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Do you have any cover strip material left over, I would use something a little thicker than trimmings just to make sure it's going to hold, I've seen a few crack Here's one of Tony's ( @ukswrath's) threads on how to make some https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/36372-how-to-support-pads-for-mr-nostripes-bracket-system/

Coming along nicely. You will be amazed the amount of extra vision you have trimming the insides of the eyes. A couple of references

Gluing the return edges together and filling in some of the join would have been fine as the ROTJ style did have a mold line

Congrats on your first year of trooping, the first of many more to come

Nice work, even if you don't countersink them I would advise using support behind, as these take the strain when bending they will crack the plastic over time. Appears they were countersunk by this image

Congratulations troopers

Interesting to see the process, looking forward to the progress

Very nice, I started using a single battery pack with both fans but then opted for a separate pack for each fan, I found the batteries can die during a long troop if on two fans, also found that one fan was enough to use as two fans were playing havoc with my eyes running, must have sensitive eyes I guess. Great build and looking good, from what I can see I'd try to reduce the gap at your elbows, perhaps biceps down a little and forearms brought back. Drop boxes should align with the end of the plastic belt section, I found a few dabs of E6000 on the elastic helps them stay in place. Also just watch the alignment of your armor cover strips. Good luck and hope to see you approved very soon.

I must admit I use a grey primer and clear coats over the top, I don't think I've had any scratching or chips so far so I'm sure you'll be fine Try to get as little to no gap between the clips and end caps, for L2: Thermal detonator belt clips are positioned with little to no gap between the clips and the end caps.

Couldn't find anything locally or online so ended up contacting @sskunky he can help you out

Thank you for the kind words Paul, I'm just here trying to give back to this community that gave me so much when I started my journey. "troopers helping troopers" it's what we do. I see someone is about to hit 20,000 soon WOW.

Very nice

Nice will keep your feet dry too

Congratulations and welcome to the EI ranks trooper

For that price you'd think you would get rubber gaskets.

I have heard putting pieces in a freezer may help, also soaking in a bath of warm very salty water, you may notice when getting super glue on your hands that it will come of in a day or two, this is because of the salt in our skin