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Nothing better than a BBB, hopefully you have researched while you waited Looking forward to seeing the first nervous cuts

Screws are not required at any level so up to you if you want to add them. I like to leave some return edge for strength Note the placement of the kidney/posterior elastic, having them closer to the ends stops the posterior wanting to come apart and leave a gap

You can also remove/trim any large tab from the rear NOTE: As seen in the photos below, there are no large tabs on the rear of the shoulder bridges. This is not specifically mentioned in the CRL, but removing them is highly recommended if possible.

You could always reach out to a few other UK based prop makers and check on shipping, I must admit I've not purchased a kit of late and I know shipping was going up so that may be an average price, You can find these all on FB. WTF - Walt's Trooper Factory TM - Troopermaster RS - RS Propmasters

1 would trim a little more 2. Really depends on what armor, some makes won't allow more than 1 large tab 2 & 1/2 small tabs. As you can see in the image above there is 1 large tab and 4 - 5 smaller tabs which would cover the chest (albeit a gap under the strap)

Hello and welcome aboard, looking forward to seeing some photos. Forum has a maximum you can add, many of us use a free online image hosting service

Nice work

Hello and welcome aboard, good luck with the research

I use a belt with braces and elastic to thighs, with the braces the belt can't drop. Not my image but similar Some just use a belt

Shipping is always the killer for those of us down under and more so of recent days with a dramatic rise in shipping costs, all being well it fits in your budget.

Can happen with different delivers of plastic, there is a huge difference in color between makers too. Not sure if this would work but it does for yellowing, Retr0bright I've used it on a 10 year old helmet that yellowed and it worked great. As I say this is for yellowing, may be worth trying but no guarantee as the color may have come from the factory that way.

Lower ear left is a little thick, but you have closed up those gaps well, should be ok for basic approval but for higher levels it's up to our DO's @Deployment Officer Team A couple of references to compare with

Congratulations trooper and welcome to the ranks

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Hello and welcome aboard, good luck with your research, this thread may be of help

Nice work

Hello and welcome aboard, good luck with the research

Looks good to me, you can do any final trimming to avoid armor bites once you have all the armor strapped. Speaking of strapping the elastic from bicep to forearm is normally applied to the top, just off center

I'd be happy with that angle, remember it's only a suggestion not a must for higher levels It's all about minor adjustments, if you have a gap it means it is too close in other areas, you could sand above and below this gap We don't usually apply and filling to gaps, here are a couple of references of how bad some gaps where

Noticed in your helmet photo the brow trim looks a little wavy, just needs a tweak to look straight. Having a completely contrasting background, full length, will help your GWL when it comes to editing your photos, perhaps keep this in mind for EIB For higher levels have a look at your posterior gap, it's pushing backwards leaving a gap in the sides V tabs can help this. Your fabric belt is slipping lower than the angle of the plastic belt, this could be brought upwards, a small tab of velcro and help it stay. Note that your shoulder bells appear to be angling backwards in the previous image, moving the strapping point further forward can help them pull inwards in the front, the gap is quite small at the back. Drop/bend your shoulder straps on the rear as they are sitting up Detonator could be rotated a little more so the 0 detail can be seen Good luck with approval

Looks good Expanded: The neck closure is black, it is mounted on top with two silver rivets and has two black silver snaps visible. 13 segments, typo should be 3 *The underside of the Pauldron is white or black regardless of top color and is divided with white or black stitching into 13 segments. Could even add color of rivets/snaps for higher levels

A little new era trooper pauldron research, mainly for the Mortar and Incinerator troopers, there always seems to be an exception though. So here we go, most of the new era pauldrons are a little different to what we have seen in the past, ANH and other original movies/series the colored sections have no lines (bare in mind these are for Sandtroopers) ANH Orange ANH Black With the exception of 1 white pauldron on a sandtrooper, it did indeed have sewn lines. New era pauldrons have 2 sewn lines/3 panels in the colored section just the same. ANH White NEW ERA 2 sewn lines / 3 panels Mortar - what is different to other new era pauldrons is a silver rivet is on the lower colored panel (arm strap) and also 2 rivets on the closure and the closure is on top of the pauldron not underneath like other new era, identical to the ANH white pauldron (the supplier confirmed it was created ANH style) hence the rivets. Hot toys same silver rivets, closure on top and silver snaps Incinerator - 2 sewn lines / 3 panels, no rivets, closure underneath pauldron, black rivet shoulder strap Black rivet shoulder stap. Can also make out 2 black snaps on closure NEW ERA Sandtroopers 2 lines / 3 panels. Note closures are affixed under the pauldron not on top and no rivets same as Incinerator. Also black rivet for shoulder strap Orange Note 2 black snaps on closure Hot toy black rivet/snaps Also note the white underside of pauldron Black Hot toy black rivet/snaps White (and an exception, some may note the CRL model is wrong for this pauldron, it is the only one that has a colored closure, being white, unless there are other references of course) It's closure is also attached underneath the pauldron and no rivets. White rivet shoulder strap Hot toys same, white rivet & snaps We come to another exception, someone has to be different, it has an ANH style with no lines in the colored panel which does not match other new era pauldrons, also showing 2 rivets on top of the closure and the closure is attached on top of the pauldron ANH style. Mandalorian Season 2 Hot toys same, no lines on color area, silver rivets, closure on top and silver snaps Hot Toys refer to this trooper as a Stormtrooper Commander What does this all mean, well research is the key, the more you research something the more you may learn and for those uber accurate ones make sure you research others research

A little new era trooper pauldron research, mainly for the Mortar and Incinerator troopers, there always seems to be an exception though. So here we go, most of the new era pauldrons are a little different to what we have seen in the past, ANH and other original movies/series the colored sections have no lines (bare in mind these are for Sandtroopers) ANH Orange ANH Black With the exception of 1 white pauldron on a sandtrooper, it did indeed have sewn lines. New era pauldrons have 2 sewn lines/3 panels in the colored section just the same. ANH White NEW ERA 2 sewn lines / 3 panels Mortar - what is different to other new era pauldrons is a silver rivet is on the lower colored panel (arm strap) and also 2 rivets on the closure and the closure is on top of the pauldron not underneath like other new era, identical to the ANH white pauldron (the supplier confirmed it was created ANH style) hence the rivets. Hot toys same silver rivets, closure on top and silver snaps Incinerator - 2 sewn lines / 3 panels, no rivets, closure underneath pauldron, black rivet shoulder strap Black rivet shoulder stap. Can also make out 2 black snaps on closure NEW ERA Sandtroopers 2 lines / 3 panels. Note closures are affixed under the pauldron not on top and no rivets same as Incinerator. Also black rivet for shoulder strap Orange Note 2 black snaps on closure Hot toy black rivet/snaps Also note the white underside of pauldron Black Hot toy black rivet/snaps White (and an exception, some may note the CRL model is wrong for this pauldron, it is the only one that has a colored closure, being white, unless there are other references of course) It's closure is also attached underneath the pauldron and no rivets. White rivet shoulder strap Hot toys same, white rivet & snaps We come to another exception, someone has to be different, it has an ANH style with no lines in the colored panel which does not match other new era pauldrons, also showing 2 rivets on top of the closure and the closure is attached on top of the pauldron ANH style. Mandalorian Season 2 Hot toys same, no lines on color area, silver rivets, closure on top and silver snaps Hot Toys refer to this trooper as a Stormtrooper Commander What does this all mean, well research is the key, the more you research something the more you may learn and for those uber accurate ones make sure you research others research