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For ROTJ it will be correct looking at this pic. You can't base anything ANH on this.

A cotton version...I Couldn't find a decent alternative to fire hose until I found this 2.5" Polypro webbing. I'll have loads available if you want to upgrade at any point.

Lol, when I write C O C K it's replaced with weenie.

The old spec ones pre '85 weenie and dry fire and selectors move ect. I can take mine apart, field strip it. Makes it a bit more fun. Obviously the barrel has been blocked and firing pin filed off.

Is it tour armour in the pic I posted? I haven't looked that closely at it it was sent to me the other day. No my material doesn't stand up like in the pic you posted. I meant I had some corlene military belt material that did.

Thanks Paul, I have seen that pic it's a great picture. That looks as rigid as courlene which is used for military belts..... It's almost plastic in it texture.... I have firehose here but cannot get it to lie flat. It still looks very tubular and is black on the inside... At least the white firehose I have is. Cost me £180 for a length of firehose.... I can't imagine they would use such expensive material? Could be wrong. Whereas this one looks more like what I have found....

Well that's a first. No one has found a suitable belt until I posted this. I've just spent $300 on a bulk order of the stuff. Other than firehose this is the closest I've found in all the years ive been looking. 2.5" in white is the hardest width to get for some reason. I had to special order this. Anyway it's what I'll be using on my suits from now on.

Hi guys and gals..... I think I have just managed to find a good belt material for the ROTJ. As we all know this seems to be one of the hardest parts to get on the armour..... Blaster too of course but I am working on that... Here is what I have found.... It's a special order but it is polypro and 2.5" and white! everything a ROTJ trooper needs.... LMK what you all think...

Nice score..... Have fun.... Jewel of my collection to have a real deal Sterling...... I managed to get an old spec that's completely field strippable and dry fires..... cost me a fortune though

Mmmmmmmm........ Sterling L2A3...........mmmmmmmmm............I love mine and the smell........

They did use blank firing sterling E11s from Baptys. So you could be seeing actual bullets.

cool..... I'm watching this!

I'm a bit late to the party but....... The easiest way to bend the shoulder straps is to put them in a pre heated oven at about 160 and heat them for about 45 seconds and take them out with a pair of oven gloves and bend them over a small saucepan with straight side or something similar....... Just watch them in the oven, if you leave them too long they will turn into flat plastic again! I'm using 2 mm ABS.... Yours looks like HIPS... but I might be wrong... in which case heating times may differ... You will get a much more uniformed curve if you do it this way opposed to heating with a gun which will just give you hot spots and it will kink in those hot spots like your have done. Good luck! Mark.

Thanks! I forget how many times I've looked theough Jez's site thinking I "need" one of those.

Thanks for all your kind comments. Yes, it is a great site and I still consider it the holy grail of Star Wars websites when it comes to costumes, screenused, licensed and fan made....It is still a great reference site even 10 years on.....

The only poppers used are for the strap on your cod and the helmet chin straps....Everything else is glued elastic and velcro....... and Velcro sewn to elastic.

That Hose looks good and yes it will be OK cut down. You can screw up trimming of armour but if you score with a Stanley blade, bend and snap it will break following the score line. So as long as you are careful with your scoring you can't really go wrong. If you do you can make good.....but it will just take longer to build if you are correcting errors through not being careful and double thinking every score.... Just make sure as well as double thinking every score you also tripple think the position of your hand and fingers that aren't holding the blade! I know it sounds an obvious thing to do but you'll be surprised how many close shaves I've had in the years of assembling armour. TM/Paul will attest to that! The correct strapping on ROTJ is glued in elastic and velcro.... As long as it's secured/glued properly it's a very strong system and you should not have any problems with it.... Yeah, Velcro will need replacing every now and then but it's accurate. I use Stelmax white..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stelmax-White-Professional-grade-strong-adhesive-135g-/280469901939?pt=UK_Crafts_Cardmaking_Scrapbooking_Glue_Tape_EH&hash=item414d4f1273 I use Liquid solvent cement on my armour and helmets..... http://www.ema-models.co.uk/index.php/liquid-solvent-cement-500ml.html

Yep, eFX is way better....... If you want an OT Vader...

Thanks bud. I sent him a message too but no reply. Oh well. He obviously does not care about recasting other work and calling it and selling it as his own. Shows you what kind of person he is.

Hi Derrek, No, when we started we had plans to do this but as I am on my own doing all the parts myself I just ship from here.... I do get a cheaper deal with DHL which I pass on to my customers. Also I am quite fussy about quality control and could not keep my eye on it all if it were elsewhere.....So for now it just all comes from me......

Thanks everyone! I think Jez wants to do a review of my Oakley based helmet too..... Then I need to finish my other moulds and get reviews of those too.......too little time too much to do....

Hi Guys and girls..... Jez has written a new review on my CFO JoeR ROTJ TK lid..... http://www.starwarshelmets.com/CfO_Armor_Helmet.htm Check it out and let me know what you think..... Your opinions count! Cheers!

Thanks chaps. He's a complete tool.

members are buying them thinking they are mine..... It's gotta stop....

Ok, Propsplus is at again on ebay selling recasts of my mic tips.... It would be nice to bombard him with messages of concern about his listing.... Feel free....... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-Stormtrooper-Helmet-HOVI-Mix-Pa2-Mic-Tips-Complete-1-1-/261496484642?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce267b322