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Welcome Rose Once you have done some research please feel free to ask as many questions as you need to. We have a large supportive community all here eager to help where ever we can.

Welcome back Marco. As Glen says, it's never too late to get back into a costume you love, and I'm positive we have quite a few troopers around the world that are around the 95+ kg weight. I Look forward to hearing of your journey back into TK armour.

Crotch strap snap visible. A more traditional approach compared to the nylon cable on the TFA version.

Initial post has been updated with Daniels found parts information and images.

All done but looks like some of those were your signature logo at the bottom. You will need to reinstate those as they are now deleted from the back end. Also may I suggest you use a 3d part host such as Imgur. Then you can have as many images as you like. here is the how to guide, its easy once you do one or two and you need not worry again. Sure beats only having 5 meg forum storage space

Congratulations Colin, welcome to Expert Infantry!

Responded to your other post and sent you a PM.

I can help you with that. Do you want all your attachments deleted?

Could we be a step closer to knowing what these parts actually were used for? Thanks to Daniel O'Keeffe this looks to be the closest we have come in over 40 years. Here is the full story from the man himself Daniel O'Keeffe but first I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Daniel to the FISD forums and thank him for allowing me to share the below information, taking us another step closer to solving the mysteries of this found part mystery. Following information and images property of Daniel O'Keeffe I have recently come into possession of a pair of genuine 1970's aerators. I'm posting this up here as I think it could be of interest to a lot of people and wish to gauge that interest for reasons I'll explain a little further down. Just to give a little background on this, back in 1977 as a young boy a friend of mine saw an afternoon matinee screening of ANH at the cinema and at the time recognised what the parts were on the helmet. After watching said matinee he then got his father to take him to a plumber's merchant where he was bought a set of these aerators and they just sat there in a tub for years. Sadly he passed away and whilst helping to clear out some rubbish from his house I clocked these parts in a pile earmarked for the bin. Now what is interesting is that it opened up a couple of previously unknown things about the tips, namely that there was a serated push fit tube on the back of these which fitted into a hose. What is now obvious is that these were cut off from the original backs for the threads to fit through and attach to the helmets. Another thing that stands out is the internal fitting, in the past I have seen the pictures Gino Sabatino shared of the hero helmet aerator and the insert appears to be a one piece. It isn't, the middle piece is actually a two piece moulding that fits together. Something else that doesn't seem present on the screen used tips is a black O ring seal. As you can see from the pictures the colour itself is actually off white, with a definite yellow tinge to the plastic as opposed to an all white moulding. When I first saw this part I actually thought it was a resin cast as the colour was very reminiscent of a polyurethane casting resin I use and to be honest I almost dismissed it! I think it's fairly obvious that these were moulded in different shades of plastic, and that the internal components were also moulded in different colours as Gino himself in the past has stated he had seen a mix of aqua and white. Another difference to the screen used tips and these is the filtration mesh, this is a different pattern. From what I can ascertain there is a moulded groove on the inside lip and you can see how the mesh was inserted from the inside before being fixed in with an adhesive. Another interesting thing about these was that he actually had what appears to be the connecting hose that they fit into. When I found the first one it was sitting in the wider end of the tube but I actually think it's supposed to fit in the narrower end and the wider end fitted onto a tap or a tap adapter. This would make sense of what my friend had told me a while back, that these aerators were tap mixers for hot and cold taps back in the 70's. The tube itself bears a very consistent appearance to how they appear today, they are called rubber swirl mixers and are still in manufacture although not to this exact design. Also the rubber on this is obviously aged and shows signs of perishing particularly at the base where the aerators would most likely connect. I think for this reason the aerator was stuck in the larger end to prevent the narrower part from further deterioration. So onto the great unanswered question... what I HOVI MIX pa2? Well, on that one I really have no answer I'm afraid. Like most people curious about these I've spent far more time than is healthy trying to track this info down. I've even tried thinking outside the box I case VI is actually roman numerals rather than text! I have asked around several old time plumbers and will continue to do so but for the time being all professional opinion seems to agree that this is actually the part code or name as opposed to a manufacturers name. One thing that does seem a lot simpler to clear up however is what pa2 means, this is simply the formulation of the aerators' operation. P= pressure, A = area and the 2 is the equal mix of water and air into the nozzle. So far all attempts to identify a manufacturer have proven fruitless. One thing that does seem conclusive is that this was a UK manufacturer rather than an imported product. My initial hope was that if somebody I talked to could have identified the part there may have been an outside chance of then finding the company that sold these and then the manufacturer and pursuing the chance the dies could have still been in existence with a view to recommencing manufacture. Sadly this seems to be impossible to bring to fruition. So, what I have done is what I hope will be the next best thing. I am currently part way through the process of having these parts reverse engineered. At the moment I'm still in the early stages but my plan is to have these parts remanufactured exactly as they would have been back in the 70's. This means having them produced as injection moulded pieces and making them available to the community. As of yet I'm afraid I can give no further details for the simple reason I don't have any myself at present, but as soon as I know I will be making it known! Below is the YouTube video that RS Propmaster posted on Daniels beautiful pieces.

No rush, we aren’t going anywhere.

POST 49 I am posting the following images on behalf of another member Dean McInnis TK 20205 Canadian Garrison, Vindicator squad. Sarnia Street Cruisers car club Food Drive for the food bank. Inn of The Good Shepard. June 24th 2021. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

what a huge effort, and its looking pretty good too. I may have missed it but who is the resin helmet maker?

With the neck seal being something that under normal circumstances you just cant see on a trooper, I'm not sure its a change worth making, but something we should add to the list of discussion points. We would also need to reach out to the current suppliers and give notice this was changing for say level 3. Some wont care, some will change it eventually I guess. The picatiny rail mounted wrist box is also something that under the usual circumstances also seems unnecessary. The materials we have access to that our available kits are made from, I dont believe are durable enough to handle this correct assembly and will end up with troopers breaking resin parts on a frequent basis. If we were to change that element we might as well change the construction of the wrist end of the fore arm and have the zipper put in as these screen used suits also have. Would be truly awesome to have these things, but they just seem very impractical for the rigors of trooping. There is more food for thought with this costume than I realised so this is going to be a great CRL to update.

Great to see another step in progress Dino and looking forward to seeing this blaster finished too.

Ardeshir, you are a machine brother!! I really love going through your applications as they are a benchmark in how well they can be done. Beautiful photos, great detailed intro, well laid out, this is a Deployment officers dream come true. I totally understand why the deployment team enjoy reviewing every submission you lodge. Best of luck with your approval.

Another beautiful looking submission Ardeshir, good luck sir but I dont think you will need it.

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Welcome to FISD Jeff! Looks like you are under way, enjoy the journey to becoming a Stormtrooper and if ever in doubt with your build, ask plenty of questions.

You finally got it Lou!!! I'm pretty darn excited about this as it is indeed our first WTF FO TK build. I spoke with Walt about this kit and several of the aspects he has included, including the interesting multi piece shoulder back and front under section of the chest plate, and the 3 piece chest plate. May I ask that you post up a good image of the resin parts he also includes as this will be excellent for all our members to see what comes with the kit. I'll probably be talking with you again soon about some of the other pieces Good luck with this build sir, I look very much forward to seeing your progress.

If the character is named as a special operations unit member then I would lose the fight to gain this costume as a standard TK unfortunately. I would definitely reach out to them and ask if any progress will happen in the short term. Alternatively you can certainly try your hand at writing the CRL and presenting it to them. This may get a reaction and have them jump back into it and possibly use your work.

Anything from professional photographers will require their permission for use, please remember when submitting If you have Pro shots, that you may be required to seek that permission if your image or images are chosen.

Hi Ryan and welcome to FISD. Your helmet looks fantastic, nice work. Definitely can recommend untrimmed armour as the extra material gives you something to practice on before making final cuts near mold lines. As Glen mentioned its also handy to have off cuts as surplus to make additional internal reinforcements like cover strips etc. Also if you ever have to make ABS paste, you have the same colour plastic so it can be very handy indeed. Good luck on your journey to joining the 501st!

That one is just weird lol. Too hard to tell from the images supplied in the guys Pre approval thread, but you can buy resin cast nipples cast off originals. that would be a possible option but would need to be added pre painting. A change in the CRL for this would only be a level 3 possibility, not EI as they should only be relatively simple upgrades as they have always been.

I think they actually mention it in their instructions already. I dont think we will see any issues as we already have images of the TD in the CRL as an individual item.