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Started a rebuild last week. It's going well and I'm about to update with the tales of the maiden voyage and pics of the finished rebuild: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/23732-rt-mod-rebuild/#entry298841 Also I just sent in my application to the 501st tonight! WooHOO!

Thanks Walt. I'll give it a shot. Any type of blade in particular you'd recommend?

I got the sniper plate in shape with a heat gun. To cool it off I ran it under cold water for a minute. Then I sanded the contact points a little with some 60 grit, washed the dust off, and got the clamps ready. Clamped the hell out of it and walked away. I noticed that the overlap of the shins pointed outward whereas I've read they should point inward. Luckily the RT Mod shins are identical so I swapped left for right and put the sniper plate on the proper shin piece. A side note: some of the clamps I use have metal ends so I use a little rubber strip on the outside to protect the ABS. These Pony clamps are hardcore. Typically used for lighting and rigging, these things out clamp any magnet or plastic clamp I've seen. Then I finished the cut on the crotch plate. I rounded off with the exact-o and some sanding. On to reapplying the snaps. I cleaned up the salvaged snaps by removing all the old E6000... ...trimming the sides down, and sanding the corners for a nice clean look... E6000 and clamped. 4AM and time to sleep... More snap salvaging, repositioning, gluing, and clamping: It's a clamp party! Next: new fans in the lid and initial try-on with new adjustments!

Right on! Gonna hit it with the heat gun a little to bend to fit and then hit it with the E 6000. Does the ABS cool pretty fast? How long should I wait between heat gun and gluing? Thanks Eric-not-the-cat!

You guys rock! I will do just that.

Glad I said something. I was planning to rivet it tonight. Recommend a hot glue gun or E6000?

Thanks Jeremy. More to come! I'm worried about riveting the sniper plate in place. I've already trimmed off the return edge as it was digging into my knee. Is there a way to make the rivet backs super low-profile? Do they make rivets with a shallow backing?

Eric is usually involved in everything I do whether I want him to be or not.

A few modifications to the RT MOD: I took a couple of inches off of the crotch plate. I'll be trimming off a whopping inch and a half! Replacing old snaps: I realigned the sniper plate at an angle away from my knee to lessen the armor bites. Also I'm trimming out the return edge at the tops of the knees cuz they're diggin' in to my flesh. Here's a bonus cat pic: [/url]

Oh heck yes!! My best friend's girlfriend is the sister of the producer. Been getting lots of behind the scenes info and I am so stoked about this film. It's about time we get something like this and I hope it will encourage more giant robot and Kaiju movies! People predict bad acting and corny dialogue but who cares!? That is not why I go to see these types of movies...

I concur with BOB-O and Kurtzmann. I just bought 2 pair from them last week. Just emailed them and they got right back to me with what they had in back stock!

Try TKBoots.com Even though the site says they are out of production for the time being, they still may have some in back stock. I sent them an email recently to find out if they have any backstock / cancelled orders and he said they have a bunch, including a size 14. These boots run a size large (long) so if you're a 15 their 14 may fit you well. Give it a shot! They are a bit narrow. I'm a size 11 and bought both a pair of 10 and 11. The 10 fit me perfect and the 11s fit well with gel inserts and thick socks.

I was really putting on the weight a moth ago right at the time I decided to get some armor. I immediately cut out beer and bread. I've dropped about 8 pounds in the last month from that alone. I'm doing sit-ups and push-ups now. Trooping makes me want to be a better man.

Totally slick, Keith! And Happy Birthday!

Copy that. Thanks!

Hey everyone. I'm new here and wondering how the Gallery feature works. I'm waiting for a TM kit from Paul. Very excited to get it and can't wait to post pics and get feedback throughout the build. In anticipating posting images I was looking into the Gallery feature, assuming this would be the best place to store pics to post in the build section. I went to the Help section and found the Gallery info page. It says there's a Gallery tab always available at the top among the other tabs but I never see it anywhere. Is this a feature only available to privileged members? Do I even need the Gallery to post pics in the forum? -Aaron

Thanks Rob! I did just that and was able to pick up a pair of size 11s this evening. From the sound of it they have a few more pairs in diff sizes available. They responded immediately. Amazing!!

That first pic is classic in that the hand plates are upside down, and in the other pics they are reversed right-left. That should be some indication right there. I'm new to the armor building but even I can tell that this is something to avoid!