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Peter , that is awesome work ! And only 2 hours ! Well done mate

Thanks Scott , everyone , you guys make me proud to be part of the best detachment in the 501st . Scott , I've got the lenses out of my bucket now , and I'm off to the shops to see if I can pick up a couple of money clips . As always , a work in progress ...

Paul , thanks heaps . It's really great to hear comments from the people who understand the need to improve on the basic model . Most of the TK's I know are happy as Larry with a basic kit , and good luck to them . I like to get it as right as possible . If I knew when I was buying what I know now , I'd have spent my dollars on a TE /TE2 / AP kit and been done with it . I've been waiting on a set of "screen accurate " bells to come from the UK since Feb , but so far ... nothing .I've been putting off my application for Elite status for so long , I couldn't wait any longer . When they finally get here , I'll be a happy lad

Bernard , you my be right , hope this helps . They are from Ruff Terrain . The photo doesn't do them justice , it washes them out a bit . Yeah , the holster aint bad ... some bloke by the name of Bernard whipped it up for me in his spare time Boss , I've just thieved a new set of thighs . I'll cut them less , but this set is really comfortable . And yeah , I love my E11 . It took me months to make , and cost me way too much money

Post number 2 Hmmm , I really should have dropped one on the last post . Oh well , such is life . Hopefully I've got everything right , but I await the word from my peers . David .

Hi , brothers and sisters . I've been working on this for some time , and finally got my act together . Please have a look and tell me what you think . I'm a bit bent in some pics , I tore my right quad a couple of days before , and was having trouble standing straight . I hope you can see my butt crack in that shot if not , I'll get a better shot . Oops , I've tried to post too many pictures .... double post it is

Hehe , Paul , thanks for adding those extra age brackets in . I don't feel so old now Like quite a few others here , I saw Star Wars in the theatre when I was 12ish , so that makes me what , ... 43ish ? I'd like to say that I'm having a mid life crisis , but I'm the same child I've always been . The only difference is that I have more disposable income now

Nice work , Greggy ! You've been a busy lad

Well ... when I logged on , I had no idea that I would learn so much information that I'll store away in my meagre brain, and never use again ... Thanks to you good people , there is no need for me to step outside the house and commune with the common folk today , my day is complete !!!

What's holding me up ? Mostly , just that I'm a lazy bugger . I have everything done , but I don't have a camera , and I keep forgetting to get people to take photos for me . We are having a mini armour bbq tomorrow , so maybe I'll get some pictures .

Indeed , this is true . What I think it shows though is that no matter what the actual numbers were , there were really no hard and fast rules when they were making these props . They were making them to a very small budget , and as most of them were only for the background troopers , they didn't really need to be consistent . It is only now that we have hi definition capabilities that we can see any of this detail . I'm fairly sure that back then , they didn't really care , as long as the bloke in the white armour looked like he had a kick a very impolite person laser gun in his hand . For me though , my E-11 has all the bells and whistles I can fit on it

Just had a look at Parts of Star Wars ( thanks to the 2 Chris's for all their work ) , and according to them there were 8 different versions of the E11 in ANH . 5 had the cylinders , 4 of these had Hengstlers , and only 2 had the wires . I suppose by the time the propmakers had finishes making them , they didn't really give a damn if they had wires on them or not . Here's a pic from there , showing the wires , but it doesn't really help too much .

It's as good an excuse as any Congrats , Paul . Job well done

I'd love to , but ...the blokes with the shiny badges are not fans of you taking photos ... not where it counts ...

Yep , those of us in Oz are waiting ... I work 15 minutes from Fox Studios in Sydney ( where Eps II and III were filmed , and where the series , if it ever happens , is supposed to be being filmed at ) , and I know a few folk who work there , and at this stage there is nothing happening . But .... I went for a wander through the place last night , and there are some very large , very empty , sound stages there atm . Us local 501st live in hope

Well , I can report that Troy does in fact have a lovely workshop , and he does have have a box filled with lovely AP bits . The box almost got into my car , but I was intercepted before I could get away Hop to it Troy !!!

Matt , count me in as interested . I've got a couple of buckets to do . Dave .

That's TD's for you . They are an uncouth bunch Keep up the photo's !!!

*takes seat and waits for keg . passes round the peanuts* Thanks to all concerned , this has been the most interesting thread I've read anywhere , in a loooong time

My AP / FX combination is perfect . No difference at all

Thanks for all your work , Paul . You've done a kick-a very impolite person job Good luck with the new job ! Dave .

Hehe , you went to a Motor show in armour ? Nice work ! And lets face it , we are always on duty

It's a horrid chemical smell , I think it must be some sort of pesticide or something they put on for the export market . Mine stank for ages , but I've had them for 4 months now , and it has gone away

Some card machines require you to put the security number in , otherwise they don't work . Depends on how the bank has set it up I think . The one where I work needs it whenever the card isn't swiped , ie phone or internet sales . CABoots are fine to deal with

Yay Brad !! Good on you , mate So , when are we going to see you trooping in clean white ?