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Thanks Steve for the tip, I saw a wide variety through other builds so I was unsure on that, easy fix none the less with a little more grey. Ill work on those ears right now. I went ahead and installed the aerators as well

Vocoder after touch ups

According to http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/12217-painting-rank-on-ear-piece/ i chose private first class

Mind you that I am not an artist so this was harder than it needed to be for me lol. Heres the vocoder, I used testors semi gloss black And the rank stripe, too thick? Good?

I do plan on straightening out the brow, just wanted to get the painting done while I had the time. The ears and alignment gave me a struggle, so thats probably why the brow is low in the middle, nothing a quick adjustment can fix. Will have to make more abs paste to fill in some extra holes I had on this helmet Steve, I will be doing that today just cleaned up the vocoder a bit as well

Got braver and painted! Also did the vocoder, and added the decals, will post the pics after I clean up the vocoder in the next day or two. And spray painted the aerators!

Looking at the shins briefly, looks like I have duplicates as well. Already contacted MightyTank and it is being resolved.

Heres the front..ish view lol. I say ish because its not a straight shot, typical TK aiming the camera here

Thanks guys! That is really re assuring lol. Looking back at the screen used helmets, the ears didn't seem to fit perfectly flush on the bottom anyways, so we can just say it was on purpose for screen accuracy

From what I have learned and heard, the cap may be throwing the alignment of the dimples off. Perhaps it is best to drill the dimples on the face and cap, put the middle screws on to hold them together, and then test fit the cap before glueing it onto the back.

I think i figured it out. I trimmed a tiny bit on the right side of the ear, brought it down a little, and moved the bottom of the ear back just a bit. Had to redrill that hole, but how does this look? Front Back And bottom view

Right side front Right side back Left back Left front

I did push and it was flush when i drilled. Ill have pics up in 10 minutes

Or try to move the right ear down just a hair?

Could I even trim more towards the top of the ear to close the gap? Please help

Im pretty happy how the left side came out, may have to adjust the left just a bit to see if I can get it to line up better. That gap is killing me. I may try to see if i can even get the left ear to align by loosening the top screw in the ear. That way perhaps some pressure is taken off the tubes. Its a never ending struggle that I will briefly try to address today after work, or on lunch.

Front of left ear Front of right ear Bottom of right ear, didn't quite align perfectly. I may end up either using putty to close the gaps. Any suggestions?

Thats what i did for my first bucket, glued the cap and back first. Thinking of trying your idea for my second one

Did ya line up the back and face before installing the cap?

My concern about leaving a gap would be durability. What would happen if it was accidentally dropped basically. As the folding stock isn't functional anyways, I would just attach it with out the gap, but thats just me being paranoid about accidents lol. Looking good! Your almost there!

Yup, replacement bulbs are easy to find at radio shack. Dont panic, its an easy fix as long as you can use a soldering iron. As far as the bypass, that is all personal choice. Myself and a bunch of others did it, and I even went as far as replacing regular alkaline AA batteries with AA lithium ion batteries. It REALLY makes the sound louder, and the LEDs brighter. I did do the bypass before replacing the batteries, although I am not 100% sure that makes a difference. Hope this helps! Theres about 3 or 4 of us who recently went through Hasbro conversions, so plenty of references to chose from

And will also attempt to paint the aerators tomorrow as well. For those, I will probably use the left over flat black I used on my E-11

Got the abs paste made and filled some holes. Probably use the lens material included in the AM packaging, possibly doubling it up, at least for this helmet. Just going to try to tape it inside for now since its just for photo ops at the moment. Also found some left over solar screen material in the garage, looks pretty good for the mesh. Will start painting tomorrow after work. Ears, teeth, and vocoder all to be painted, and I will be using the decals included for the traps, tears, and tube stripes, as they are made to look hand painted. Wish I could do more tonight, but after the past couple of days getting everything to align and fitting the ears, I am spent lol.

He had friends on that Death Star

I also figured a TK bucket on our topper is only fitting as ill hopefully be submitting my approval for 501st this year as well. Its the one thing I was actually allowed to be in charge of, the cake topper lol. Oh, and finances