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Wow, Elephant man TK

Remember to keep everything looking proportionate and measure twice, cut once. Your helmet is looking real good by the way, great work

Super glue and CA are one in the same. The gel version gives you a bit more time to work on before it goes hard.

Awesome, I am excited for you. I received shipping notice on my AP kit yesterday, so won't be too far behind you with my build. Good luck, and have fun

I agree with what Tim has said above. I find buying bits and pieces as you go, keeps the suspense high, and there are always items turning up in the mail. It's what has helped me get through the anxious period,waiting for my armour to be delivered. Have fun[emoji3]

G'day Wendy, welcome aboard. You are in good hands here, plenty of support when you need it and as everyone has stated, ask lots of questions.

It still more fun to build your own Blaster, but if your time is limited........

Painting the inside of your bucket is a personal thing. One thing the guys in my garrison say, is that it stops light from shining through the thinner parts of the helmet, making it darker inside, hence it is harder to see up inside from a child's stand point looking up. Cover strips on arms 15mm on legs 20mm at front. You can go wider at back of legs if necessary, due to your actual thigh size. It seems many have 25mm at the rear.

With your AP armour there are a few things you will need to get to make it more accurate, and for higher level approval. Replace the mice tips, ( see CFO, sskunky here in FISD)some darker lens material, and S trim for the bottom of the helmet (Trooperbay) and inner drop boxes (KWDesigns) also on FISD. Keep researching as you will find everything you need here.

I found pan head screws in a marine supplies shop, they also had stainless steel industrial snaps for marine use on boats. I don't recall seeing a head diameter reference so I scaled the images and work on a size of 5 mm. See if anyone else chimes in with more accurate info.

There is a novel in the making here, Tim that's an awesome backstory, is there more to come.

I'm with Vern.

Oohhh, nice looking forward to this build

Good luck with your submission, look good [emoji106]

Go onto the projects and ongoing orders section of FISD, you will find your binders there, among, many other things you will need for your build. Have you decided if you are building to EIB or even Centurion level, or just for basic 501st approval?

Hi Evan, great choice in armour, I too went with AP . The only time you are going to here the words ebay are right now. I got my compression top and tights from ebay at less than $20 each including shipping, check it out there is loads of it on there, just make sure you ask the question is it all black. Blaster, go to Doopy Doos website and buy a resin E11 kit, you need to build it yourself, but it's loads of fun and passes the time while you wait for your armour

Don't use a fast speed on your Dremel when cutting, to avoid excessive melting. Clamps magnets and tape are all very useful when assembling various parts so I recommend having all of them. Buy the plastic clamps that come in a pack. If you are in the US, Lowes sell them, if you are in Australia , Bunnings or Masters sell them. The kicker can be found in most hobby stores that sell Zapp a gap or similar CA glues. Other good basic tools to have are: Lexan scissors ( hoby store) buy a pair with the curved blades for tight tricky curved spots. I also use Tin snips for large straight areas, and a industrial box cutter and steel ruler for shims and cover strips, using the score and snap method. It's fast and a good straight line. Remember measure twice, cut once. Hope this sheds some light for you.

I have heard a few paint the inside of the helmet with Rustoleum Flat black, as it is fine to use on plastic.

G'day, and welcome aboard, you are in good hands in the FISD ask lots of questions if you are ever in doubt

Absolutely awesome piece of work Tino, truly inspirational build. As Tim (Dark CMF) said, wish this was done before I built mine, cause it's a benchmark in what can be achieved in a resin kit E11. Well done

More Centurion Awesomeness, congrats.

Wow, congratulations Tim, another future TK enters the world.

Ahh yes forgot the hovi mix tips, I ordered mine from CFO (sskunky) on the boards, they are indeed cast from original hovi's, and are assembled and painted. I can Highly recommend them.

Depends on the kit you order. Mark can trim the armour for you at an extra charge, or it will come untrimed. Things you will need for higher level approvals: Rubber S trim, inner drop boxes, darker lens material, rubber gloves, latex or rubber hand guards , Centurion approvable rivet kit ( Echo, here on the boards can supply the rivets) Various elastic widths for strapping. You will need to decide on which strapping method suits you. Thermal detonator clips, also available here or make your own. TK boots, or buy black boots and colour them... Sorry, I have assumed you didn't know any of this,I will no go on, but if you think there is anything else you my need or have a question on, other will chime in I'm sure.

How is echos fan set up wired? I have 2 5v fans 2 switches and 2 x AAx2 battery packs, would like it to run like Echos where i can isolate 1 fan if needed or run both. A diagram would be awesome as i think it would help many others out.