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Just placed my order Brent! Looking forward to it. Michael

Plasti-dip, some felt over the eyes and mouth and motorcycle helmet liner.... fits like a glove!!

Hey Ted. Keep up the fine work. I am not far from you so let me know if you have any questions I can answer.

You should be able to make the cover strips from the extra pieces of ABS you hopefully got with your kit. My builder added about 10 extra "strips" of ABS for me to make my cover strips with.

Michael McDermott 51508 Letter

Good Luck Scott

Way to go another member of the STAR!

Fantastic!! Thank you VERY much. I am very proud!! And fixing the shin cover strip won't be a big deal thanks to E6000. Just a little trimming!! I can't wait to tell my buddies!

Here are my redone photos. I cut the ammo pack down as requested. I also lowered the back piece and removed the shims I had in place and created new ones to make the connection more straight than the angle it was at. Hopefully these are sufficient. If not, please let me know and I will adjust accordingly.

Ok... glad you got your internet back. The knee pack trimming will not be a problem. I will have to do something about the chest and back pieces. As you see they do not line up with this suit. The only way I can get the front of the shim to line up is to have it at the angle you see. But I will figure something out. Do you want to see photos with the me in the full suit again? Just photos of the changes? Just let me know what you want to see. Thanks, Michael

Thank you for posting something that lets us know. I for one was kinda wondering if you got swept off the island!!

Congrats Scott!!

Armor = T/MC Helmet= T/MC Blaster= Hyperfirm Height = 6'1'' Weight = 175 lbs. Boots = TK Boots. Canvas belt = TKittell Hand Plates = ABS Plastic Electronics= Icomm, Aker amp Neck Seal = Veedox Holster = TK Bondservnt 2392 EIB Status Thread: HERE Armor Photos Front Full: Full Back: Full Left: Full Right: Ab/Kidney Detail: Ab Detail: Ab Snap: Shoulder Elastic: Chest/Back White Straps: Hand Guard Flexibility: Drop Boxes: Crotch Buttons: Ammo Belt: Knee Plate: Helmet Front: Helmet Left: Helmet Right: Helmet Back: Helmet Backlit: Helmet Neck Trim: Holster Attachement: Thermal Detonator: Neck Seal: Hyperfirm Blaster: Hyperfirm Blaster D-Ring: Thank you for the consideration. Please let me know if any other photos are needed. Michael TK-51508

Michael McDermott 51508 EIB Letter

Thanks everyone. Extremely proud to reach this designation and showing my dedication to my dream of joining the ranks of the 501st and FIST!!

FINALLY! I got the d-ring in from Trooperbay. Had to search the forums to see how others had installed it with a Hyperfirm blaster. But here it is. Please let me know if you need anything else. Otherwise I am starting the suggestions for Centurion. Thanks,

Update... finally heard from Mike at Trooperbay. Says D-Ring was shipped out last Friday. No delivery yet. I will update with an installed photo as soon as it arrives.

2 inch it is then. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the feedback. As stated, I ordered a D-Ring last night from Trooperbay, so as soon as it arrives I will install it and submit a photo that evening. -------------------------------- For Centurion.... I do already have the rubber gloves and white hand guards ready to go. I had seen that I needed the white elastic shoulder straps. That will not be a problem, I already the 1 1/2 white elastic, so I can make those easily. The stickers that are on the helmet are the ones that came with my armor kit. I will look for replacements or try my hand at painting....yikes!! I will tighten the strapping between the back/kidney. I have the rivet to add to the knee/ammo belt, just need to install. Have what I need to make the buttons and split rivet on the crotch. The only thing that will be a bit more work is trying to re-size the biceps and legs. The shims were made to fit closely. I need to do a better job of getting them to fit better when velcro'ed in place. I will try to have all of this done when i go to submit for Centurion. Thanks for letting me know what to work on. Michael

Thank you for your service Phil. Standing by for a report.

Yes the pictures seem distorted because I re-sized them based on the photo checklist sheet that requests the pictures be 1280 x 960. That did seem to stretch some photos. I ordered a d-ring for my blaster from Trooperbay last night. Yes I do want to get to Centurion, so it is up to Phil if I pass EIB as is. I can start re-sizing my biceps and legs for Centurion. Currently I have foam in them to keep them in place. But I can remove the foam and cut the pieces down. Yes I am skinny... except around the midsection. So the 3 inch shims were necessary to bring the ab plate around to line up with the front. I am not THAT big but it is the way the T/MC armor is. I can't get it any closer to line up without the shims. I understand a 1/2 gap is permissible, but I thought if the joints weren't almost joined I would have issues with Centurion. Thanks for the feedback.

Name = Michael McDermott TK ID = 51508 Garrison: Star Armor = T/MC Helmet= T/MC Blaster= Hyperfirm Height = 6'1'' Weight = 175 lbs. Boots = TK Boots. Canvas belt = TKittell Hand Plates = ABS Plastic Electronics= Icomm, Aker amp Neck Seal = Veedox Holster = TK Bondservnt 2392 Armor Photos Front Back Left - Arms Raised Right - Arm Raised Right Side Detail - Arm Raised Left Side Detail - Arm Raised Abdomen Details Action Shot Interior Strapping Helmet Front Helmet Side - Right Helmet Back Helmet Side - Left Hovi Tip Detail Helmet Lens Color - Backlit Blaster Left Blaster Right Neck Seal Thermal Detonator Back Holster Attachment Helmet Off.

This one is in the tutorial section. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/24717-how-to-make-waist-belt-rivetsnap-cover/

Thanks for the complement Tray. Now to move toward EIB and hopefully Centurion!!

On the ears, I found that something you had to keep in mind is that when you screw all the screws in and tighten things up the ears will pull down into the helmet. So on the ears from my builder, he had a cutout line that he had drawn some little dotted lines on for because he knew I screwed up the first set... Thanks TRAY!! There was still another line that was the closer to the bottom that showed where things should end up, but I went to that second line the first time and that was too far. I rough cut, I dremmel'ed down to the "cut line" that he advised as a guide. I then fit them and I could see where the parts of the ears were touching the helmet and where it was not. So I used a pencil to mark the touching parts and took the ears off and only sanded those parts until the pencil was gone. Refit, remark with pencil and re-sand. I knew after my reading on these forums that the ears were going to be one of the most labor intensive items to fit. So I committed to it and even though it took a while of on and off and on and off, i think they turned out just fine.