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Lots of swearing/cursing seems to help too.

Did you realise you've got your cylinders on back to front? Also try to hollow out me of your mag well, or shorten the magazine to get that further into the well. It should be right up to the flat part of the clip.

I assume you found all the little set screws on the scope? There was about 6 on mine. The thread on my outer retaining screws was also stuffed. Managed to get them out but I'm struggling to get them in again....

Gongrats Mitch. Well done!

Congrats buddy!

I just puttied up mine to make single slots, then painted.

Awesome workmanship! Looks amazing. It would be a shame to lose the detail of the bolt and the rear spring though.

Looks like I'll never find out. Reply posted on the for sale thread, PM sent. Still no reply...

Haha, I was going to warn you.....

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/29118-alternate-t-track-supplier/ I think you'll find most of them in the for sale section here.

Great looking build. I like the way you've put imitation 'screen accurate' brackets in, but used strapping and snaps for actual fixing. Just some fitment ideas to consider - the twisting of the thighs as Scott mentioned, and not sure if you can stop the butt riding up over the kidney by tightening up those straps perhaps. Good luck and congrats!

Good recovery on the end lug!

That would be a good way Germain. As it happened I found a few things quite worthy of testing. Left to right - (1) Found and tested last, the end of a pair of Vice Grips (2) Round file, pressed on opposite ways (3) grip of the Tamiya craft saw a few of us recently bought (4) something I found lieing around (5) grip of a exacto knife I'm leaning towards the knob from the Vice Grips - Number 1 on the left. The scaleof it should look ok.

I think yours looks fantastic Brian! I'll roll out some green stuff and do a couple of tests tonight of whatever tools I have and see what looks best...

Ok, I think I have it back to front. From this pic (posted by Vern in Gazmosis' thread) it shows the knurling say 3/4 down at the back, but only 1/3 or so down the front, similar to Aaron's pic above. I've even misread Tino pics in his thread as to which was front and back. Looks like I've got some repair work to do, so may aswell hunt down a better knurling tool before I do...

Question for Aaron, seeing as this picture is his personal blaster - I notice the knurling on the guard stops about 1/3 down, whereas previous discussions, most prominent in Gazmosis' build thread, was that the knurling was about 2/3 down on the front and 1/3 down on the rear. Can you confirm any irregularities with your item, or in general? Or of course, anyone please chime in if you can also help in general. Thanks

I thought of that Brian, but this picture (thanks Aaron - usaeatt2) shows that they're more square indents in a diagonal pattern, rather than diagonal lines indented - if that makes sense. Hmmm, could I have used my centre punch but with a diagonal application?? Will check that when I get home.... Oh, the knurling on the hobby knives/saws perhaps.

One item would have to be the front muzzle. Second item - Give me a clue. Can you see it on my build yet? Do you recommend I wait and not to apply too much Epoxy Hmmm, On second looks - is it a clue that you have the rear lug and a set of cylinders/capacitor thingos poking out the rear of the boxes.

Welcome and nice looking armor! I would try to minimise that elbow gap though (oh no, I'm starting to sound like Germain ). Much better to have more gap at the wrist, than elbow. See reference pics

That's awesome Derrek. And I guess that's what we're all about here - trying to find ways to improve what we have today so we can all have better tomorrow. Keep up the great work!

You will probably end up paying more buying in 2 stages, but a lot of makers do sell separate components if you want to spread the cost. Warning though. Once you start you won't want to stop so you may aswell just order the whole thing straight away

Thank Tino. Maybe the paint reducing the texture will make it look a bit better. If not, I'll have to hunt around for a file or something else with a good surface. All my files apart from the big Bastard (see if the auto thingo hides that word. It is the actual name of the file) only have a diagonal pattern with lines going one way. Cheers

Wow! Thank you Aaron, Tino, Brian & Steve. Comments like that from the big gun blaster builders such as yourselves are an honour to receive. Thank you. Tino - First plan was to fill in the gap that wasn't covered by the sight pin, but even that wouldn't have been that accurate. A hole with the pin/set screw like below, hopefully looks a little better. I'm not sure how deep the pin normally sits and therefore how much of a recess there is, but hopefully this is close. The sight pin could have been an extra mm or so longer, but it should pass . One thing I'm not super happy with is my sight guard. I took the cue from Tino on this one to lay a thin layer of green stuff over the guard and make an imprint in it. Problem is, I only had this centre punch to create an impression like this Definately not accurate, but I'll see what it looks like with a coat of paint on it. Worse case, I'll sand it off and start again. Other updates. Not exciting, but still essential to get some more bits glued/pinned on Rear sight in position Clip lock glued Sight guard on Thanks for checking in....

What armor have you got on order? As most armor is built pretty much the same way you should check out other peoples build threads http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/80-anh-build-threads/ (ANH linked there) and also EIB/Centuron threads http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/19-request-expert-infantryman-status/ but you can also specifically look at the same maker as yours. Most people list their maker in the title to make it easy to look for. Good luck, and make sure you post your Build Thread when that gorgeous brown box arrives (or beforehand if you've started accumulating stuff already).

Welcome Kevin! Check out Adam's Expert Infantry thread if you haven't already http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/27490-tk-24336-requesting-esb-eib-status-mtk405/ He's about your size (as I am) and did great work with making his ESB armor from MTK. Good luck on your decision and future journey.