gmrhodes13

Looking good and nice display

After reading some threads and seeing that some of you use special dates in your lifes for you TK ID I thought I would start this thread for those of you who would like to share. Mine I spent hours trying to come up with a number that I liked, most of the ones I had thought of had been taken so I had always liked TK421 but knew this was taken, then I looked at what phone digits converted to from letters to numbers and came up with TK 85421 which 8 = T, 5=K , so now I have 85421=TK421 ---------

Congrats on approval, now where is that EIB application LOL

Waiting for post is the worst, good tip for others make sure you order things early. Hopefully you will be out trooping as a TK soon. I have to wait until March, they don't troop in my local garrison much, may have to change that lol

Use a bit of bondo, a sand and you would never know once it's painted

Looking great, just if you apply for EIB try to get everything sitting right when taking the photos, have less hassles then. Good luck with approval

Nice build

Looking good, you could have made it the same length as a sterling by cutting of the front barrel and replacing with PVC pipe, then drilled the holes and used T track. Could then have added some hi-bright led's inside, you get a great glow through the gaps between the holes and T tracks. Also a nice mod is add a cocking handle and cut the slot, there's just enough room inside to fit a spring. Nice work

What height are you, I'm 6 foot and my ab plate fits fine. When I first put everything together I had to do some adjusting here and there to get everything in its right place. Btw my cod is snug but not uncomfortable, I would try your chest and ab sections together and see how they fit before cutting anything

Congrats, well you do need a snack to calm your stomach after the panic sets in LOL.

Looking good there Craig

You would be better contacting your armor maker, I have read that some makes are different colours

Thats great well done, now it's time for some other approval LOL

Day one, put one of my big feet on my tube of e6000, split the nozel lucky I taped it right away and it was ok. Next went to trim the teeth on lid, slipped with dremel and gouged out my thumb, bled over the helmet, went to get some cleaner knocked over my drink, had to clean that up too, while cleaing got some liquid in the gouge on my thumb and stung like hell. Brother you aint alone, deep breaths and if all esle fails, step back and have a nice stiff drink, for me beam works wonders. Keep you chin up it gets easier, good luck

The Dave M work well and fit nice on the ATA lid. To apply them I use a bit of soapy water and spray it on the helmet first, then apply the decals, the soapy water allows you to be able to move the decals around to get the right position, then all you have to do is use some tissue to squeeze out the water

Almost forgot to add this item for my first troop, knew there was a reason I made my TD end caps removeable LOL

So at first I wasn't sure how to carry my armor, couldn't find any boxes big enough then asking at my local garrison I found a lot of troopers use a suit case. Luckily enough I had one laying around, which most people do, so here is how I packed all of my armor in. So I tried a few combinations but this seemed the easiest for me. First I put the shins inside the thighs. Next I keep all of the arm sections together and fit them insde the shins Next I open up the torso and fit both thighs inside Next close up the torso and fit in the suit case I then pack the shoes and smaller parts around the outside of the torso, helps to stop it moving around. You may notice in the bottom left corner there are a few tools, a container with snaps and elastic and also some duct tape, thought this would be good for an emergency fix kit. Next I have a towel to have a wipe down after trooping, perfect to wrap your blaster in and slip down the side of the torso I try to keep the softer things on top, one to protect the torso and two as I will be putting them on first. I have a seperate bag for the helmet, fits in nicely Then all closed up and ready for transport A quite cheap but effective way to get your armor to and from places

I though I had seen you LOL

Thanks Jenny, was just weird that the 7's came out at a measurement of 10 inches, when my 10's came out at just over 11 1/4 and the other pair of 13 came out about right. Something strange going on, now I must go check some measurents of my sneakers LOL. Be good if we can get others to submit some measurements to check against too

With the belt pulled up to the right position there will be a big black gap at the top of the thighs