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Bored and using Google translate for the description: "Sell ​​a new ANH HERO Replica Stormtrooper FILM QUALITY armor kit LifeSize Without helmet. This is not a EU defense , so no FX.Es is a good quality from the USA, as you are also worn by the 501US - TROOPER . It can also be individually configured differently , eg for somewhat larger people because the armor for Adults was built. Scope of delivery: armor breastplate back plate Spaulders upper arm plates elbow panels hand plates belly Plate Abdominal plate back plate pants plate belt Plate rectangular belt Parts leg parts knee parts Shin parts Detonatorplatte 2x Detonatorendeckel Sandtrooper knee plate All components , which can be seen in the pictures, are also present. Armor kit was approved by 501 according to the manufacturer . ABS Plastic: ANH Size: 1.75 to 1.89 m Title: Stormtrooper Armor / White Armour Material: 1.5 - 2mm ABS pure white The dimensions can be adjusted individually , as these parts are not rigidly connected. The parts have to be recut , some parts are already finished . Have fun bidding!"
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Aaron. He did make and sell urns.
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You definitely marched to the beat of your own drum. R.I.P. you mad visionary. You will be missed.
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+1 brother. I don't know how I missed this thread the first time around but I just read through it thinking "Love Child" still needs cylinders. *sigh* This might go into sometime when I haven't anything to do gap. I sure am glad I plan to keep doing this stuff. Outstanding work!
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So I cheaped out and didn't buy pine. The center board was labled "white wood" which upon further investigation is probably either aspen or cotton wood (something from the poplar family of trees). The outer pieces are oak paneling. Didn't really spend a lot of time thinking about how the stain will take to different woods. That may or nay not bite me later. Also a friend that used to work in a frame shop was telling me if I dampen the surface first it will make the wood expand just a little which will allow the first coat to soak in further which will cut down on how many coats I'll ultimately have to apply. I have never stained anything before so was planning to get some research in before brush touches wood. Any advice is welcome. Thanks Aaron!
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Yeah Aaron, I think I will take all of it off then I'll stain it, then probably bang it around my garage for a bit to give it some dings (it's soft wood so won't take much). The palm sander seems to be the right pace for me. I think there is a belt sander in a pile of forgotten tools that my dad has somewhere (it where almost all of my tools have come from thus far). I did most of the shaping with 60 grit so it wasn't that slow. Then I did a test run with 200 grit which gave it that baby soft smoothness. Looking at one of the rfrance photos I'm using it looks like I'm going to do some more shaping anyway. The back top half tapers in toward the front. I probably won't buy stain for a week or so anyway. I'm still getting my head wrapped around what I want to do detail wise on the side assembly. I'm currently Glueing the two pieces on the grip though I'm not too excited about how much smaller they are than the grip. Looks like a lot more trimming and sanding up the tracks. Thanks everyone for the kind words and suggestions!
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Thanks Batphobic. I went a different route with the shaping which I will explain now! Update time! So when we last saw my build I was in the middle of cutting out the basic shape. After a broken coping saw and an electric jigsaw emergency drop I continued forward. I cut the rest of the gun out, the two side plates for the buttstock, and glued those puppies on. now it might be obvious but I picked up oak paneling (plywood) for the side pieces. This is having a mixed blessing as it chips off as you work with it but hopefully all of that will give the weathering a nice look when I eventually get to that stage. So I left the stock clamped over night and then compared how badly my jigsaw work matched up. Hmmmm... Not real excited by my work so I pulled the jigsaw back out and trimmed off the excess. So I will just give you a series of photos for this next part. Basically I pulled out my electric palm sander and started shaping the stock. I started by rounding of the top and then moved to the bottom. Now on a Lewis the stock is thinner on the bottom than the top so I tried to somewhat emulate that with my shaping. So I rounded out the bottom at a steeper angle than the top then just started sanding like a maniac all over. ...and this is what I have so far: ...and then one quick comparison against the "master." Close enough for imperial work! It's not completely symmetrical yet and I haven't decided if I'm going to take off the entire outer layer of the plywood or leave it for a rough weathered look. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Counting the days till I mount my rare Hengstler...
TrainWreck replied to usaeatt2's topic in ANH BlasTech E11
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I'll have some pictures up a little later when I get a bit more done. My friend dropped of the jigsaw which on the one hand is infinitely faster but it is at the cost of accuracy for me. I got the rest of the gun cut out and two 1/4" oak panels for either side of the butt stock. I'm currently glueing those on, cursing that they don't match up perfectly with the center piece, and will start trying to sand, correct the shape, and just general shaping tomorrow for the buttstock. Eh if this all goes astray I have a plan B for the buttstock. I'm only $10 in right now anyhoo...
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I think I teared up a little... Awesome!
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Eh, the coping saw is as old as I am and the blade broke this evening... I guess I was more committed than it was. Got a friend trying to excavate his cheep electric jigsaw for me. We will see. I've never actually used one. I'm kind of stalled out until I get my hands on another detail saw of some sort. But I knew this overall was going to be a slow build. Tim looking forward to it.
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@Aaron yeah the cutting you see in those pics represents about 2 hours of my night. I posted a ppic or two on Facebook last night and have had a friend offer the use of his band saw if I need it. I'll probably finish the main body and two buttstock pieces with what I have and if I've gone crazy by then told him I might take him up on that when I get to all of the magazine housing pieces. Since all of my carpentry experience is in making theatrical platforms and shelving I might keep this up for now (I've never been know for my accuracy with power tools, but I'm learning). @Tim. Not to underplay the daunting task of moving a family with a new born cross country (my youngest was 6 months old when we moved here) but on my end that's really cool! If I had to pick between Dallas and Fort Worth, FW wins that vote. Welcome to DFW and if when you get here if you need anything from sagely advice as to the area or just another back to move a couch don't hesitate to ask. I'm know to break free of my little college town on occasion.
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This will be a cross posted thread with MEPD. So out the gate I'm saying this is not a tutorial. This is a simple build thread. I've never attempted anything like this at all. If you're looking for a good T-21 template may I suggest Pandatrooper's (the one I will be using): http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/10313-new-t-21-blaster-template/?p=130310&hl=blaster%20template&fromsearch=1#entry130310 He also has a great tutorial here: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/11017-how-to-t-21-blaster-scratch-build/ I'm also very fond of Batphobic's build tutorial over at MEPD: http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=12776 So with all of that out of the way lets get this circus started! First I had a friend at a print shop print me up a couple of Pandatrooper's templates on large single sheets of paper (many people just print it out in sections and tape it together). I then cut out the bottom side view of the template and using Batphobic's trick flipped it over, used a pencil to layer on grafite along the outline (on the reverse side of the print), flipped it back over and taped it to an appropriate length piece of 1"x8" white board, and the traced out the outline with the pencil thus transferring the image (my English teacher is rolling over in her grave from that sentence): Now I don't have a band saw or an electric jigsaw. I have a coping saw. So in an attempt to develop Zen like patience I began: ...and I slowly worked my way across the bottom: ...and once done with that I drilled a hole in the trigger guard and cut that out: ...and that's what I had in me tonight. I thing for a first attempt it's not terrible. I have a lot of sanding ahead of me to get the rough shape defined. Only major problem so far is when I did the front bottom bulge of the grip I was sawing at an angle instead of straight across so "cut off" the buldge on that side but I will research fixing it. ...and that is day one.
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Thanks. I'm looking at ATA and was just curious. I'm 6'3"
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Mind if I ask how tall you are?
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ANH E11: M38 vs. M19 preference?
TrainWreck replied to thederek's topic in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance
All good man. One of my bad habits is quoting books that no one around me has read. My own personal nerd land. -
ANH E11: M38 vs. M19 preference?
TrainWreck replied to thederek's topic in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance
Actually I'm really digging Andy's list up there. I'm glad to have come across that. -
DD's ANH E-11 Build Thread (First Timer)
TrainWreck replied to thederek's topic in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance
I'll ask and get back to you. -
ANH E11: M38 vs. M19 preference?
TrainWreck replied to thederek's topic in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance
"Boring conversation anyway... LUKE! We are going to have company!"