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Well up till 1am trimming last night lol - first forearm guard. I left a small amount of return edge at the wrist to help cover the dimple in behind as I thought it would look funny if exposed.

Thanks Mark - I was just penciling them in on mine just as you posted lol

Right then, moving on - the sniper knee plate. These are the back corners that I received which had me concerned earlier. They had to be squared edges so I drew lines to square them up taking off a little as I had to. After

I always have a plan (I've had months to think it out lol) And a lot of threads and PM's too

And they passed for Centurion too[emoji106]

Thanks mate - you brought up a valid point. When I checked other Centurion requests you can see an outer edge but as always I go back to the 501st CRL. Possibly it's there due to variation on molds to cover the gap and the ability to go Sand Trooper with the armor. No biggie if I have to fix later - I love adapting and over-coming it's in me blood lol

Stylin'n'profiling fellow trooper in training - absolute mint job on that armor transport!

This is my ab button detail "dry fit" compared to the CRL photo for ANH Hero - as we were discussing ealier and why I cut my ab buttons the way that I did (which was simply that I wanted to replicate whats in the CRL image) CRL for ANH Hero Ab plate - http://databank.501st.com/databank/File:TK_anh_stunt_ab.jpeg

I'll grab the suds lol

Many thanks to all for your support and comments - all are greatly appreciated!

Just remember brother, we are our own worst critiques - and don't let all the little details take away from enjoying your build - almost everything is fixable. Let's go practice karate in the garage again lol

I was going off the picture from the CRL and didn't see a lip in the picture but ya totally correctable if need be.

My paste took longer cause I didn't chop mine up fine enough lol it was still really lumpy and wanted it liquid like.

Stellar work on that notch! Knew you could do it all along [emoji106]

Ab buttons

Shin Guards

Here's some more trimming... There is no such thing as garbage sir!

Keep it up mate!

Heavy Bic's pickle jar - do it in a highly ventilated area and when mixing over the days. While closed the jar builds a small amount of pressure inside the jar from the chemical reaction that will waft out fumes. Just a heads up!

Now the work isn't done, but has to wait for now as I need to get some finer grit sand paper to complete the finishing touches and a hit of Novus polish.

After the magic...

I used approx 1 to 1-1/2 ratio Acetone to ABS scraps. The paste took about 2-1/2 days to reach a nice liquid consistency. I stirred the mixture twice a day during this time wiping the stir stick on a rag to act as tests then checking on how much time it took to dry and what the dried result looked like. I ended up adding a little more abs to make the paste similar to the consistency carpenter's glue and it took about 5 min to become pliable, and dried in approximately 15 min. While it was applied to my teeth I used the back side of my fingernail to smooth out the paste and remove extra. Once set, I started gently filing area and... well take a look - stuff is magic freakin force superstitious stuff.