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All TK’s welcome and others too of course. Happy Trooping. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In the end any blaster can break as resin and even metal ones are not indestructible. Perhaps an advantage for 3D prints is an increase of accuracy, ability to print replacement parts and the decrease of printer costs. It is possible to increase the infill or print with other materials like ABS and PETG which may affect durability. With chemical welding mine is pretty solid but expecting one day something will happen that will require repair or replacement.

Nothing specific in the CRL, I’d consider a few centurion examples and cut small increments until you are happy. Check occasionally with your GML. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not sure on the gap, just need the sniper knee to be in front of thigh armor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Remember to keep sniper knee from getting behind thigh armor. Some add padding to back of thigh armor so it stays closer in the front. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well this makes me feel slow. Ha ha. Given my issues with larger limbs I was on and off for 7 months to finish my build. I've heard others take as much as 2 years with BBB returning to a closet often. It's best to see each small task as an accomplishment and eventually you will have enough done for your basic application. Then there is just the constant repair and improvement which is less pressure than finishing the build.

Below may not be consideration for basic but just some notes for future improvements. Arms will look better with small adjustment to spacing to even out the balance a little more. Some space between forearm and hand guard will save rubbing and damage to hand guard from posing with blaster, mine started to rip soon after started trooping. You could consider reducing the bottom of the bicep and forearms to give a more tapered look.. Opening at the bottom should be just big enough for your arm/hand to pass through with all return edge removed. After some trooping I decided to increase the overlap of my chest and ab pieces, when moving and posing I found the chest plate to raise too much and lose the overlap. It looks like you could lower your chest piece for the same purpose and give you a bit of space around your neck. It's helpful to always check back to CRL, my advice is from limited personal experience.

You can compare to the CRL but you want all the back pieces to be together with minimal gap. With the ab connected to kidney that might set the height of your butt plate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had the same issues with my forearms, added a V gap and was able to keep cover strips within centurion ranges. Also a hot bath with boiling water to reshape helped a lot, careful not to burn yourself or get armor too soft. If you have any questions you can ask them here or PM me. That sniper knee placement looks great, many hope Mark will make a post or video to help us with keeping it center and level.

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Looking forward to seeing another AP armor in the making.

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You can clean up the top of the biceps by removing the return edge, also the smaller they are the easier it is to close gap between bell and chest. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

3D printed blaster have improved with new free plans available for download. See my signature for link to 3D build and later comments for newest plans. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome to the forums. Best place to start is some of the basic advice threads. Also take a close look at the CRL images and text. For basic you will need to match those requirements. In the ANH build threads check some of the pinned threads especially from Ukswrath. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Usual warning on label but reasonably safe to use. I tried to limit how much I used it indoors and skin contact but when caught few drops on me or smelled it didn't effeerrct mmemee me atts alls.

You can try Methylene Chloride ( dichloro methane ), it works like Acetone on ABS and will melt and smooth the PLA. I used it on my blaster to both weld pieces together and to smooth out print lines.

Looks great, sorry but I am not familiar enough with FOTK to comment otherwise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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It’s about 0.6 kg, pretty light compared to others I have seen on troops. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Final pictures of my blaster. A few minor things that I might work on later is putting cover over numbers in counter and some kind of lens in sight.

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Great to see another AP in the works. The community here is great and will offer a lot of support and advice. While it appears you are a much taller and large men that myself I can relate to your issues and can be seen in my poorly organized build log. Thankfully I was able to avoid shimming my thighs, shins and forearms ( barely ) by using a gap and filling it with scrap abs. My cover strips are still within range of Centurion if I ever get my sniper knee to align enough. Working now to improve my should bells but there is a chance I will need to buy a larger set from Walt at WTF. I'm still green but I can offer some advice from my limited experience. This advice should not be followed unless a more seasoned member can verify. The gap between thighs and ab is not ideal but I don't think it will stop you from basic approval. I can see the shim in the back of the thighs putting the cover strips at weird angles. Maybe taking a little from the back to raise them up would help. Also, remove all return edges as suggested in post from justjoseph63. It is a requirement to have chest plate overlap the ab plate, so if this can't be done you are going to be stuck. Purchasing a larger chestplate is possible and would help down the road with should bell gap. In a drastic step, you could squeeze out a few more mm or cm by adding a shim under the belt but would want to keep proper position of the belt under the ab plate buttons. I've seen this kind of cut done to help shorter troopers shorten the ab but maybe could help you with both upper overlap and thigh gap. I'll be honest, I'm very happy with AP product and support with many compliments on helmet design from others. Mark's molds can accommodate most larger waist sizes but can be a challenge in other areas for larger troopers. I still recommend AP to those that ask about where to start but caution them if they are larger than me about building to fit.