Tee-Kay Fisto

Hello Again Another installment already. After ordering the kit from Jim started sourcing and ordering more goodies. Undersuit from Strormtrooperundersuit. As everyone has said about this suit, order bigger than you normally take. I ordered an XL and it is a good fit. Undersuit by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr I am excitedly awaiting the arival of my gaskets and neckseal from Teresa ( GEEKY PINK'S PHANTASTIC GASKETS). Hoping they will arrive this week to allow me to start sizing the armour. Ordered a leg holster from R2Dan and waiting on shipping. Contacted Darren (JAFO) about one of his fantastic belts and waiting on his next run. Ordered a machined aluminium Aerator from Vaderpainter, really nice piece of work. Aerator Tip by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Anyway on with the armour. Sprayed the armour with a filler primer Armour Primed by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Bit of a shocking look but good as it really shows up any imperfections once you start sanding Sanding Started by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Test Finish by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Tested a bit of white paint on one shin to get an idea of the surface finish in that last photo. Need to have more tests to get the finish how I want it. This means more sanding. Just great fun sanding armour. Three hours of sanding and two really sore arms later my helmet turned out nice and smooth Helmet Sanded by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Made my first cuts to the armour by rough cutting the eyes and vent holes. Very therapeutic after all that sanding. First Cuts by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Made repairs to the cracked limbs so that I can get started on finish sanding before priming and initial trimming. Got to say that I'm not looking forward to trimming this armour. Never worked with fibreglass before so a bit nervous. Bit like my TK build I suppose but got more confidence now. Repairs Starting by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr That's where we are now my friends. Starting nightshift tomorrow so not expecting much progress over the next 4 days. Oh, before I forget, we bought a 3D printer and it has been getting worked hard over the last 2 weeks. Been printing Germain's F-11D and SE-44C Blasters, Blasters, Blasters by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr With unquestioned loyallty Brian

Hello my White Clad Brothers and Sisters It's ages since I was active on here but it feels like coming home after a holiday. Been busy building ...... sorry for this , Black Armour!!!! After I got my approval and started trooping my wife saw what it was all about and decided to join the empire. We got hold of ....... again sorry for this, a Tie Pilot kit. We put the helmet and chest box together and Lynn sourced the rest of her costume and after making sure it was all done right she submitted and was cleared. She now troops at my side as TI91810. She has been bitten by the bug now and is now working on a Jawa. Boy how things have changed around here recently Anyway I digress. Like so many on here I had paid my money and (almost) happily waited for Anovos to ship their FO TK kits. With the delay announced I thought STUFF ANOVOS! I'd been gathering the parts for the build hoping against hope that Anovos would deliver. I know, I should have known better but I like to be optimistic. Imperial boots and gloves from a fellow garrison member who was selling. Imperial Boots by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Imperial Gloves by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Imperial gloves were a wee bit big but luckily another garrison member was parting with a pair of Endor Finder gloves in a better size. Endor Finders Gloves by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Looked at a couple of options in ABS and read reviews of several different kits and eventually settled on Jim Tripon's fibreglass kit. Ordered the kit and was surprised how quickly this happened BBB Day by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr TLJ Helmet by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr Armour by brian.mcdavid, on Flickr The chest plate was damaged in transit when it collapsed inwards. I contacted Jim to let him know that the kit had arrived and advise about the damage. Chest collapsed and a couple of cracks in the edges of some pieces. Jim immediatelly offered to replace the chest plate. The cracks are easily fixed but the chest would have been more difficult. New chest arrived less than a week later in perfect condition

Change that to LOTS more sandpaper (800 grit wet/dry is my first go to then up to 1500) I got a filler/primer spray paint for first coat and it was great for showing up imperfections as is is yellow and sticks in any cracks that you will have in the armour Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think I'm about a week ahead of you with my build. Got my kit from Jim last week and at the priming and sanding stage. Scottish weather is about as good as yours so I have the same issues for painting. Good luck with your build [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A very big bomb Nicholai. I needed something a bit smaller

Thanks for the info Daniel. I'll get a tent ordered. I have a massive list of things to order, from wet & dry paper to filler and fibreglass repair kit and beyond. Safety gear is all there already (courtesy of my employer [emoji6] ) I'll try and get my thread up and running before armour arrives to give myself a head start (I'll need it as we are doing a Jawa for wife at the moment too). Never enough time to do far too many things [emoji38] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey Daniel. I am stealing so much from your build for my own when all my stuff arrives. Deposit paid for armour so hopefully Jim will be casting soon. Gaskets ordered from Geeky Pinks gaskets on FB. I will be starting a thread soon asking lots of questions but for now I have one for you if you don't mind. You said you were doing much of your painting in a tent. Absolute genius move and I'm thinking that I will have to do the same due to horrible Scottish weather. I have been looking at the upright changing/shower tents but don't know if they would be large enough and just wondered what size of tent you used. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had seen this technique discussed several times across many different threads but this is brilliant. Thanks for putting this out there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is a fantastic build. I've just started researching FOTK builds of Jim's kit as I'm about to pull the trigger on buying one. Anovos obviously did their usual and started with their first of probably many delays of the FOTK kit. This is going to be a goldmine of information for me. Thanks for putting together such a great thread. And congratulations on taking your first build into the legion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Ted Had a root around and found the electronics. I was right about them being on the quiet side but you could probably fit a louder speaker. Blaster sound with red lights Stun sound with blue lights Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

^ ^ ^ ^. This. I've Han a couple of sets from Roy ( wannawanga ) and they are great Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A wife in a tie pilot flightsuit has lots of pockets [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Have only tested the electronics when they arrived, which is ages ago now. They are in one of the boxes of blaster parts that I keep adding to promising myself that I will start a blaster build this weekend, no next weekend, no next weekend, no next weekend. I'll have a dig around and give them another test for you Ted. If I remember correctly I thought they were a little bit on the quiet side but I will confirm this week. I'm working nights so please bear with me bud [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bought a couple of bits from him. I got his folding stock and the blaster electronics. Good parts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would love this to be shipped on time and you would think that Disney would want a load of FO troopers out and about in time for EPVIII hitting the cinema. Here's hoping

Oh boy is this going to be good. I will follow this with eager anticipation of what's coming next [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A small update. No closer to actually turning this into a build thread as time is still against me but ordered another set of t-tracks from Roy which arrived today. These will go on the sterling. I have the feeling the sterling conversion is going to be the first thing I tackle to get my blaster mojo burning again. Not going to post a picture of these as they are exactly the same as the first pictured above somewhere Hope to have more to post soon and hopefully it will be a bit more interesting. Cheers for now. Brian

My wallet has just gone up in flames! Thanks for that [emoji21] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah I had to do that too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

To be honest I don't know how much the screws were. I contacted Chris directly and asked him to quote me for the parts with postage and he gave me a bulk price. I haven't seen him listing them on any of his sales sites yet. Sorry mate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Christian. Just read through your conversion thread and IT is the awesome one.

Thanks Chris. I read your thread on many occasions. Just wish I could have been as organised as you. That goes for your armour build as well. I don't know if I will weather this one or not. My thought is to leave it as a standard for my future builds that way I can track my abilities via the medium of blasters I've ordered a Sheartech rubber blaster for trooping so this one will be the first one displayed.

WOW I've only just found your build Christian and I'm blown away. This is exactly the kind of information that I have been looking for for my upcoming sterling conversion. I have already made my scope rail according to your template, so thank you for that. Excelent work.

I've never done a doopy pipe kit but from the look of it there are only a couple of pieces that would be affected by the smaller ID, the bolt and the muzzle. I have heard of people trimming/sanding the back (unseen side) of the bolt to allow it to fit inside thick wall 40mm OD pipe. The muzzle should only need sanded a little to allow it to insert into the end of the pipe. Everything else fixes to the outside and have already been profiled to suit the diameter. The thicker pipe will be stronger and will allow for the drilling and cutting of all the holes better. Do a bit of searching on here and I'm sure you will find someone's thread showing how they have done it. Hope this helps you Craig Remember to start a build thread for your blaster and ask as many questions as you need. You will find that everybody will be happy to help you.

Thanks Brian. I'll obviously show more detail of the scopes when it comes time to start building. I wish I could get a couple of weeks off work to just get stuck into the pipe build. I'm hoping the sterling conversion wont take too long, it's only sticking a couple of things onto a gun right? At least I wont have to risk damaging any of my blasters once built as I've just ordered a rubber blaster for trooping with.