TK Droid

April 1, 2017

I'm not going for the other statuses.

April 1, 2017

Hello TK19936 here.

I'll be going to the FISD photo up on the Saturday, and I'll be going to the Rogue One Storming the Beach photo shoot on the Sunday.

Report · March 21, 2017

Hello, I'm ROTJ TK 19936 of the Canadian Garrison. I'm requesting 501st Legion status please.

This is a link to my 501st Legion Profile: https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=23972

March 18, 2017

Thank you everyone.

March 16, 2017

I'm approved. TK 19936 of the Canadian Garrison reporting in. :smiley-sw013:

February 28, 2017

Thank you JSmails. I'm only going for 501st Legion status not the other two statuses. Maybe sometime in the future.

February 27, 2017

OK, so here are the application photos, finally! There were sent this afternoon to the GML of the Canadian Garrison.

February 27, 2017

Here is a photo of one of the drop boxes. Its not EIB or Centurion, so it does not a have a back piece on it. There is a gap of 10 mm between the top of the drop box and the bottom of the belt.

Here is a photo of the holster. It has the longer black straps required for ROTJ. It was bought from TrooperBay. By the way, that grass had a dusting of snow on it this morning. Crazy February weather in the Niagara Region. One day last week it was 18 degrees C (66 degrees F) and we have only used our snow shovel twice this winter!

February 27, 2017

Thanks Felix!

February 24, 2017

Hi August. Thanks for your comments. The thermal detonator is about 190 mm, or 7 and 1/2 inches long, including the end caps, as mentioned in the CRL. The grey PVC pipe came pre-cut from Cast from Originals in the UK. I filed the ends, as shown in my photos, so that the end caps would fit well. I could not find grey PVC pipe of the same diameter (about 68 mm) in Canada. Ours is a little wider than that. I hope this helps you.

February 21, 2017

Next is the torso armour, all connected.

Now some close-ups of the other side of the snap.

In this photo, you will see a white washer under the snap, to reinforce it. It is a washer made from left-over 2mm ABS. It is drilled, and then countersunk, to fit snug against the snap.

Now a close-up of the elastic and velcro, between the kidney and abdomen, right side.

Getting closer to being done. More photos tomorrow.

February 21, 2017

The build continues. The elastic for the thighs have the loops sewn in to fit over the belt buckle. The straps are longer than some others I have seen, probably because the belt sits up high, just above my hip bones.

Next is the arms with the biceps attached to the forearms, and some padding inside of both to keep them in place. The padding is from Len's Mill Store in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

Here are the shoulder bells. 8 mm straps around the biceps. The top straps have velcro sewn on to them, to attach to the underside of the shoulder bridges.

February 20, 2017

Sorry, one of the photos in the last post was uploaded twice, and here is the other photo of the male snap. The centre of the snap is 18 mm from the bottom of the trim. More of the build has been finished, and more photos are coming soon.

February 20, 2017

Here is the webbing, glued between the abdomen and the kidney pieces in 2 places.

And here is the webbing on the right side of the abdomen and kidney pieces. Black velcro has been sewn on it.

Here are some photos of the male snap on the bottom of the kidney / butt plate. Tandy Line 24 nickel-plated snaps from Tandy Leather in Mississauga, Ontario.

February 20, 2017

Here are some more photos of the build, completed in the past couple of weeks. The velcro is sewn on the white webbing,

Here are some photos of the belt to hold up the thighs. The 1 1/2 inch (38 mm) webbing is from Len's Mill Store and the buckle is from Fabricland, both in the Hamilton - Niagara area, of Ontario, Canada. Total cost was about $5.00 Canadian.

February 15, 2017

Thank you TK-5859. More to come soon. :smiley-sw013:

January 14, 2017

Sorry for the long delay since before Christmas. Here are some photos of more work completed on the armour.

The next few photos show gluing the elastic straps onto the top of the kidney, using Gorilla Super Glue, about one drop per square inch, under the elastic. It sets in about a minute. I will be using Stelmax 1985 White over top of the elastic, where it attaches to the armour, as recommended by Mark at CFO.

Now a few photos of gluing the elastic to the left side of the ab/ cod plate.

Here are some photos of the ab / cod plate after gluing the elastic and placing the loop velcro. I used the "industrial Strength" self adhesive velcro from Home Depot for this one. By the way, thanks to great photos from Mark (sskunky) at CFO and from Markus in Austria. Your photos have helped a lot with this build. I will add the Stelmax white adhesive when the order arrives from Montreal.

Now the straps are glued between the back and the kidney plates.

The next photos are of my first trial fit. There is no velcro sewn to the white belt yet, so I used green frog tape to hold things in place. Also there are is no elastic yet between the chest and the ab / cod plates.

Here is photo of the back plate with "Industrial Strength" self-adhesive hook velcro trimmed for the ABS shoulder straps.

Now some photos of the hand plates and forearms, after being fitted and the elastic straps glued with Gorilla Super Glue. Stelmax will go on later.

Here are my last photos for today. Markus had a good idea of gluing felt squares over top of the rivets on the inside of the ab / cod plate, so I did the same. Thanks Markus.