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ShadyP

501st Stormtrooper[TK]
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  1. January 18, 2023 - Make a Wish "Reveal Party" Shelburne Vermont Kenobi here recruited the assistance of MaW Vermont's newest "Wish Kid" to rescue Chewbacca from the Stormtroopers escorting him through the building. We got whacked with toy lightsabers. It was a blast.
  2. I've had to come to the conclusion that this build isn't going to get finished. I've listed the kit for sale. If anyone wants to pick up where I left off I'd love to hand this off.
  3. July 23, 2022 - Star Wars Night w/ the Vermont Lake Monsters
  4. What i showed in those photos is the inside of the right shin. The outside looks fine. The CRL photo shows back to front overlap on the inside of the shin piece. Seems awkward. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. OK. Next weird detail on this BSP kit - shin closures. After discussions with @DocDan yesterday I realize that this "back over front" closure may be a problem. Does it matter provided I get a good seal and we don't see the velcro peaking out?
  6. Ok. The circled boxes appear to be for the abs. But that leaves too many for for the belt. Any one have a thought as to what the remaining are for? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. So, the three of us working on these kits together decided to buy the yoke/chest/back armor from Walt. After talking with our New England GML’s the BSP detonator is going to be fine. We aren’t replacing those. I also acquired a KB props yoke and back from a friend. I’m going to use this one to get the costume assembled while I wait for the WTF to arrive. I’m planning to get the legs and arms finished today and have the Velcro for my gaskets situated and then time to move on to my ab boxes and belt. I purchased a handful of nylon bolts and nuts that im using to attach all the various boxes on the armor. I’m using one of my needle files to cut the holes in the armor for the bolts and some 5 minute 2 part epoxy to hold the bolts to the boxes. 2 bolts for each left shin box 2, maybe 3 for the thigh holster. 1 each for ab boxes except the wide one gets 2. Lastly, a couple photos of more limbs with glue settling. You can see the holes for bolts on the left shin. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. We are somewhat heavily debating which direction to go for replacement parts. I've been talking with Walt at WTF and @DocDan is chatting with Kevin and Imperial Surplus. Walt's opinion is that no yoke part will marry properly with the rest of the upper body armor from a different maker/mold. He is suggesting that we acquire his outer chest, yoke, and back armor to ensure that everything fits together properly. This makes sense to me. I think. We are awaiting word back from Kevin @ Imperial Surplus as to whether his yoke piece will work on our BSP chest/back armor. Does anyone here have a thought or suggestion? In reality, all of these kits are ABS plastic and could be trimmed/cut/glued to each other in any sort of way. I'm hoping to simplify product as much as possible on this kit and extra bondo work doesn't sound too appealing. These are the pics Walt sent me of what he suggests we purchase.
  9. We're going to make this happen bud! Thanks for relighting the motivational fire for this project.
  10. well, it's been about 2 years since I put this armor project down and focused on other aspects of life and the 501st. After a squad mate sold his kit to another Vermonter I have some reinvigorated interest in finishing this project. Looking back through my parts I remembered that I need to replace the yoke and TD as well as my shoulder bells and possibly back plate. With two of us working on these kits again in VT I'm hoping to find a vendor to provide us both the parts at the same time. Time to start messaging vendors I guess. If anyone has suggestions as to who can ship parts fastest, I'd love to hear them.
  11. My squad lost one of the strongest people I've ever known to Colon Cancer a few years ago. In his memory, we participate in the Colon Cancer Coalitions' Get You Rear In Gear 5K event every year. The 2021 event was a virtual 5k with in person 'closing ceremony' and I wasn't going to miss it. Thankfully two of my Green Mountain Squad brothers were willing to join me rather last minute. IG80200 will forever be missed.
  12. 50th troop in my TK this morning as we sent a Make-a-Wish kiddo off to Galaxies Edge.
  13. 2/21/2020 Make-a-Wish send off, Burlington VT seems that we were on the news. Video here
  14. Looks great. That will make this project, which has sadly stalled, easier. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. 11/16/2019 Star Wars night w/UVM men’s hockey Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. 12/19/19 Rise of Skywalker Premier @ Essex Cinema, Essex VT Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. I got very little done this weekend aside from the drive to and from Portland Maine for a Make-A-Wish troop. Before I glue these together to prep for bondo and the foam lining / return edge, is this correct? I can’t tell if I should glue the from/back flush with the detail side of the back crest or if I line up the trim lines and reinforce with a cover strip on the inside. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. that's why I've opted to use EVA Foam. It'll arrive early next week and will likely drive me up the wall a few times while I get it cut to shape. My next mission is to attach the raised details to the thighs and shins. Specifically the holster plate and the strange credit card swiping details. My plan is to use some loctite to attach some white plastic screwed to them and then drill holes in the armor. Add a washer/nut to the back and loctite those in place.
  19. I knew you'd catch that. My squad's Kylo was over helping sand parts last night and gave he a hard time about those pictures as well. We also debated the correct way to do the yoke return edge. The options we were going back and forth on are using ABS scraps to make it or ordering some Foam. I'm going with the foam. I'll cut it to shape and coat the sides with an epoxy to harden it up for a bondo seam filling. I'm ordering this stuff in the 6mm thickness. It looks like the yoke varies in thickness so I'll strategically add and subtract to the sheets thickness as necessary. Thankfully I have crafty friends to assist with this part. On another bright side, I should have plenty left over to line the forearms and tighten them up a bit.
  20. This is what the forearm looks like. With the gloves, it’s not as bad. It does seem loose though. I’m going to attach the holster before glueing the halves together. Making the riser’s base seamless and keeping that seam line would be tricky if I did it after glueing. Since I have a resin and metal holster from Dan, I got it out to confirm sizing. What do you know, it doesn’t fit and would require much more bondo to build up to matching this outline. Oh well, I’ll use the BSP supplied holster and sell Dan’s. For comparison, here are the two next to each other. I’ve got the other thigh glued and curing on one side. Once this glue dries I’ll put it on to see if I need to shim the inside seam. As I mentioned, I want to attach the holster before glueing the other leg. Biceps and forearms are glued and just need the excess e6000 removed. Photos for the sake of photos. A few of the “no glue required” parts were sanded and made ready for use tonight as well. The outer chest, kneecaps, and butt are all ready to go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  21. not a ton of progress in the last few days. And I don't have any photo's at the moment so show of what little I did get accomplished. I've finished gluing the biceps and I'm rather surprised at how well they fit. I didn't make any sizing adjustments to the BSP trim lines, they just fit. Yay. I've finished gluing the forearms. They fit just fine with the gaskets at the elbow, but they are very wide at the wrist and it feels awkward. I've seen posts/threads/comments about adding some foam inside to make them sit properly on my arm, but I still question whether or not I should rip these apart (used E6000) and trim the sides a little to tighten up the hand side of the forearm. I'll get a photo showing the width at my wrist the next time I sit down to work on this. Next I plan to tackle the legs. My question for folks is whether or not I should add the holster and other parts to the halves before gluing the shells together. I'm leaning toward assembling the part and then adding detail bits but I'm not sure if that's the most effective angle. Our Riot Shields arrived from Backstage Props. They were supposed to be included in the original shipment as an added bonus for all the preorders. BSP shipped them out with the replacement ab boxes that were originally shipped with a corner cut off.
  22. Ok, got out my gaskets and checked the sizing of the forearms. I need to keep reminding myself that these parts will fit differently than my current TK. These forearms aren’t nearly as enormous once the gaskets were in place. I glued 1 of the remaining edges on both forearms. I also glued one of the seams on the biceps. Tomorrow night, I’ll close up the arms. I had never actually unpacked the gaskets. Figured I’d put the shoulders on and see what the fit was like with the hot suit and tactical vest. The thighs and abs will be supported off the vest. I’m copying the support system used by one of our GML’s. I need to tighten up the top strap on the gaskets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  23. Thanks. I’ll look into those ideas when the time comes. I’m back to forearms tonight and I found the rest of my magnets. These forearms are incredibly wide as is. I’m going to need to trim the sides down. The clearest edge I see to trim is the straight edge that won’t be seamless. The clip side is my concern. How much space between the edge and the recessed spaces for clips is necessary? In these photos, the purple line is where I’m inclined to trim, the green line the point of concern. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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