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I'm not aware of anyone taking delivery of a kit yet

Looking good just ensure the drop boxes are aligned with the out most edge of the ammo belt.

A piece of scrap cover strip works great. Once you get it started you should be able to peel the rest by hand.

Congratulations Daniel, beautiful build and armor

Looking great Jeff

Welcome back Alessandro and thank you for your Centurion application. CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All submission photos are present. Your armor displays all the required components as set out in the level 3 CRL. Andrew and I would like to congratulate and welcome you to Centurion, Excellent work!! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: Thank you for making our job very easy Alessandro. As mentioned during your EIB application your armor is beautiful, excellent work. Your attention to detail and accuracy ranks this build up there as one of the finest TFAs we've seen. Time to head out and make the Empire proud.

Hey Jose Andrew or myself will be with you shortly.

Hey Alessandro Andrew or myself will be with you shortly.

Hey Ignacio, thanks for you patience and your EIB application. Let's take a look. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: It appears all the required submission photos have been posted. Your armor displays and the required components for L2. Andrew and myself would like to welcome you to the rank of Expert Infantry . Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section we review observations made by your fellow troopers and ourselves. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. If any suggestion affects any application, it will be listed separately in the above or below sections. We have a few areas to go over here so let's get to it. Taking a look at your helmet first, the tube stripes are to be roughly a #2 pencil width or 1/4" from the face. We're suggesting you reposition them to the correct location. Also, the ears appear to be thick. They should resemble the ears seen in the following reference photo. We're requesting you thin these out a bit if possible also. Reference photo Next up shoulder bells. There should be minimal gap between the shoulder Bells and Chest & Back plates. We're requesting you tighten the upper and lower connecting straps and possibly remove the lower bell return edge to draw them in closer to the chest and back plates. Reference photos. Continuing downward it looks like the shoulder plates were applied too far down the chest plate or the chest plate connections themselves are too long. This isn't a major issue but if you look at some reference photos you'll understand what were talking about. Reference photos The gap between your right forearm and bicep is considerably different than that of the left. We're recommending you correct this to look like the left side. Reference photo Moving down to the Ab section. The vertical Ab button plate we feel has too much material. It's extending out side the raised area beneath it when it should be inside it. Reference photo And Lastly your posterior plate needs to reside under the kidney plate and also be tucked in under your butt so the rivets are not as visible. Reference photo Centurion Suggestions: In this section we prepare you for Centurion. If there were any areas of concern they would be discussed here. We have a couple areas that will need to be resolved before applying for Centurion if you choose to do so. First is the waist belt drop box alignment. The drop boxes are to be aligned with the outer most edge of the ammo belt. It's recommended you glue or permanently fix the drop box connecting strap to the cloth belt to prevent them from moving around. CRL states: Level three certification (if applicable): Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box. Reference photos The Thermal Detonator mounting screws should be pan head, your's appear to be domed. Re requesting you replace these with the correct screws. Level two certification (if applicable): Clips shall be attached with slotted, pan head style screws, and be black. Reference photo And lastly, the Cod rivet is incorrect and will need to be replaced. The CRL states: Level three certification (if applicable): A single split rivet or brad is present on the lower tab of the abdomen armor. It appears you used a pop rivet or similar which is not accepted at L3. We know this isn't a great reference photo and we do apologize. That's it, a little bit of work to do but it shouldn't take you too long. Congratulations again on your EI approval. Great job and hope to see you at Centurion. If you have any questions feel free to ask us or anyone here.

Thank you

Looks great, perfectly acceptable

Hey Alessandro, welcome and thank you for your EIB application. Let's take a look at your TFA TK. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: Looks like all the required submission photos have been posted. Your armor appears to display all necessary element as set out in the level 2 CRL. Fantastic job your build, absolutely beautiful. That said Andrew and I would like to welcome you to Expert Infantry, congratulations. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section we review observations made by your fellow troopers and ourselves. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. If any suggestion affects any application it will be listed separately in the above or below sections. This day has been long coming. I've watched you put a tremendous amount of time and effort into perfecting your build and it shows. Love the attention to details and accuracy. Outstanding job Centurion Suggestions: In this section we prepare you the best we can for Centurion. If there are any areas of concern they will be discussed here. At this time we don't see anything that would hold you back from directly applying to L3. Thank you for a nice clean build and application .

Perfect thanks Hey one last favor, if you have a photo of the interior for the FOTK folks that would be awesome

Happens all the time, no worries. Keep up the good work, you;re doing great

Good point moving it

Hey Alessandro Andrew or myself will be with you shortly. While you're waiting can we get a photo of the left side of the F-11d please

An important note regarding this, the front shoulder straps are permanently attached, if you do the same to the rear (I'm assuming you're talking about permanently attaching them to the back plate) in all likelihood you won't be able to get your head between the armor shoulder straps. As Daniel mentioned the centurion elastic should hold them in place.

Alright Ignacio we need see a couple photos before we get started. Could you please post the following photos: Full body left (arms down) Full body Right (arms down)

Hey Ignacio Andrew or myself will be with your shortly. Thanks for your patience

Most common is straight up or slightly facing outward.

Looking great Craig, if I may add, the ear rank bar outer pinstripe should be rounded on the corners. Squared is not a deal breaker but since you're repainting might as well make it look as correct as possible.

Honestly I've seen this happen here before but it looks like you're addressing it.

You are correct it doesn't have to be perfect. The key here is to shape the knee correctly then glue it to the shin in a way it doesn't dig into your knee cap later.

The hooks were in the initial (individual component) photos but were removed and additional straps were added for the application. He has very long arms.