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Dougal

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  1. It has been said many times before but I'm going to say it again! Great job with the teeth and working with abs paste! You made it look easy!!! Your build is coming along very nicely! I love the grappling hook addition. I will be adding one to my build further down the road! My popcorn has been buttered.... Let the show resume!!

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  2. Sorry mate - been away on vacation and short wifi sessions - none the less keep up the great work and those are some deadly awesome seams!

    Thanks bud! They were harder then the sniper plate imo.

     

    More work to show -

     

    Holes are drilled. Once the split rivets dry I will attach the elastic and attach the two halves.

     

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    Hand painting the rivets supplied by Echo before they are installed. Thank you again Echo, you are the man!

     

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    I also drilled a hole for the rivet in the lower front and a hole on each side of the knee ammo pack in preparation for its mounting when I think the paint has dried enough on the pop rivets. I'll post those pictures very soon.

     

    I am almost there!!

  3. I'd say put the bells to the side right now. Make sure your forearms and biceps fit nice and match as many photo references out there that you can find. Then definitely do your cover strips. Bells can be added and fit after you have your center sections put together. I personally would suggest the shins next as they also are armor pieces that are not necessarily dependent on how an adjacent piece sits. No expert by any means, so I hope this helps. Looking real good in that shiny white though!

    Oh, nothing wrong with glueing something if you know it's right!! Don't forget a little hole in the side to help with putting the caps on.

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  4. Thanks for the link. It is a great build thread! It is one of my top resource threads! But it doesn't help me. I'm trying to reach Centurian level. So I need butt joints with cover strips. This is the only area on the RTMod kit that doesn't have raised ridges on both sides of the armor for the cover strip to a lay on.

  5. Ok so I'm sorta stuck and needing a little advice or expertise from you folks out there. I am finishing up my thighs and am not sure what to do. My RTMod thighs only have the raised ridge(I am calling the raised edge the area that the cover strips are placed.)on one side(looking at the back). I am needing to trim some material off to give it a better shape around my thigh. So do I just start with cutting the whole ridge off and then getting another measurement to cut off the other side and make it fit? Or do I leave it and have one side higher then the other? I am real close to cutting out that whole ridge so the cover strip will have a cleaner lie. But don't want to cut until I hear some input if anyone has any to offer.

  6. I don't have a lot to post at this time. Things are slow going. I messed up the thighs twice. Looks like the third go is a charm... Snap plates are being glued on one by one and I currently have the last snap plate on the back done. Next the front and then the final touches to get it all together and looking good!!

     

    Almost there!

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    Final go at the thigh. Had to glue half of it at a time because I didn't have enough magnets.

     

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  7. Did Rob send you a RTMod assembly manual?<br><br>

    Lmao, just when you think you have seen it all.... I love the White Zone!! <br>

    (I found the RTMod assembly instructions, honestly didn't know this was out there! Very nice little manual! Thank you!)

  8. Welcome fellow RTMod builder! Can't wait to see your kit come to life!!<br>

    Rob definitely is easy to work with! I will buy from him again. <br>

    No matter what the experts decide for that forearm, just remember e6000 is easy to work with and not that bad when you have to deconstruct... Been there I know, lol!

  9. Ok shins are finished and I hope they meet everyone's approval, especially the Centurian officials out there perusing the forums, lol.

     

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    First time Stormtrooper model, be easy on me folks .

     

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    Also finished up some of my plates and connecting snaps.

     

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    And last but not least, I was also able to get my Centurian level gloves and armor plates ready to go. Thank you Karin!!

     

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    I'm gonna get there!!!

  10. Mate I'm hearing you on the sniper plate. Same happened to me. I'm now doing the center, then inner side, then outer side in turn, with 48 hr cure time between each. I did a hot water bath treatment on the outer side to slightly twist it down to help with alignment.

     

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    Nice thinking with the hot water bath! I think that would have helped me out as well if I had tried it!

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