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Wow, THAT pattern is the best we have seen so far! Great find.

Good find Derrek. While doing my front sight guard pattern I also thought of using that grip, but as Aaron somewhere already mentioned the diagonal lines in the correct pattern cross each other by 90 degrees. However, if somebody can't find anything else when doing this mod, there will always be that pattern on the grip, indeed.

Greg, just a silly question before you are going to cut off anything on that helmet: When adding the S-trim and trying to put it on, did you do that like with a motorcycle helmet? Or did you turn it by 90 degrees, so you were looking at your ear screws while getting into it? Know it sounds really mad to ask, just want to be sure it is not that simple issue...

Congratulations on the dovetail and that perfect looking front sight, Brian Can't wait to see it painted (btw: the guard might need some sanding below that pattern before applying paint) Very interesting modification on that end cap lock! Think this should become a reference...

Somehow I am very sure on that ... You did some very good modifications and I think many people will adopt these into their future builds.

Thanks Art . Just hoped this would help some people with their own build. Just left a comment in your thread with a link about your current question...

No problem, Art. My thread ended up with A LOT more pages, than what I had expected and it sometimes confuses me too when searching for something specific But I managed to find that comment with the Hengstler cover It doesn't show the measurements of the reset button, but of the hole in the cover. Eye-sized my reset button to that (2 x 9mm) and it worked great. Be aware of the shape of that little opening in the reset button. It is not round or square but both. Looks a bit like this: (__) Hope this helped...

Okay, got you now. Thought you were planning to hollow the complete magazine housing / receiver. But it seems you're doing it the same way as I did...

SDS? Wirklich? (lesen, lesen, lesen und mal nach Andrew Ainsworth suchen ) Zum Material: HIPS ist zu empfindlich, ABS und PVC sind empfehlenswert in den Stärken 1,5 und 2,0 mm. Grundregel: je dünner, desto flexibler; je dicker, desto KNACK ABS war das Originalmaterial (Oberfläche mit seidenmatt-Glanz) sieht gut aus, wird aber (genau wie die Filmteile) mit den Jahren vergilben. (Laut Info von Paul vom 7.Feb.2015 vergilbt sein ABS nicht) Wenn du das vermeiden willst, bleibt noch das PVC und das acrylbeschichtete ABS. Diese sollen nicht vergilben, sind aber extrem-weiss und hochglänzend (was irgendwie komisch aussieht). Wollte auch erst einen ganz sauberen Trooper machen und dachte, je weisser desto besser. Aber wenn du mal in echt vor so einem "Glanzstück" stehst, kommt dir das schon ein bisschen merkwürdig vor... Die drohende Vergilbung lässt sich übrigens durch Vermeidung von UV-Einstrahlung deutlich hinauszögern bzw. reduzieren. Dein Display sollte also vor Sonnenlicht geschützt stehen. Und wenn es dann nach Jahren doch passiert ist, kannst du entweder neu lackieren (dann bleibts für immer so) oder du rüstest auf zu einem dreckigen Sandtrooper... Du schreibst, es wird wohl ein RS werden. Hast du den Helm schonmal in Nahaufnahmen mit z.B. TM verglichen? Ist ein wichtiger Punkt um entscheiden zu können. RS legt nämlich Wert auf die Übertragung jedes Details - also auch sämtliche kleine Fehler des Originals, wo schlampig gearbeitet wurde u.s.w. Ist Geschmackssache. TM hingegen hat einen sehr "glatten" Helm... Hoffe das hilft. Bei Fragen, fragen.

Seems you're on the right way, slowly moving forward... Will you cut off that magazine or do you plan to use it in full size? Just trying to understand, what exactly you are currently hollowing out / thinning.

The magazine magnet! Nice mod, Ian

Link to one of Billhag's brilliant graphics

Would be interesting to know, if the people on the pictures are really wearing THAT armor... I don't think so, because of the missing details on the mouth piece (however it's called). Helmet in the second link looks (in my eyes) "a bit" inaccurate. Have you checked the Pathfinders homepage already?

He is already aware

Outstanding work, Ian! Feeling ashamed now for simply using a board marker pen in my build for this. Yours looks so much better While looking at your pictures and never having done a pipe build before: will you paint the INSIDE of the receiver barrel black? If yes, how? All through that charging handle slot?

Nice text to start your build Following Looking forward to your next update...

Vern, I am currently a bit confused by your picture above. You said it shows a real bolt handle and charging assembly. According to Derrek's comment about the pipe I assume it is one of Derrek's CNC milled aluminum pipes, correct? But it looks like something is wrong, because we can't see the little extractor in full length. Is that opening port too small or is that charging handle slot oversized and the handle gets too close?

Let's see what Derrek could do with the new DVH kits when reworking several molds...

After seeing how you did the dovetail on the full resin version, the first idea in my mind for the pipe was to place some green stuff on the upper inside of the barrel and then cut that dovetail. Well, that was just the first idea. There might be better or easier ways...

Hallo Niklaas, Körpergröße und Gewicht stellen bei dir schonmal kein Problem dar. Schließe mich Karin an: von Troopergear habe ich ebenfalls noch nichts gehört. Auch der genannte Preis ist realistisch und viele vermeiden aus genau diesem Grund Anlässe wie Karneval (musst ggfs. mit Beschädigungen wegen der Unachtsamkeit von anderen Leuten rechnen). TM und RS liefern Top-Qualität, sind fair und zuverlässig. Wartezeiten sind bei diesem Hobby jedoch unumgänglich - können aber für die Beschaffung anderer Teile genutzt werden, oder um einen Blaster zu bauen. Kostet auch wieder ein paar Taler... Du sprichst von einem Display und da solltest du dir nach einer ausführlichen Einarbeitung ins Thema genau überlegen, welche Art von Trooper du machen willst (Hero oder Stunt? screen accurate oder idealisiert?). Ganz am Anfang dachte ich auch "die Schwarz-weissen" eben. Aber es gibt eine Vielzahl an kleinen Unterschieden. Bitte genau einlesen (oder Fragen stellen) damit du anschließend deinen Kauf nicht bereust. Viel Spaß.

Aaron, you're a crazy guy When I saw the clean cut on these pictures, I already thought this can not be from your first steel pipe build. Then read you are disassembling and cleaning a parts set... Awesome! Ideas came into my mind. Few people are recently talking about 'another project'...

Wow, somehow I had missed the latest progress on this thread (was busy with other things ) Half a year ago I also thought about using real rivets in the folding stock but didn't do it. Seeing your photos now makes me think: why didn't I ? It looks really great - as your front sight pin. I think this is the best self made pin I've seen here and can only agree to what others already said: you've taken this to a new level, Brian. And you did the dovetail, wow! That looks so cool. Can't wait to get some side and top view pictures when block and pin are installed. Just wondering how this dovetail could be done with one of Derrek's nice pipes... Maybe a challenge for Aaron to take a picture of the inside of the receiver, with muzzle and inner barrel removed...

Ian, that piece looks good to me. Go for it. If you want to have less coils on your spring, what about stretching it and cutting off some coils? You could do that step by step. The spring might get even softer when doing this...

Hey Brian, good to have you back. Nice work on that front sight! Can't wait to see it completed and installed...

Fully agree to what Derrek and Aaron said. Awesome work, Ian! Was suprised about the look of that pattern on the front sight shield, but I am sure it will reduce when applying more layers of paint... Incredible work on the counter as well. Got some green stuff left over? And a key file? Cause I just noticed I should have posted these earlier... Sorry, man. Feeling really bad for posting this so late