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I am considering that if he is okay for me to do the work.

Thanks. I will do that.

Thanks for the details on how you helped that trooper. That sounded like a challenge but worked out well. Hoping to help this guy get it right so he is satisfied as well. Luckily he seems optimistic to find a solution and not give up yet on this. It’s the last hurdle he has with his armor.

Thanks everyone for the added advice. I will bring our GML into the chat with the guy I am helping. I personally prefer the armor to look fairly screen accurate and prefer he does the extra work and blend in the abs extensions and have a cover strip more in line with 25mm. The gap is far to wide to get away with a wider cover strip I think but just wanted to get some feedback here if he were to try that way. We are also considering to buy larger fitting thigh armor if the mod option seems to difficult for him.

Does anyone know what is the maximum size cover strip you can get away with on the back side of the thigh seam?

Thanks for the link. This is a cool mod but not sure the guy I am helping can do this. I will pass this on and see what he says. I am near Tokyo and he is in Osaka so we are not close by otherwise I would try and help him with this. really appreciate the help.

I will try to post pics but the gaps is significant. Not sure this guy can do the mod shown in the linked thread. But I will see what we can do. the rear enclosure gap at the moment is roughly 8cm on the top end. And 4.5cm on the bottom.

I am helping a someone here in Japan get their armor built and ready for membership submission. He is now working on his thigh armor and is having trouble with sizing. I helped guide him to fix the front halves so they are lined up properly & look better. Now he is trying to tackle to the rear enclosure but he cannot fit his legs I tot he armor unless he leaves a very wide gap between the two halves. The cover strip he would have to use would be considerably wide, maybe triple the width normally used. Sourcing larger armor parts at the moment is not an option for him so we are trying to see if he can use his present parts. Is it possible to have the rear cover strip extra wide? There is not much he can do to reduce the gap.. I advised removing any return edge on the top and bottom edges to maximize how much room he has inside the thigh armor. Any advice you can give or can verify if there any restrictions for the rear enclose width/cover strip size is deeply appreciated.

Hi Stuart. I have RS PVC armor and have had cracks happen. I never found a way to weld the cracks back together but as Tino and Joseph explained, I used scrap PVC to reinforce the cracked areas from the underside. It works well but sometimes this also directs the stress to other areas along the return edge. In areas that seem highly prone to cracking that seemed uncontrollable I trimmed away the return edge as far back as possible without making it look too obvious. One area I had a huge return edge crack was direct center on the neck return edge of the chest plate. It was alarming enough that I trimmed the chest plate neck return edge away. The thicker the return edge the greater the chance for cracking in certain places. If you want to maintain the return edge then I suggest to reinforce behind the areas you pointed out in your photos. Is it the return edge biting into your skin ? for behind the knee area, you can trim some of that off but just do it a little at a time. Try to identify the exact area and trim it back a bit, test and see.

おめでとうございます！ Congratulations Andrew! Thank you for stepping up. Here to support you!

Congratulations on completing your blaster! It can out amazing and your effort put into it shows. You showed that time and patience and perseverance can result in a blaster that other troopers would be honored to have. Get that armor started so you can compliment that fantastic blaster!

Thank you. It’s been a stalled projected at the moment due to space and life but hoping it will start up again soon so I can offer some kits. The parts will all be pretty much movebale like the real deal but with resin it’s just not sturdy and long lasting so my aim is to make it look nice without the need of kicking up resin dust too much. Thanks. I can’t wait to make a finished blaster from these parts.

Excellent work to get this done. Looking good and almost ready to start taking out rebels for sure. Detailing the bolt and some weathering can take it even further but you can add that as you go along. Well done and can't wait to see it in action this coming week.

Sorry to hear you are still having issues with that Tino. Hope it gets sorted so you don’t have to keep logging in each day .

Thanks for your help!

Member husky68 (TK-77712) recently tried to update his email info and now says he is locked out and cannot access the forum. Can someone on the tech team investigate what might be the problem? Appreciate any help you can lend to get him back in action here.

Congratulations TK-77712! An honor to have you with us among the ranks. Looking forward to trooping with you very soon! Best of luck and happiness in the Legion!

Awesome work on your armor Robert! I have been following your build journey and know the challenges you were faced with. You haven’t give up and pushed on through to get your armor ready for this stage which is really the best part as it gets you into the legion. Wish you the best of luck with your application and can’t wait to troop with you soon! As mentioned above the forearm trimming will help reduce the bite. If you are apprehensive to take a chunk off right away, I suggest doing it in small stages so you can see if it’s the look you want to keep and also the comfort factor. I did this approach with a few parts of mine and felt more at ease than trimming lots off at one time

Almost there with this. A bit more sanding on some parts to get them to fit, attach and its ready for paint. Keep on pushing forward! The finish line is within sight!

Thank you Joseph for all you have done as XO. Always a true trooper helping us all out and it’s never forgotten. I am happy to hear you will still be on staff so please take your time getting back to things. Life and family first. All the best to you.

Sorry there have not been any updates to post yet. I had issues casting the stock and the end cap without bubbles but think I solved how to do the stock but end cap still needs a bit of tinkering . Also just ordered more resin and silicone to get small parts made. These take time as there are a few with irregular shapes that pose a challenge to cast. My goal is to minimize the seam lines. Hope to have more updates soon for you. Thanks for following this project . Stay tuned !

Thanks Don. Advice always welcome and appreciated. I do coat my molds with baby powder but maybe I am using it too sparingly so I will try and apply it as you mentioned. Cheers!

Thanks Ted. You’re too kind. Yes, certainly. No problem at all to order specific parts. Up close though the stock has lots of tiny air bubbles but easy to fill I think. Hopefully I can get less bubbles next casting. PM here or on FB about which parts you want and I can try casting them up for you soon.

Latest Test Casts- slow progress, no time to work at night much but managed to test the parts seem below. The main stock wishbone frame still has a few trapped air issues but think I can solve that. The end cap was getting me worried as I could not cast one decent one after 4 attempts. Finally figured out a way to get the trapped air out.

Recent Test Castings- Some parts still coming out of the molds a bit rough looking. Grip came out the best so far. End cap had some bubble issues. Bolt is good but wish I molded it so the cocking handle holes were more sunken. They will need to be drilled out. Hope for more to come later this week (folding stock parts) Grip- Grip with Trigger assembly- Bolt, Magazine Housing and magazine Front nozzle section and end cap