TK-42775

So I retired after 22 years in the Army, (Did a tour in Iraq, and was stationed in Kuwait) and I have a question, Does trooping restore some of the lost sense of camaraderie that we all feel after getting out?

Faceplace at 75% Complete, Just need to repaint the front and it's complete (Yes It magnetically locks to the rest of the Bucket, Video to be posted) Sill trying to get the ear bumps right, (Note Bondo hardens really fast if you use to much red stuff..... But I found a use for it)

A little more work today...... BBB needs to hurry up, LOL Before After ohhh Shiney

+1 for E-11 Build. No idea how im gonna make this work. Yes, That is an Actual Folding stock from a Sterling MG

No. Brought it before I started reading the forum's. The decision to mod it came after, because I like a challenge.

There's bit a pieces of the build that will come off of this. clamping, magnets, Having to resize everything to fit a smaller frame, E6000 (I already hate this stuff) granted its all not the same, but it adds to my skill set as a whole.

Well, On the R1 Helmet, it's kinda my test bed for a lot of things before I get in to the actual armor, Bondo, Paint, E6000 (@Cricket, OMG ITS EVERYWHERE!!!) Magnets. Dunno if I'll try it in My L1 submission, But I don't want any Hiccups on my armor so I want to get my build skills down before BBB. More PICS!!!!! Magnetic Faceplate work continues Hard Drive magnets, Yeah I think its gonna hold..... Face plate is coming along nicely Bondo, More is better Sigh, Why does one side have to come out better than the other Improvise Adapt and Over come Man these look great ooooooohhhhhh LBB (Little Brown Box) WHATS IN IT!!! BOOTS, And they fit great

Boots get delivered TODAY!!!!!!! Haven't really found too much on painting armor on the forums and one got a direction I can look?

Helm - Mod in progress Armor - Ordered, Not shipped Boots - Ordered, En-route, Due for Delivery Today!!!!!!!! E-11 - Ordered, En-route (Hasbro, Going to order a hyperfirm, which I should have done in the 1st place.........) So quick update, I managed to snag a pair of boots from TK's Boots, super excited about that. Did some more work on the bucket last night, Full disassembly and ran though a few Ideas in my head. It looks like I'm going to be able to pull off the removable face plate, by combining a few peoples idea's (Cricket if your reading this, I couldn't have come up with a design with out your posts) The reason for using the R1 Helm just comes down to size. I will probably build the AP helm after the fact just to have a second bucket Ready For paint Hovi Mic tips, Still need to build the insides and paint Frown Screen in (Really liked how this came out More sanding, Think I'm just gonna go get some bondo........

So The break down on my Build, I will endeavor to post Pics along the way. Helmet - AP with UKWratihs Armor - is Authinticprops (6 Weeks out, Got the trimmied package) Boots - TKboots (Received and they are great) E-11 - 1st one will be modified sterling SMG Airsoft w/ doopydoo's and Kit https://www.evike.com/products/61969/ And the burning question I have, Paint the armor gloss white or Polish ABS? Polish ABS (Winning answer) So I may have gotten a little carried away tonight, after reading wook's dirty, and crickets builds and quite a few others, I decided to take my R1 Helm and modify it. here's a few pics. and the 1st injury LMAO. Also early thanks to Sarge, and Cricket repository of all my pics https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Fq5G_WbYYEiMOyh1dNyZ1MP98CX3h61k Front of R1 Bucket Filling in the back side of the R1 helm You can see how the side vents are wrong and are countersunk Filling in the vents to make them flush initial work on the Hovi Mic's (Im really going for broke on the helm, its a lil bigger than actual but given my Nugget it barley comes on and off) Now I know why band-aids are on the list.......

is it just me or does the AP stuff look a lot cleaner/ sharper?