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Agree Tim. Looking back at your pics on page 1, I see the rear sight now. Seems to be an odd way to do it.

Looks like Billhag's original How To http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/4697-howto-make-a-metal-scope-rail-counter-bracket/ has the end of the rail bending down over the back of the rear sight. Not owning a Doopy kit, I'm not sure which method will provide the better finish. Does having the curve hide some 'mess' perhaps?

Another awesome episode Tino. Good work around with Steve's magazine. Might use that one if you don't mind

Ask a moderator to put it in the build thread section Seriously, good luck and enjoy! 2 bucket face plates???

That's how I did mine - taped the 2 together first to get a good fit, then made the elastic straps to measure. Once that was hanging good, glued the plastic should bridges on to make sure they covered the elastic White velcro straps included would either be the shoulder (generally 2inch), or to hang the drop boxes (generally 1inch)

Haha! Yeah, sorry about the Aussie slang. Beaut, bonza, pearla, all that. Bloody good too! I had a bit of leakage on my stripes too, but wasnt too bad to clean up.

Awesome job Russell. All hand painted? Looks schmick!

Looking great Mickael. Those shouers look good now with the straps. Are you planning for EIB or Centurion?

But the fun of doing that work is immeasurable in $$ Um, what's a Arduino? How's the rake? I went shopping for a rake. None of the hardware stores in Australia sold one that was suitable. Went with Marv's for mine.

I'm sure you'll be fine Ron. Some medium, some fine, then some polish an you'l be the ony one who knows there was a crack. I've already got a few paste fixer uppers on mine!

Another bout of awsomeness about to flood our forum!

I was about to cut my belt at the 10/13 rule as I read that too, but the CRL's now state that it needs to be 45 degrees, so it would need to be an equal cut both directions. I think this was raised in a previous thread. Must have been one of several soft changes that Mathias has mentioned occurred.

Is it only on the UK guys you've seen? They supposedly are a special case and are allowed their garrison and/ or number on their shoulder bells. The previous thread I've seen had some strong opinions why they can do it and others can't, but anyway.....

Someone else pointed me to that Dritz one as well. I think I'll pull the trigger on that. I later noticed that the 3rd one I mentioned is only for resin snaps, so I might go and edit my thread so no one lese gets confused.

This http://www.bikerscout.net would be your best place to start.

Folding stock turned out a treat Tim. Well done! A different take on Steve's installation. More options for me to consider

I might have to try that Phillips screw driver trick. Half way through my armour build, my metal punch that came with my snaps has destroyed itself around the tip. So I was initially thinking, Do I buy a new one:------------- or a basic style set of pliers: --------- Edit: not this one!---------- That Phillips trick might work though.....

Keep up the good work Derek. I will be one of those amateur builders soon to embark on my DVH build. While the Masters threats (oops, threads) are a great resourse on how to do things, it is often good to see others mistakes to learn even more. I'm showing plenty of mistakes in my armor build thread so hopefully others can learn from it. So thank you!

Those acadamy ones look great. I bought a one piece TK Undersuit. They said if you're on the verge of medium/large, go large. I did that but its too big. So I need to buy a new set, but in the same boat again about sizing.......

Knee plate under construction/renovation. Stay tuned for that one....... So, I got my measurements set Made up my elastic snaps. Seen here with the bits that will be glued onto the armor (and don't worry about the tape. That is just there to check my lengths) My first thoughts were to put two snaps at each end as I have for strength, then when I made the straps I thought, jeez these are tough, it's going to be tough pulling them apart. When I did measure them up, pull them apart, added E6000 to the fabric pieces, only to realise they were that tough, and I broke them trying to pull them apart! So, once again my build is on hold until I can get more elastic to make new straps. I think my problem was they were too thick. I doubled the elastic, plus put a piece of ABS in the middle to make it strong. It is obviously too thick for the snap to make a secure hold.

Trial and error, I think Ron. This is what I've done - the good ole masking tape. Test fitted a few times, repositioned, test fitted again until I've got the measurements right. Then make up and attach the elastic straps (That's another story though, as seen in my thread)

Are those TD clips very thick. Mine were only 1mm and quite easy to bend around. Yours look a lot thicker. Are the drop boxes just stuck on with velcro? You've no doubt worked it out yourself that they probably just need securing higher up on the box. But more importantly, what are the Star Wars games doing on the bottom of the piles!?

I saw Gazmosis (I think) posted a while back about the rake idea. Will be interested to see yours. I'm in the same boat - have the DVH kit coming, but looking for a cost effective T-Track

Thanks for everyone’s input, it’s helping somewhat. I guess my thoughts on what those awards are for might be misunderstood. I had interpreted them to be: Base – just whatever goes as long as it looks close; EIB – a little bit closer to screen accurate; Centurion – even closer to screen accurate. Then there is that separate discussion that Mathias mentions about actual individual armor examples seen on screen, like Mr No Stripes, or Han replicas. Germain – Yes, we’ve had some excellent submissions of late, and looking at most of your examples just now, I agree, those are some of those submissions. It was more the not so excellent submissions that I was referring to. Steve – I think I totally agree with all of your comments – costuming group, fun and interesting hobby, etc, but again, I thought the reasons or levels of that was that Base approval is where everybody has that fun being in a costuming group, but the next levels were for those who strived for a higher level of accuracy. Manny, don’t worry, slap me down if that’s what needed. And yes, you do look mighty fine in your armor. No comment on out of armor .But I really didn’t want to name names totally for that reason – I didn’t want to judge someone, rather judge FISD’s standards or what’s written in the CRL’s. And yes, I imagine there’s heaps of troopers who don’t care and that’s their right, but the ones that do care (me, you) should do it right I thought – “These are the pinnacle of armor building!†or something like that. I do use the build threads, EIB and Centurion submissions for my inspiration and ideas on how to do things right, better, or different and it just disheartens me a little when I see things that were never in any movie, or clearly not in the CRL’s, being passed. Anyway, I didn’t want to upset individuals, so I’ll just move along now, and get to build my armor, and look forward and welcome any constructive criticism that comes in order to achieve the standards of many others here.

They did so Tim! They went pew, pew. Who's going to be the first to have real firing laser bolts? Maybe little clear Nerf darts with a bright red LED in them??