Clamps

thank you and of course, no, no need for sir, but i'll take it Blaster focus will be regained in short order and getting my bucket up to Centurion standards to boot, perhaps a little boot scuffing is required.

TK-25267 reporting for duty! Photos to come in a little bit

Requesting 501st status for TK-25267: http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=14927

new photos submitted, chin strap issue was dealt with, thanks eagle eye, so you see the end of my belt peaking out the right thigh too?

won;t be able to troop until October, as I have family obligations this weekend and then out of town for a week for work. Will meet up with you guys at Keith's amour party on the 29th for an informal troop around the block. Where/when is next weekend's troop?

Thanks Eric Our GML did not see these photos, so no issue there. After talking with him via PM, he gave me some guidelines and suggestions and I wanted to go back and do a better job so as to make it an EASY acceptance (better lighting (natural lighting, solid background,good focus). Thighs won;t come up any further without a bunch of trimming in the butt area as it is already pinching the cheeks a bit. Drop boxes are centered under the end square tabs (its where I have them connected)... should they be justified with end of plastic part of belt then? I have seen enough variance in the screen shots, so I went with the screw that already existed for the belt. its an easy fix for sure for EIB/Centurion applications. it has been extremely FUN, hard yes that too, hardest part is when I made mistakes and had to try to find a way to compensate. Man, its amazing how many snaps I have used and then had to toss. good thing I got that big pack o Tandy's!

So Vern, is that quesiton mark (?) meaning you see something that is off (beyond what I have mentioned above)? Thanks Glen, I have more work to do to tidy up, but I am feeling pretty good about where I am. and with my tidy ups, I should be on track for EIB and Centurion (once my resin blaster is finished. First things first, I need to get all official like and approved. Will be making a setup for that tonight if all goes well.

I wanted to submit tonight, but, my photos won;t be up to snuff so I don't want to waste the GML's time. hopefully tomorrow I can get something captured in the daytime and I find a clean background. We'll call this a "dress" rehearsal. YES I know I have some issues to resolve, but nothing I can see here prevents me from 501st approval. something wonky going on with the left shoulder, my strapping on the right forearm is off and my left bicep is a bit loose, so it slips down and rotates too much.My backplate is attached with the wrong snap (have a troop level snap and a photo level snap. Will need to find a way to keep sniper plate out of my thigh, not much room in there to do the padding behind the thigh trick....may have to trim the thigh a bit. Will need to trim the bottom of the shins too, a little too much ankle ouchie. I am sure the fine tooth combers will certainly find much more than that. anywho have a look at the blurry cam:

- Looking forward to following this one!!

definitely got the popcorn out for Glen's build that is gonna be amazing!

I used 5 min. Expoxy as well for both builds. I will use E6000 for my end cap (in case I want to remove it to work on internals again) and the power cell/fuses as I want to be able to pull them off and go ESB with my blaster form time to time. The thread to follow that I learned the most from is Craig's: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=19872&st=0 nothing original in what I am doing, just copying a bunch from there and other little things from the countless awesome builds out there. HAVE FUN...once this build is done, my search for an SE-R14 begins!!

Tad more work tonight. Did some right shoulder shaping on the back plate to try to get a flatter fit. Thigh front cover strips curing on the bench. I'm basically ready to go for approval. All EIB requirements build in. Centurion requirements are all that is left: Boot scuffing Hand painted helmet traps/tears (or Dave M stickers) Finish resin blaster Should be a fun week. Look out 501st. "Clamps" is coming! CB

Aloha. Thanks for the fix!

I have primer fingers already )

Cannot access with Tapatalk as of 4:14pm EDT. Same error as Taras.

WHOO HOO!!! We have Hand Guard adhesion!!!! 1. Courtesy of Bigironvault's suggestion, I went with Loctite Super Glue and it worked amazing, damn near instant! Got the Kidney side split rivets in place: Thigh Ammo belt has been locked in with Cap rivets 2. did a little glue fixing on the rear thigh coverstrip where things moved after clamping. 3. Painted Helmet screws white 4. Velcro added to shot and inside front of Shins to hold them facing the right way 5/6. Painted a couple of minor chips in the ear rank bar area and touched up a minor issue in the frown. 7. Minor Vocoder paint fix To do list: Thigh front cover strips Test fit for final tweaks before submission Make some mobility trims to rear of thighs reduce sharpness of a couple areas that have potential to scratch and cut Polishing (i doubt I can wait to do this before submitting) EIB/Centurion To Do list Finish Resin Blaster (Centurion) Add slightly larger shim on my right side to close the gape by another 1/4", strapping is just not pulling it in like I'd hoped.

Thanks, trying my best, though I am not overly skilled at this sorta thing. short of the Hengstler bracket, everything else is ready and already it with primer!

+2 for the Doopy's I have a Hasbro mod and a resin kit(in progress) Easy to slap together or you can make lots lot little extras for greater detail if you want. Have fun, making the blaster kept me (in)sane until my kit arrive.

Too lazy to post photos. But work is still proceeding: Chest/back strapping and shoulder belts reworked. Thigh rear cover strips added Left bicep to forearm strap added Evil AP sniper plate glued on with what seemed like 1/2 a tube of e6000. SES it at the top center and will add white silicon caulking to re enforce once e6000 cured very well. To do list: Thigh front cover strips Paint helmet screws Put cap rivets on thigh ammo pack Minor trimming on legs Glue hand guards Velcro on shoe and shin to hold.

Did some work on the cocking handle to allow it to ride in the channel & Shorten inner barrel to allow spring mechanism to be in a good position. Scratched in the "OFF ->" text into magazine end. Dropped the end cap and a chunk flew off. Had to get the JB stick out to fix it up.

my fail was grazy glue not loctite, so I will try that too.

Rubber hand guard mounting fail #2 today. Friend was over today working on a costumer and he had some Gorilla Glue. Same result. Will look for the tube repair glue. Keith used Loctite on his and it worked perfectly.

Joseph, if you are interested in an older kit, I may know of someone looking to sell a kit to get a new clean white TK. PM me over on the Tantive IV group for details.

oh dear, if I could keep track of ALL my issues Today's issues... normal super clue no likey sticky to Rubber hand guards....time to go out and get the kind with activator pen and try again tomorrow!

Yay mailman/lady!!! Karin's rubber hand guards have arrived!! Now where's my superglue?