ShadyP

would adding the return edge made from sintra and coated in an epoxy and bondo work? I'm trying to wrap my head around options for this that don't involve needing a new piece of plastic from someone else.

I would expect it to be a few months before they are shipping any new parts from new molds. But I'll reach out to him just in case.

thanks Tony. I'll have to figure out how to add one back. I certainly have a ton of scrap ABS to work with. I think I have your metal shoulder tabs in my pile of supplies. Is that tab in the photo the same way yours are attached?

Well, I guess I’ll have to put the yoke on and take a photo when I get back to VT on Wednesday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, shucks. That’s going to be difficult. Would you mind snapping a picture of yours so I can see what the problem is. As you said, the CRL makes no mention of this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, I cut the yoke out right on their trim lines. I take it I need to add a return edge? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They didn’t really leave much there and I didn’t think to leave excess beyond the trim line until I finished these two. I haven’t cut the connecting ridge piece out yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The back plate and TD plate are separate pieces. I stood them up together for the photo. I have no idea if I’ll fit into this thing without any seams. I’m leaning toward needing to cut the back as you said. I went ahead and trimmed off that excess on the chest. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I thought the black pauldrons were all distributed! Had no idea those were still mostly missing. I don’t recall your pauldron build, I’ll check that out when my kids hit the sheets tonight. The 3 of us with this BSP kit are toying with the idea of making unofficial green mountain pauldrons with these small ones. I’ll take that extra return off the chest tonight before packing this back up until next weekend. Thanks for the info. This is the box still needing to be cut out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Trimming, trimming, and more trimming. I feel like I’m over the hump in terms of cutting these out. My right hand is rather swollen from my scissors so I’m going to call it on cutting until I get back to VT later this week. I intentionally left some extra plastic on the sides of the center abdomen armor. I’m not sure if I’ll need to shim anything yet so figured it was safe to keep a bit. How much of a return edge is needed on the outer chest armor? Again, I left more than I think is needed. The details are crisp. The lower back parts are very nicely shaped to fit together. I haven’t cut out the TD yet but it slides right into the rails like a glove. I only roughly cut out the pauldron BSP sent. It’s much too small. Here are some photos comparing to the Anovos FO pauldron. If this BSP is used as a base for leather on top, it could be perfect. That’s out of my wheelhouse, so I’m just going to drop this thing in my bin of extraneous parts. Maybe a short FOTK will be able to use it at some point? Now lastly, because I’m a child. You can all look at my crotch. I think this will work for TLJ. If not, I’ll sort something out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Once the seams are bondo’d the cover strip appearance may go away. Here are a few pics of the overlapping halves for both sides. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Trimming. My fingers can’t handle any more trimming tonight. I got the legs all cut out and about half of the arms. Overall, the trim lines are great. The ABS is pretty inconsistent in terms of thickness. It never gets “too thin” but it’s definitely thicker in some places. The leg parts all have fabulous tabbed sides that fit great together and will make glueing fantastically easy. I need to go check other builds and pictures for return edges on the hand side of the forearms. I’m not sure how much of this to cut off yet, so I didn’t. The upper recess, looks deeper depending on the angle. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alright alright alright. This is actually going to become a build thread now. Since I am building a TLJ FOTK, might have to move this thread to the other forum. The kits have been delivered and sorted into 3 sets. My plan for this weekend is to get it all trimmed. Then when I return from Pittsburgh on Wednesday I can start glueing. I don’t have photos of every piece at the moment. I did take these. The forearm recess at the top is rather shallow but no depth is mentioned in the CRL so I’m not concerned at the moment. The pauldron is small. The last photo is my Anovos pauldron laying on top of the BSP. The sizing is somewhat comical, though anyone smaller than me may be able to use it. As you can see, one of the AB boxes was hacked during BSP’s trimming process. They’ve agreed to send replacements though I haven’t a clue how long that will take get here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The rationale for the delayed shipment provided is "I am so pissed off by the former forwarder. Took the boxes and quoted super high rate. Take time to settle down shipping issue. Now it ship by ups. You could have it soon. So sorry." It looks like BSP bit the bullet and paid outrageously high shipping rates to get these kits to me in 2 days from Taiwan. We may have had a bumpy road on this project thus far, but BSP is maintaining their reputation. I can't wait to see these tomorrow. I'll post up pictures and unboxing video's

I was sent a tracking number at 3AM this morning. The UPS tracking info shows label created 10/14/19 and delivery on 10/16/19. They claim these were shipped 3 weeks ago but the label was created yesterday, that speaks volumes to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've ordered stuff from international sellers before and understand the long travel times. The thing that is killing me is their refusal to provide details, things like what courier they are using and a tracking number. I'm shocked honestly that what should be a simple piece of data to provide is causing me so much anxiety. I'm going to dial my focus into getting D-O driving around. That should distract me from the pile of FOTK parts collecting dust.

Well, it's been two weeks since BSP told me these kits shipped. I don't have them. BSP has thus far not provided any details on the shipment. No tracking number, not even the name of the shipping service they are using. Instead they merely tell me that the boxes have shipped and that "I should see the delivery soon." I understand all to well that international shipping takes awhile, however no purchase of this value should be dispatched without sufficient tracking information. Without it, neither myself nor BSP have any proof against lost or stolen goods. I know BSP has a strong track record of producing and distributing quality armor. I'm hesitant to refer people to them due to this lack of shipment information. Hopefully my nervous wait will end soon.

well, BSP tells me that the boxes have been shipped to me but thus far they have not provided any tracking info. I'm hesitant to get my hopes up but maybe these will arrive shortly. I've got 3 sets of this armor being shipped to me. Two of my squad mates are going to be building along with me. I'm not sure if we'll all use this build thread or if they will start their own. This FOTK will be their first FISD submission.

there has to be a market for a FOTK themed banana hammock. I don't know that I want to see that market... but its got to exist.

Yeah, I figured it’s too good to be true. Just means I need to get this together quickly once it arrives. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

upon inspecting the TFA and TLJ crl's, the image for the cod is the exact same image. I checked the URLs for both, and it points to the same file. So with that in mind, according to the CRL, this cod will be fine

These lenses are a bit foggier than my TFA was but I don't mind. I'm mostly amped about my glasses actually fitting in a helmet! I've been a mostly blind TK for a couple years now. I'm hoping to get this kit to lvl2. I haven't finished those updates to my ANH yet and figure it's easier to do while constructing than it is after the fact.

I mentioned having a new helmet and haven’t shown it off! Time to correct that mistake. The padded interior lining was a nice surprise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Kevin Snow is our GML and we've been chatting about this for about as long as I've had it on pre-order. We're going to see what the shape of the cod is once cut out and make a decision from there. If I need to get a new one from KB, worse things have happened. The fact that this kit might actually be shipping his weekend is a miracle all of itself.

Well, after a few years of waiting and looking at the other parts starting to collect dust in my closet BSP appears ready to ship these out. They sent me this photo late last night of the kit. It looks, well, difficult. It also appears to have a metal holster clip included which may make the one I already have able to be sold to someone else. We shall see. What I don't see in this image is the riot shield they said all preorders were shipping with. I'm not terribly bothered by that, but I'll ask them about it. Hopefully this kit can be altered to use for a TLJ build. I think all that needs to be adjusted is the cod. I'll greatly appreciate anyone with info about that. -------------