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Looks fantastic Craig. All you need now is a new magazine.

Don't know why they bothered Walt. You answered the question fairly clearly

Looks good Bill. Do you need to share how Keith knows what size your cod piece needs to be

I think you're lying to us Aaron. You just ducked out and bought a brand new Sterling off the shelf and are trying to pass it off as a 60 year old weapon!

So, I don't mind publicising my mistakes or mishaps (I've made plenty of them....). Latest is the handguards. See my other thread http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/27403-another-boot-thread-but-with-spray-paint/ - hand guards looked good. I then glued them onto my gloves. CA glue, clamped on. First mistake, I laid down masking tape to outline where the guards were to be placed. Second, CA glue leaked out and saturated the tape. Third, clamps pulled off the paint when I released them. I think the clamps were too powerful as they really left an impression. Anyway, I couldn't get the masking tape off, so I ripped off the guards and bought new gloves. This time around, I followed Karin's tutorial for her guards and glued one edge at a time on the unpainted guard. End result: Now I just need to paint them again and let them cure fully. Belt completed However, next mistake - I cheated with the elastic straps and glued them on as two pieces (front and back) so they looked like full loops going over the belt, and they won't slip out of position like you often see. Somehow I managed to mess up the centering of them so the elastic is riveted on a little off centre [/url I've pondered having the drop boxes as a storage compartment, by closing with magnets. I think it should work, but not sure. Thoughts? And I notice in other threads, most recently a comment by Glen in Tim's thread about heat curving the belt. I didn't think about it with mine, but considering it bends like this under it's own weight and has a bunch of velcro at the back aswell, hopefully it'll stay put. I'm also a bit hesitant to crack out the heat gun, especially now that it's all together. Welcome any comments or suggestions. Cheers

I'm having a debate with one of my non fan good buddies who hassles me about my fancy dress costume, where I correct him that it is ARMOR! But seriously, I just say there are makers who make the raw white plastic to a general shape then I cut to my size and put it all together with the other accessories.

I think Germains words were "not too much on the shoulder bellss". You could also go NO return edge as per pics below. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/gallery/album/59-the-rs-suit/

Oooohh, using the blasphemous Velcro..... Not sure if it's too late but the 10/13mm trimming method was changed in the CRL's some time ago to the present 45 degrees http://www.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_anh_stunt. It's probably an easy fix, or may not in fact matter for your EIB/Centurion status. Another minor pick up. Have you seen this thread http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/26477-what-we-know-about-strapping-snaps-rivets-etc/. Another minor one, with the drop box elastic width that shouldn't matter for any approvals, but knowing your perfectionism . Other than that, all coming along great. Looks fantastic. I did a similar trick with the drop boxes, however I put the elastic all the way over the belt to give a 'looped' effect.

I just covered it in shoo goo. I thought better to be a trooper with no problems, than one that may or may not a have a problem.

You could start by reading and doing some research in the T21 section, rather than the SE-R14 section. Just a couple of sections down below....

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/26358-return-edges/?hl=%2Breturn+%2Bedges There's a good post from Germain there saying where to leave return edges and where not to. Also, about 15 threads came up with 'return edge' in the title if you want to do more research. Personally, if the armor fits, you're not a huge man, then I would get rid of any of that wavy, bubbly plastic. Ie: cut the inner line on your shoulder bells in the third pic.

Looks pretty good overall. What do you mean by point 1? It's hard to tell with your arms down, but is there a big gap there that need closing/shimming?

Yeah, his last post was about stopping, so I quickly jumped on the bandwagon. Now to find the time to start my build.....

Delayed response, but the few builds that I just looked at (Gazmosis, usaeatt, Russell) all seems to hang over the edge of the rail. Leave it as is, I say.

What? You calling me half a man? Lol! It's coming along very well, The. Nice cylinders. I've got some coming from Andy aswell.

Oh yeah. That one!

Where's that one piece? I don't think I'm using any on mine. (Still not finished, but I don't think I'll be using any)

Thanks Adam, Tim, Lucas. Shoulder bells getting hung this weekend, then the biceps and forearms will slot straight on. Then the legs..... I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! Going to have a mini armor party with a mate around the corner to try to smash through some of the measuring and lining up tasks together.

WOW!!!!!!! Many of us will say don;t worry about the slight mess up, but you're not going to be able to live with yourself knowing it's there, are you Aaron?

Congrats! Nice looking armor.

Here's a few more pics of my belt. Hopefully I've captured the design of it for you all to see. I think I've trimmed as close to the 'flat' section as I can. If I trim into the curve I think it won't look right. Would appreciate any input

So, you're telling me I shouldn't have used the grinding wheel on my 5inch grinder? Seriously though, the first time I used paste, it was black, dirty and there's no way it was coming clean. Lucky it was mostly on the underside of my helmet near the ears so not very noticeable. I put it down to not using a clean container, so it had months of garage dust accumulating in it. If the paste isn't perfectly clean, then no amount of sanding/polishing will get it clean

Mine is similar - I had to place a foam piece in my helmet to keep my eyes/nose/forehead from hitting the front. I place a long piece of foam along my forehead. As long as you have a bit of room in the back of the helmet, you should be able to make it work. Hoping....

Are you asking about that armor, or your new armor coming? That armor looks put together already. New armor - as Gazmosis said in your other thread Velcro should not be used, in favour of snaps, webbing and elastic. That said, Velcro should hold if you use big enough pieces, if you go that path.

Thanks Adam. I'll have to check again, but I think I've lined my belt up about half way between where yours is and the pic above. I like it high, but not over the buttons. I thought about the trimming of the ammo belt. You can see in my pic over page where the light is reflecting off the curve. I have trimmed the top and bottom of the belt at the end (flat part) of the curve. I thought if I trim any more then the belt will have wobbles and waves visible along the top and bottom edges. However I do see that yours is quite a bit thinner so will have to have a closer look at mine. Will also have a closer look at the other few MTK builds out there. Cheers Edit: Oh, and thanks for replying to Tolo for me. Saves me looking up my old emails