jmschak

I also already have all the bits I need, so like Btabc, I am also not in to win. Let the parts go to someone who needs them. That said, my 50ish words: One of my earliest memories is watching the Stormtroopers pouring into the Tantive IV and thinking they looked awesome. Once approved, I will be representing an IP that has has profoundly affected my life. I owe it to that first wave to do it right. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

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Repainted traps, tears and ears. Turned out much better this time. I'm happy enough with it, anyway. Pic dump: Tube stripes are decals, everything else is hand painted. Obviously, I still need to put the hovis in, but I have UKSwrath's kit, and those will go in almost last. No pics, but second side of forearms and first side of biceps are E6000'ed and curing tonight.

Tiny update. Wife's best friend is visiting. My nerd cave is also our guest room and it's way too hot to spend a lot of time in the garage. So, I don't really have a place to work on this right now. Doing little things where I can. I'm probably going to have to repaint these, if for no other reason than I know I can do better.

Pre-drilled holes on the helmet for the bottoms of the earcaps didn't quite line up right, and was causing some internal scrunching (to use a very technical term). Much tweaking later, the Lothar look is gone. No pics, but quite a bit of time was also spent sanding the opening so my ears don't get snagged when putting it on. Hopefully more progress on the rest of it soon. Edit: autocorrect is a fickle, fickle horrible thing.

For brick and mortar store paint sourcing, HobbyTown USA had everything I needed for the TK. Testor's only, though. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

BBB day was way back in March. For various reasons, the said box has been sitting in my garage untouched. Lots of other stuff going on between work and other projects. Plus, the box represented 40 years of childhood hopes and dreams and I was still a little terrified of jacking it up. Turns out the fear was largely unfounded. "Not jacking it up" being a priority, I spent the extra money to get my kit trimmed. At the inaugural unboxing at an armor party over the weekend, most of the pieces appear to require very little, if any, addituonal trimming to fit. I'm kicking myself a bit now for not starting sooner, but it is what it is. Started on the bucket last night. More to follow. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Awesome! Congrats! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

This has been a pretty awesome thread to follow. The fact that you're brand new to this and so far seem to have nailed it gives me a lot more confidence for when I start mine. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Granted, I have zero experience, but your build seems to be going fairly quickly. I can't wait until my kit shows up so I can get started on it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Glad you're ok. I, too, recently decided to join after years of thinking about it and periodic lurking on the forums here. My AP kit should be arriving in less than a month. In the meantime, I'll be doing the living vicariously thing here. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I ordered mrnostripes strap kit. How much of the nylon, snaps, etc does that allow me to skip? I assume I'll still need a few snaps and at least a little bit of elastic for the shoulder bells and for closing the ab/back plates. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

Well, I have kind of narrow feet, but excellent point regarding extra socks. Even Texas gets cold sometimes.

I noticed a couple of times here that someone has mentioned ordering a size larger from TKBoots. Is that simply a UK vs US sizing difference, or do they actually run small?

Finally made it to the end! So much info. I admit, I broke before I finished and contacted Mark at AP to get some info. Broke a little more and plunged in. But, at 5'11" & 165 with a 36 inch waist (when did that happen?), I'm pretty sure I made a solid choice. I'm actually giddy and can't wait to get started!