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That's what I thought too. I have two left sides that have a deeper angle on the top, and two right sides that have a shallow angle at the top. Looking at screen caps, it looks like the deeper angle goes on the inside, so I can only make two right shins with what I have. I stared at them for like 3 minutes trying to figure out what's up haha. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I just got my NE armor out of storage to finally get it put together, but I just noticed something. It looks like I may have two sets of the right shin, instead of a right and left? Or am I stupid? Is it one of those weird things about the original suits that's supposed to be like that? Sorry if it's a stupid question, just kind of jumped out at me haha. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Started trimming up the left forearm. I think I'm pretty close to getting it fitting right. One thing I noticed though is the the wrist opening is kinda big (I have kinda tiny wrists) but I don't thing I can taper the pieces to have a smaller opening, can I? Then the cover strips will have to be tapered too, at least the one that goes on the molded ridges. I do still have to trim off the front at the wrist to fit my short arms, probably taking off a couple of the rectangle indent things to get it to fit length wise.

Awesome, looks like I'm pretty close on my cut mark for the cod. I think I marked mine a bit bigger, but I can trim it down if I need to. I'll start cutting out some cover strips tomorrow, and hopefully start gluing them to the shins/thighs. I'll only be able to do one side for now, I have magnets on order that should come in Tuesday/Wednesday so I can glue the two halves together. Is it the norm to glue the halves together at the front, and then trim down the backs afterwards? I think I remember seeing that you did that in your build, but I may be competely wrong. Just got a package with a couple sheets of ABS that I'll be using to reinforce the insides of the cover strip areas. I'm a little paranoid about stuff being as sturdy as I can make it, so I may go a bit overkill on some stuff, haha. In slightly related news, I have a HyperFirm E-11 on order, plus ordered a 1-piece undersuit (I'd go 2-piece, but I've got a bit of a gut, and I'm afraid a skin tight shirt might start riding up to reveal my fleshy mass, haha), and hopefully will be ordering a rivit set and neck seal soon.

Got some progress pictures! Trimmed down the excess plastic on the sides of the chest plate. Trimmed the sides of the back/kidney plate. Also started marking off and trimming the fronts of the thighs and shins for the cover strips. Does this look like the right amount to trim from the cod?

Awesome, thanks guys! I thought I had trimmed too much off. I'll be making use of that awesome advice when I start gluing those one. I think I'll start with the leg cover strips, they seem to fit together better and should be easier so I can get the hang of it.

I'll get some pics of some trimmed parts up tomorrow hopefully. I did have one quick question about something that's worrying me, but might be a normal thing. I have one side of each of the right forearm pieces trimmed for a cover strip, but when I put them together the forearm looks really oval. It fits, but when I glue the cover strip it'll likely have some tension put on it. Is e6000 going to hold that well? It seems like it will always be under tension and I fear it would come apart at the worst time.

Sorry about the lack of progress, got a little overwhelmed and intimidated the more I thought about putting it all together. I'm getting back into it now though, already started trimming the leg parts down for the front cover strips. I'm wanting to get it all put together and roughly fitted by June 7th for a local charity event. I'm not going to rush anything, so if I don't get done in time then I'll just be that much closer. I have an almost non-existent social life so I'll have a lot of time, haha.

Just wanted to drop in and say that your armor is looking awesome, and your documented progress is going to be a huge help! I have a set of NE armor I got almost a year ago, just been too afraid of messing it up, so after reading this thread I think I might be ready to tackle this.

That's perfect, thank you!

Got a little bit of work done on the helmet today. I'm hoping to get the ears trimmed out and attached tomorrow. Just wanted to see if I was on the right track? The brow looks a little lopsided so I'm guessing I didn't get the sides aligned right, but it doesn't bother me too much. What do people usually do with the uneven edges on the bottom sides? Do I trim off the front half to match the back half or will the rubber trim cover that? I'm thinking I should trim it down a bit so they match a little better where the meet up.

Okay, quick question while I'm still at work. I'll need to trim the shins and thighs height-wise to fit my short hobbit legs. Would I trim off the tops of the thighs and the bottoms of the shins?

Hello! I figured I'd go ahead and start my build thread now, hopefully it's in the right section, haha. I received my CAP helmet kit from Scootch yesterday, and just got my NE armor kit today, so an exciting couple of days! I'm currently in giddy schoolgirl mode right now, but once I recover I'll be updating this thread with my build. This is my first fully armored costume, so it will definitely be a journey! CAP helmet kit Obligatory big brown box pic Unpacking some of it to try it on, so far everything is fitting nicely Unfortunate it's time to head to work, so I'll have visions if shiny troopers dancing through my head today.