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Thanks my friend, definitely challenging.

Chest Accuracy Update cont... Pill boxes and center chest The pill boxes are hallow with unique black fabric material and gaffers tape behind them. The center chest replacement upgrade from ANOVOS is acceptable the way it is however, in my opinion it's less than stellar design leaves a lot to be desired and little room to install the screen accurate vinyl decal that's supposed to be used. That said, I've elected to sand it down from the inside until enough material is removed leaving it hallow. By doing this the inside lines will look cleaner and sharper. Afterwards I'll place black vinyl behind it. This process is just preference and not a CRL requirement, the vinyl decal inside the recessed area is. Before... Sanding. I used a hand held Black & Decker Mouse with 80 grit. Took a whole 15-20 minutes. Be careful not to sand too far, only to the point the material wears through. After... Sand and cut out pill boxes. NOTE: There are exact specifications as to what the pill sizes are to be. If someone is at liberty to say what they are please post it here Simply put I started sanding from the inside until almost flush with the existing armor. From them there dremel out the remainder. After... More to come...

Accuracy updates: The accuracy updates are not mandatory and not needed for 501st approval. It's simply to make the armor more screen accurate. Feel free to skip ahead past the accuracy update sections or follow along. Warning: To perform these updates you'll have to cut sections of your armor, grind, file, sand, modify and reassemble. These modifications are not easy to perform but can be done. Chest Accuracy Update Chest before... We will start by cutting out the the return edges from the following areas. The return edge material in question is approximately 3mm in width. Chest left. Red line indicate where the cut will be made. You may also notice a double edge indicated in green, this will need to be sanded out. Right... Mark the area to be cut After cuts.. Remove remaining return edge using a belt sander or other. After trimming return edge. Check section edge alignment. Making a template for the inner cover strip joining material. I started by outlining the center, left and right sections. Template measurements: 3mm gap between center chest and outer sections 8mm extra for mounting Left template finished Section indicated here can either b cut out or bent to accommodate for greeblie buckle indention Test template Cut connecting material from cover strip material or similar. Mark areas to bend or remove After bending Test fit before gluing Apply glue between connecting material and chest section. I used CA glue with zip kicker As mentioned before the left chest has a double indent near the crease, it will need to be sanded out. Prepare to glue left side. Mark connecting material 3mm from chest section. Apply glue For some stupid reason I forgot to take pics gluing the outer sides. At this point make the template and create the connection strip for the right side. Right side.. Glue into place.. After gluing the sections together. Check the contour of the chest. NOTE: If adjustments are needed simply cut out a template from heavy cardboard. Using heat gun concentrate the heat on a small section of connecting strip. bend as needed.

Hey Omar are you referring to the Echo bracket?

Build up the area around the eyes with dense foam or something similar (like shown in a pic above), glue or 2-way the lens material directly to it.

DANG! Very cool

You pretty much nailed it. There's a couple new builders that could be added to the pack but I think your good.

As Joseph mentioned Nickel will be fine.

Congrats Hans, welcome to Centurion sir

Congrats sir, welcome to the ranks trooper

Nice work sir. As others have mentioned reigning in the ab to kidney side gap is crucial. I have another suggestion, though it won't effect your approval here I think it will give your armor a cleaner look, I suggest reducing the gap between your biceps to forearms and thighs to cod, if possible. The gaps there seem a bit excessive. See you on the other side trooper.

Looking great Dan good luck sir

Nice. So back to the lenses. May I suggest cutting them separately to fit individually around each eye.

Oh sweet, I totally missed that. Who's your armor MFG?

Is that even green?

What type of fan system do you have?

As for the lens some of us use the ear screws to mount the ends of the lens material. Others install small mounts with screw holes, one on each corner or the eyes, six in total. Here's a few photos.

Little tip, if you're having a difficult time utilizing space the front thigh return edge doesn't have to be just outside the cover strip width, yes it looks cleaner but a couple MM on each side won't make much of a difference visually. With that said, in the back try to keep the 20mm cover strip width if possible, just evenly allow for more thigh return edge material if needed. When in doubt, test fit and post some pics before final gluing.

Hey Jason what specifically are you having problems with? details brother.

EXCELLENT!! Welcome trooper

Looking good though you can always use a cotton swab and some thinner (no acetone) to soften the edges a bit.

Helmet Electronics in progress. This has nothing to do with the build obviously I just needed break free from all the cutting and sanding and gluing and.... lol