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Agreed. Looks incredible!

oh that's a really interesting method. does the strap go through the gasket at some point then? I should probably just take another look at your build thread haha!

Just to clarify, you mean from the biceps to the shoulder bell? For the forearms, I don't think I have a lot of room to trim them because of the detailing on the back. I suspect if I can add strapping to keep my biceps up they won't touch. Re the ab/belt tilt, I noticed that in the photos as well. I have scoliosis so my right hip naturally sits higher than my left, so I think that's probably why. I'm not sure I'll be able to do too much about it, but I'll see. It's not as pronounced in other photos so I think it's more of a dressing issue, or things shifting around.

Not sure if it's a dressing issue, eg the legs just have to be tucked into the boots more, but from the back the legs of the flight suit seem a touch too large. It's not a form fitting suit, but if you look at this still from the show you can see the legs seem less baggy:

So last night I finally tried on the entire suit (minus knee armor, spats, and some other details) and this is the first time I'm actually feeling like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. First I couldn't get the shins on, so I tried with everything else. (These are all screenshots from a video because I didn't have anyone taking photos.) I didn't mean for my hair to be sticking out :) Then I finally managed to in slip into the shins and boots, but the shins were not held closed by anything: A few observations: - It's been a recurring problem that the back plate wants to rotate forward. Honestly I think it's partly that the back is very slightly undersized, but I like the way it looks and I also don't want to reprint it, so I'm going to try to make it work. I have some foam to keep the top away from my back, so I'll add some more, but I'm also thinking of adding magnets to keep it attached to the TD plate. It might also resolve itself once I have an attachment between the sides of the chest and back. - Shoulder bells seem way too large - Shins seem a little long/big. Probably could use some more heat shaping, but I'm going to try trimming them down from the top as well. - Some overlap still between thighs and butt (although it's hard to see because my butt plate is black). - How do you all attach the biceps? Is it just the velcro on the gaskets or do you strap it to the shoulder bells? And for your enjoyment, a blooper reel: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tii1HRxApUk737Jw9 Clearly my (temporary) Velcro is insufficient to hold the chest plate on :) There's still a lot of work to do, but I'm feeling excited.

I'm also not seeing all the photos. This isn't a CRL I'm very familiar with at all, but besides some minor dressing issues (belt, knees) it looks great. Fantastic job on the finish/painting. Might be good to include some closeups of armor pieces for additional feedback.

I also printed up the holster base from MrPoopie / @TheRascalKing's holster files and it was a perfect fit. Much nicer than sanding a curve into the block I printed initially.

I trimmed the thighs down a lot, and used the scraps to reinforce the posterior piece. It's much stiffer now, in a good way: Per Tony's feedback, I also cut the thickness of the ab boxes down quite a lot. Annoyingly, the huge globs of milliput I used got in the way of the new shorter boxes, so I had to dremel them down as best I could. This also means I'll probably just end up gluing the boxes on that I had to cut the nylon bolts off of. But I do think they look much better now.

Golden Gate Garrison's GML is the one who will ultimately approve, but if you want feedback from the detachment you can post in the pre-approval section to get feedback from folks here.

Yes I'm definitely worried about cutting them down too much so I will do it in stages. thanks!

Yes looking at the photos they do seem a bit bulky. I'll see what I can do to cut them down. Thanks, Tony! The only tough thing is that KB and has little square bumps, not indents, for each belt box and it was already a little tough fitting them over. I will do my best.

Ah like they are too thick? I hadn't noticed before. I'll check out some more reference photos, thanks! Unfortunately one is super glued on already but I can probably rip it off if necessary 😅 Edit: I misremembered - it's just E6000! So all boxes are removed now. Will work on trimming them down.

My daughter has also been 'helping' with my build :)

Some more miscellaneous updates: I cut down the sides of the ab piece a lot and it's much more comfortable: Despite what I'd said before about the posterior piece, I am actually going to go with the 850 posterior; even with a lot of heat shaping, the KB one is just too big. I went ahead and added the snaps to the top of the posterior, and I will add a lot of ABS to the back of it to reinforce the extremely thin plastic. I also did the strapping for both the posterior and cod: I also added a couple magnets to the TD back plate to keep it in place. Now it snaps into place with a very satisfying clack: I also reused some of the extra strapping from the shoulder gaskets to make shoulder straps from the ab piece: After trying the torso on a bunch of times, I'm strongly considering cutting the shoulder gaskets down a bunch in order to remove a lot of the bulk. Any reason I shouldn't? Next big step will be to cut down the tops of the thighs a bunch since they're too long. Slow and steady progress!

Super exciting! Looking forward to watching your progress. Presumably all the new Disney shows moving forward will be based on R1 TKs so I'm sure we'll see much much more of this style suit in the coming years.

Here are my thoughts on ab trimming. In addition to the top, I noticed I left quite a bit of material at the lower kidney so I'll probably trim it. I noticed in other builds that there is some space between the bottom of the kidney and the top of the posterior, whereas mine currently overlap. The bottom pic was taken in 2019 and the top pic was taken last night - you can see how much the ab yellowed by me letting it sit out in my garage (which has windows.) Some additional random progress: Here is one shoulder tab and the shoulder strapping snap installed: I forgot I haven't yet sanded the outside of the yoke (the way I printed it, that was the part on top of supports) so that will be slightly unfun to finish: I also used my trusty heat gun to reshape the posterior. I'll probably do a bit more. I was originally going to use an 850 posterior piece since it's smaller but the plastic is paper thin so I decided against it. Here's a comparison of both pieces prior to reshaping:

You want the link to end with ".jpeg" or something similar. On my phone for example if I click on this link: https://imgur.com/a/E2epFbQ then long press on the image and select "open image in new tab", then in my new browser tab I will have the link https://i.imgur.com/xT3PA3f.jpeg (left as link for demonstration purposes). If I copy and paste that link (the one that ends with .jpeg), the board will convert it to an image. I have an Android phone running Chrome but with iOS or a different browser it should be similar.

If you open the image in a separate tab and paste the direct link to the jpeg it should work:

A few questions after some test fitting: 1) Where do you trim the edges of the posterior plate? ie how far around the sides of the body does it go? 2) Does the bottom need to have any return edge? I may want to trim mine down a bit. 3) Does anyone have any good guides for the shape of the tops of the thighs? Should I try to follow the shape of the cod and posterior pieces as much as possible? I'm going to have to trim them down quite a bit, I think. I already trimmed the sides of the ab down under the armpit area but I think I'm going to trim it even more because I have to hike it up quite high in order for the cod and posterior to not be way too low, and besides being quite uncomfortable, you can actually see it peeking out under my armpits.

The rear helmet shouldn't need too much trimming, maybe just cleaning up the opening at the bottom. Where the front and rear overlap is going to be covered by the ear so it doesn't matter too much what it looks like. I'd hold off trimming too much before you get the rough placement correct. There isn't any particular requirement for belt box thickness for Centurion. About 3/4" is fine and what you have there looks good. You'll probably find vs Lancer there's a lot less of holding rulers up to your armor for Centurion. :)

Ah, good idea.

One bit of progress. I sewed the elbow and shoulder gaskets together for ease of dressing. Since I didn't want to take everything apart, I just hand sewed it. Also strangely I like the way the shoulder gaskets fit me better when I wear them backwards, so that's how I'm wearing them in the photo. I added a couple elastic straps at the now-back. I ordered the gaskets with additional strapping for the shoulder/torso, but it's a bit too bulky for me so I dismantled it and will be reusing the strapping to hold up the ab, and I separated the waist belt to hold up the thighs. [X] Sew the elbow and shoulder gaskets together [ ] Shoulder strapping [ ] Ab strapping [ ] Shoulder/bicep strapping [ ] Thigh strapping [ ] Temp butt strapping [ ] Temp cod strapping [ ] Temp helmet padding [ ] Temp chest/back connection

Oh that would be great! Somehow I missed those. I will PM you my email address.

Made a quick shoulder tab in Tinkercad: You'll notice it overlaps the cutout for the shoulder strapping so I may modify and reprint it, or just adjust the slot/tab positioning. But should work out well. In the last photo you'll also see some markings where I am considering cutting down the shoulder bell. KB v1 kits are known to have oversized shoulder bells, and I have a friend with a Denuo Novo kit who is going to lend me a shoulder bell so I can compare the sizing.

Unfortunately since it's a paid set of files, I wouldn't feel right uploading it to the forums here.