themaninthesuitcase

Congratulations, saw this at Celebration and it was amazing to see.

@Sly11

Congratulations, 10Km in a TK is no simple feat! Not sure I could do it

I do a similar repair with a bit of old white T-Shirt and some super glue This is a lot fancier!

What sort of prescription are we talking? Mine is around -1 ish so I just put up with rubbish vision. Really the best option, if you can, is contacts. I did try this but I didn't get on with getting them in and out. Last is what Glen is suggesting, get a spare frame with the correct prescription. Remove the arms and mount this inside the helmet. If you have a small head you might be able to get the helmet on with normal glasses but I can't do that.

Hi welcome to the FISD. Florida is covered by the Florida Garrison: https://www.fl501st.com who I am sure will love to help you out. As for finding a kit this is a good place to start: Though sadly you may also want to check this: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/19329-where-what-and-whom-to-avoid-when-buying/

Hi Daz, Welcome to the FISD, sounds like you're off to a decent start. You know the deal with a work in progress having done your Fett, but do keep us in the loop too! Chris.

I have now finished re-printing all the updated white parts that I will be using FDM for. There's a small handful I want to use resin for but means being in the mood for the fails and clean up! First change, location pins! I found this hinge part a bit awkward to align previously, and I also want to try and avoid glue on this if I can to allow for repairs to if needed. The pins are just off cuts of filament saved when changing rolls. The parts have a 1.8mm hole in them, it needs a small amount of cleaning with a drill bit to get a perfect fit. I also have these on the hengstler but those are to follow in black resin. Second change, orientation marks! I am also tempted to add a couple of location pins as there is a tiny amount of slop. I won't re-print though as the part this attaches to is a 7 hour print and would be a waste of filament as it's otherwise fine. Third change, hardware mounts for the holster bolts! Pictured with the wrong screws, and I will use nyloc nuts as well, this is just what M5 hardware was to hand. The screw size and spacing was checked with @R2Dan and should fit his aluminium holster when I eventually get round to ordering one. The idea here is to save having to mark up and drill out for the M5 screws when a nylock nut built into the part will be a far better solution, and hopefully stronger. The design has enough room for a nyloc nut and then the rest is a tight fitting hole so the screw is supported for as much of its length as possible. I also have a plan to make some real aluminium face plates "on a budget", I just need to get round to finishing them and ordering them. Finally, and just because organic support is cool, the main body of the blaster. This is the part I don't fancy reprinting just for the location pins. I will wait until I have the magazine mount printed before I glue anything to help ensure it all lines up. Next up is all the black FDM parts. Whilst I have a bunch from previous printing in a box, I noticed that the files changed between me first downloading them and what is current so I wanted to have a full set, the edited version I have been making are based on this updated version. I may end up building both at some point.

FAO @Sly11

Moved to rebels section

Is it too late to cancel the order, or maybe you can return it?

I just loaded up a TK kit on their website (https://www.rspropmasters.com) and going through the checkout process and the payment supplier is WorldPay, though PayPal is a 2nd option. Using PayPal as a payment provider is quite common, as it gives the option to use balance, standard card transactions and credit/pay in parts services. What you are describing doesn't sound like you are ordering via the website.

My armour isn't RS but it is ABS. My armour is yellowing, sadly a fact of life for ABS. So far I am into 100s of hours but in a mix of inside and out. It's not yellow yet, but it's certainly not the same colour it used to be, and some areas are worse than others. The more you wear it in the sun, the faster it yellows. The reversal process is generally known as "retrobright". There are commercial products, but you can use hair products to do it too. It's a chemical process, but simple to do. The 8 bit guy has some excellent videos on this if you're interested, mostly on computer cases, but the principle is the same. As well as PVC there is also Acrylic Capped ABS from some vendors. This puts a thin layer of gloss acrylic on the plastic for a whiter, wetter look. For me it's too glossy and white but some like it. Ultimately the yellowing is a break down of the ABS, visible in a colour change. Over time the UV damage not only makes it yellow but it will also go brittle eventually. You can fix the colour, but not the brittleness. That said by the time that is an issue it's going to have done a huge number of hours.

I don't own it but I've trooper with DA troopers more than once, it's more common for TIE, or it was before he moved to France. It's got it's features and tells like any armour but it's a solid mid pack pick. It was always more popular with non legion troopers for some reason I never worked out.

I ordered some new D-rings and have given it another go. This is a 32x16 with 3.5mm wire, though it was sold as 4mm. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332599616886?var=541707004666 I've taken a picture in roughly the same position as the reference above for comparison. I think it's probably still a tiny bit long and maybe a tiny bit thick but close enough for imperial work. That and ordering all these rings is adding up quickly! 32x12x3 is probably on the money. The way they attach is the same as before but I've made the gap a tiny bit wider so if I want I could add in a threaded insert. The ring looks some what off centre for some reason. I measured the error in my cut, and it's only 0.5mm off centre. So not sure why it looks so off, maybe it's just a case of the ring not being perfectly square or something. That said no one is going to notice this, worst case I file off 1mm and it will have 0.5mm slop each way. I cut this one with a Dremel and it gave a far cleaner cut than a hack saw, it was also faster and more accurate, the hack saw cut on the previous ring ended up a lot wider than I meant.

It looks like in the Netherlands it works the same there as here (UK). It will be the VAT and duty due on the total of the goods and the shipping costs. A quick google would suggest you would be liable for 21% for VAT, between 0 and 12% for duty depending on the category it's put down as. So as an example: €80 goods €20 shipping €100 subtotal €21 for VAT €0-12 for duty depending on what it's categorised as. Final total €121-133

Welcome to FISD. Before you spend out any money do spend your time to read through the getting started section first. If you have any questions we'll all be happy to answer them.

Troop #23- 17 June 2023 - Hemel Hempstead - Hero's and Villains Another year back at my most local troop for Hero's and Villains, supporting Great Ormand Street Children's Hospital. Always a bit of a treat to have a huge 5 minute drive to a troop! Was quite a warm one, but not as got as originally forecast so mostly wasn't too bad. Caught a breeze in the afternoon to help finish the day. We also had our CO trooping via Reel Icons, as the '89 Batman. That can't have been fun in a black rubber body suit in the sun all day. It was repaid as they had a matching 89 bat mobile at the show, which he drove off the site still in costume. I was still out at the point so served to clear the crowds, who really seemed to want to get run over Photos: Helen Cooper-Smith (Spotter) TK-10911 Chris Pearson, ID-91927 Alexander Wakefield, TD-23152 Wayne Cooper-Smith TK-21166 Shaun Belsey, TI-15978 Dan Wray, TK-10911 Chris Pearson, TD-23152 Wayne Cooper-Smith, TI-14544 Angie Lewis, ID-91927 Alexander Wakefield TA-9352 Ian Parlett, ID-91927 Alexander Wakefield, TK-10911 Chris Pearson, TI-14544 Angie Lewis, TD-23152 Wayne Cooper-Smith, TI-15978 Dan Wray, TK-21166 Shaun Belsey

Good luck with your build!

Authentic gloves when it's cold. Authentic gloves when it's hot. Authentic gloves all the time.

Dan has now been added to the Hall of Eternal Legionnaires: https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=290&t=112750&sid=416443c4d19f91fa7eabc6cd28c7ea3d The Funeral was last Wednesday 7th June, I documented this here:

I've used riveted in snaps for years now, though I'd probably use a single cap if I did it again for better accuracy. Pretty sure I based it on the Billigram Glen posted. The thing I really like is I can store my belt and holster separately between troops and it only takes seconds to join or split the 2 parts.

That helmet work is impressive. The fit looks amazing. Quite jealous of that resin print volume! The red seems like a reasonable decision. In some images it's quite bright others a bit more dull, I think you've split the difference well. Edit: How well does the paint match the pouldron? As in the renders they are the same colour. One thing I've noticed comparing the red is that there is some light weathering to the armour and the visor. Are you going for a "clean" version, sort of a factory fresh, or a closer to shown light weather?