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lindkvast

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  1. New question: the thigh straps attached to the top front of the thigh armor...where does it attach on the rest?
  2. Another thing, we got four long pop rivets, are they for the front plastic piece of the belt? We only need three, but that's where they seem to make the most sense.
  3. But we're doing TM, it is two separate thick plastic lenses. It doesn't look like that.
  4. Yeah but the plastic melts when dremeling. So I've only used it for rough cuts so far, then going in with a fairly similar knife as Germain mentioned. Gives me quite a bit of nicks in the edges unfortunately, but I guess that's okay. Will probably grind it all down a bit later on.
  5. OK, so after trying scissors, my verdict is that they of course get you better edges than the knife, but it's a bit more tricky to get the cuts right angle-wise since the plastic varies in its thickness (and therefor hardness). So no real favourite yet. How did you all cut the helmets by the way? Is there a dremel tool that works well or just knife that too? Soon it's strapping-time!
  6. And thanks for the advice and kind words so far!
  7. Good evening! I just came home from a 3 hour session of cutting plastic. We slowly start to get a hang of it now, too bad we're almost done cutting! Here are some images. First off, the stuff I've cut myself: (According to photobucket, this one is rotated and not upside down, as it might be here. No idea why, sorry for that). And then, Willys stuff! He's a bit faster with the blade. (Also oddly rotated by photobucket :/) So things are coming along quite nicely. Not that much left, one more session of cutting probably. Then we will move on to strapping and everything else. Finally, we will do the helmets, we don't have the confidence for that just yet ;-)
  8. Hello folks! Me and my friend (newly registered Willy a.k.a whiskeybravo) got our Troopermaster ANH Hero kits a week ago, and here we will give you all the details of our project. Please give us your feedback and tips so that we'll get something really nice in the end! Here are some pictures! Obligatory Swedish IKEA pen for tracing where to cut. Seriously sharp knife, plastic! Did some test cuts to the arm before getting into the real deal. I started out with the right calf. The lower part The upper part, where I think I might've made the edge a little bit too thin. Here we have the right bicep. Willys thighs And finally, trying stuff on! We just got started on this, but we're really looking forward to finishing it up, and having a blast as we go! Two questions that came up was: Do you usually trim it to a "finished" state before testing it on, or do you leave as much plastic as possible on there and then take it down until it fits? Also, how do you cut this up yourselves? We just use sharp knives now, but is someone out there doing it in some other way maybe? It's not easy!
  9. Thanks guys! I'm currently on a break from it though, I really need to get a vise to hold stuff in place when drilling and since I'm just in the process of getting all the armor from TM, I take it a little easier with getting new tools. Yeah I feel like it's really easy to work with as well. It is! Although it's a lot more fun to do some tweaks here and there :-) Who knows when I'll get back on this again (as in bulding another one), so I wanna make the first one as exciting as I can but still not too difficult/crazy (not buying a hengstler).
  10. Small update: Drilled away the crappy resin "screws" on the front to make place for the real deal! Take a look! Aaand the other side as well: It is a bit uneven, but the screw fits in there really nicely! Really enjoying this build.
  11. Yeah, I quickly realized that it was a good idea after dremeling for about two seconds :-D Since it's pretty poisonous apparently, I think that is a good idea yes. That is something I luckily learned just before I got started actually. Thanks!
  12. So I just drilled two holes, just thought I'd share! Thanks to dm101 for his epic thread by the way. ( http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/19872-dm101-doopys-e11-blaster-build/?hl=%20dm101 ) First off, I drilled this one! Aaand then this! It's not perfectly round since I had to use a smaller drill with my Dremel but I think it went okay! The screw fits perfectly Will glue it as soon as I've cleaned it a bit. Aaand finally my protective gear! Ski goggles and a face mask or what to call it.. the screws are there in the back as well! So far so good!
  13. Thanks for your answes guys! I really like the idea of leaving that little dent in place and play the backstory card ;-) Yesterday I found the right screws and I also got this badboy: http://www.dremeleurope.com/se/sv/ocs/product/6013/569/dremel%C2%AE-3000/dremel%C2%AE-3000;jsessionid=E35880F6EDB11D1BF1E73909E673C1A2.sl021-vm_1 Gonna start making a mess of my kitchen after some further Doopy build-reading!
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