB applicants before the end of the year! They definitely seem to come in waves and we need a couple more waves and we're there!

congrats Trooper. Looking nice. I might recommend reducing 90% of the wire coils on that blaster, looks kinda odd. I believe 4 or 5 turns of the wire is much more accurate. Now go blast some Rebels!

Great Job team, another great newsletter chock full of TK goodness!

yes possible, see this EiB application from Ian's great looking build: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/21792-tk-6094-requesting-anh-stunt-eib-statusap276/

Bummer Tony. I hope you find a quality alternative. Good luck.

Gaffe tape (gaffer tape) is what we use in video and event production. typically cloth, very strong, the adhesive is strong but forgiving (think what happens when duct tape folds over on itself), but leaves little to no residue. White or black Duct tape would also work if that is what you have handy. Edit: it also costs about 3x as much as duct tape

looks like the pre-build was pretty darned close. Nicely done TM!! loving the weapons. your gonna be completing the TK trilogy very soon! Congrats!

My experience: Mesh: one helmet I used hot glue, the other I used E6000 for the mesh. I found the E6000 to be a little easier to deal with, as the hot glue hardened a bit quicker than I wanted it to. also got into the exposed teeth area too much and was a PITA to deal with. Lens: I used the single peice hard lens for both buckets. One is attached with the ear screws. the other is simple gaffe taped in.

I have the same on mine when I close up the shins... as it compresses the hightop portion of the boot. no biggy that I can tell.

Congrats Trooper, welcome to EiB

good one!