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Awesome! That would be much appreciated Josh .. keep me updated!

Hey guys, I know those Wilson helmet got real cheap and most of you guys found them at WalMart for around 8$ .. here, they are more like 30$ each .. so I was wondering if any of you has some close to you and could pick me 3 of em? I'd pay for the helmets, shipping and some more $$ for the trouble! I'd also just get the padding shipped, you could keep or throw away the helmet. Thanks .. Oh, and hopefully, get these before Halloween would be real cool! Keeping my fingers closed now! Al

I have Nath's (Runrriott) grade 3 and they're awesome .. can see real good. Actually, because I'm 6'3" and have a long neck, I'm one of those lucky guy show can have a pretty big field of view with the helmet on. I met a Vermont trooper at my last event here in Montreal .. and he said: "You know, you're the first guy I ever met that can turn his head all the way left and right and up and down .. that had us have a laugh!!!"

I can't convert my time building my armor in $$$ .. BUT, I would never pay for a finished kit myself as there's no chance it's ever gonna be built to par with my own standards and no armors will fit perfectly on 2 different persons. So as Gary said, no point in buying extra for pre-built/fit armor when you're gonna spend more time anyway fitting it to you .. My 0.02$

There's been thousands of pics posted on this site .. but I strongly suggest these: ----- lol

Don`t be affraid to remove enough around the eyes .. a lot of the current build threads currently going have people letting too much in the eyes .. there`s a lot of reference everywhere on this site to check! Cheers

Great work! Just take a little more off the eye slots .. you're not supposed to have any lips in there. Most people are affraid (so was I) to take too much but you're just not supposed to see that little lip all around. Post some pics

Hey everyone .. These are great lids .. but! I think you need to remove much more material in the eyes .. that lip that we see is not supposed to be there. Also, Liz, make sure to remove much more from the ears also .. I know it seems weird since you already have a gap but you'll need to take off more in the upper corner so that the concave curve gets on your lid tubes. Trim more little by little and you'll get the results!!! Here's some pics: http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?auto...=si&img=504 http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?auto...=si&img=840

I have an AP, and the same problem on my left (or is it right) boot always coming out under my calf. I know others have the same problem too .. it's not THAT problematic though, but what you could do is glue(snap) an elastic (read strap) in the calf, let's say 6" from the bottom that would go under your feet in the boot keeping them down .. just like those thumb handle coming out of the sleeves of snowboarding coats that goes inside the gloves to keep the snow from getting in. Not sure if that would work, but it is a suggestion ... I might try it! Mmm

Alright, PM your way Better not see you in FX now!

Dude, seriously, just go AP or TE2 You just WON'T regret it!! I'm at 6'3" 185lbs and AP fits just fine on me. I'm sure the fitting would be pretty much the same on TE2 .. I just never tried one! Check out my pictures here: ----------- Don't go FX as you will eventually want more. I can PM you the AP info only if you'll seriously consider it

Holy molly! There`s no way I can fire PM to all these people .. let me talk to AP first and see the exact details here .. then, I`ll see if I can resolve that queue of PM .. LOL .. I should ask a dollar per PM

That's exactly it .. people will put tons and tons of time on their MRCE to make it looks more accurate .. plus the material .. in the end, you can have "flawed" AP kit for around 160$ IIRC, and that one, you'll pretty much have nothing to do on it .. For me, time is money, and unless you evaluate your own time at 4$ an hour, my maths tell me that buying a MRCE for mod is not worth it. But again, this is a good practice and a great experience to begin with. Then, you end up catching the screen accurate disease and then you're fraked! :S Oh the time when I was ignorant and had a bank account!!!

OMG .. what a piece of junk!!! I hope people get educated enough so that they won`t sell a ton of this stuff ...

I wouldn't worry too much about placement .. I placed mine as low as possible on my own thigh since I'm pretty tall and it would help hide more black tissue between my ABS pieces ... strategic choice on my part! Like it was said, the peak is the bottom lip of the thigh.

Fired a PM your way.

Hey guys, The wait is gonna be worth it .. I finally found a good box to get my armor in Thanks again Scott!!!

To Nathan you listen. I have exactly the same thing on my AP .. Since I'm 6'3", my chest piece runs really high on the ab plate and the first few test I've done, the ab plate was coming out from under my chest so I simply put some velcro inside both the chest and ab plate, and an elastic band keeps them one tight over the other. Never had any problems since then!

I wear what I want, t-shirt, polo, board short, on foot, sandals .. whatever I feel like wearing. Hi, my name is Al, and I'm a game programmer

That`s a no for me .. My opinion is that I can`t stand the idealized look of it .. I just can`t! For me, it`s AP, TE, TE2, ... etc or nothing. But I do understand people on tight budget .. and ultimately, it`s still better then Bobble FX.

Thanks for the response Terrell! Yeah, I figured it was a question of paying the extra $$$ and is fully understandable. Great, I'm the biggest gallery user .. lol .. that doesn't surprise me at all .. man, have I posted pics here or not!!! I'll see what I'll do about all the pics .. I figured it would take me a whole week to go through all my posts and replace the pictures with external links .. argg. Not sure if I'll have the courage to do so! Cheers.

I drilled 2 holes in each Banker's clips. Then through the TD .. add 2 rivets through it all!!! I think that's the best and cleanest solution and pretty close to movie accurate .. here's a pic of mine: ----------

I'm curious, why is the photo gallery going? I can see all my build and tip thread suddenly going picture blank!!! And I really don't see any ways of converting all pictures to new link. Does that mean we're gonna end up with pictures empty threads? You guys planned anything for this?

I think the last window opened in June .. so since it's about every 3 months .. I'd take it September.

Mmm .. my guess is you didn't trim enough of your ear! Did you check Mike's excellent built tutorial? Or check any of the AP build tutorial? Check my helmet build thread too .. Unless AP changed the length of his screws, I have at least a 3/8" extra inside the bucket.