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I looked over the ab/kidney rivet spacings and I am at 55mm between each one and 20 mm from the top. I followed Uswrath's rivet spacing for when he did his Anovos build. They do line up it's just difficult to get them there and I think it's due to the back being short. If I get the chance I will put the body on tomorrow to show what I am dealing with there. I do appreciate that link though, lots of visual help that I love to see. I know when it comes to projects like these It's great to have visuals.

Thank you so much justjoseph63 for the reply and helpful tips that you have provided I absolutely agree with you there! I should look at this as a project that has no due date, just have fun with it and learn from everything that I do. I am just so excited and I need to reign it in and take a deep breath. As for pointing out the return edges being removed from the forearms I would have never thought of removing them completely. Not a bad idea because I could feel the forearms being a little tight when I tested the return edges not existing, I also could barely fit my hand through due to them as well. Yikes, I never thought about that. Reading that made me instantly want to go fix that issue now. So NOVUS is what I have been seeing people having in the background of full kit sales. I would have never noticed that was for polishing because I have never heard of it. I really appreciate all the tips and I will be taking them to mind as I continue this journey to the 501st. I appreciate the first thing you pointed out because it helps me know that I need to slow down and enjoy the build. The pictures that you included are amazing! I would probably be scratching my head for hours trying to figure out what you meant for some parts when it came to cutting out the return edges. Thank you so much! I am sure everyone has felt the same way i feel now on their first build and that is the fear of making an irreversible mistake. Going to start working on the forearms right now, then move on to fixing those scary points on the thighs

Hopefully I am posting this in the right place and that I am following the rules, if I am not, let me know. I can't believe that 4 days ago I finally got my own Anovos TK set. I bought it from a friend who had pretrimmed it before he handed it over to me. I looked it over and everything looked great, so after laying everything out I decided to start working on it. Being the impatient person that I am I would jump the gun on some things and find myself having to fix my mistakes. Right now I feel pretty good about where I am on it, I have been following Uswrath's guide and it has been so very helpful. I will only be going for the level 2 certification right now but, plan to make changes in the future. I will post a photo of everything that I am going to be talking about because I do need some tips on handling things and to check that I am on the right path. At this point I have the thighs glued and drying on the front right now and plan to do the back tomorrow. I have done both forearms but, I did not trim them to hide the return edge with the cover strip, I did that with the thighs due to them rubbing. Next I have a single bicep done, for some reason it seems that Anovos sent 2 right back bicep pieces so the other one does not want to fit together. I think that I am going to need to do a hot water bath for this, but I am a little worried about doing that. Next comes the body, personally I am sticking with the velcro right now because I like the way it feels, I do plan to change it in the future to brackets. Doing a test fit for the body it was very difficult to get the kidney to match up with the abs. I accidentally drilled 3 holes on the right side of the kidney that I will need to patch up later (when I do, I will need some guidance with that). Having the back attached the way I believe it looked on the images, the butt piece is riding up on past my butt. I think I am going to need to do the hot water bath on the back piece too to make it longer due to my 6' 2" height. I do weight 175 right now and plan to gain a little more and work on my build so that is a reason I am waiting on the forearms. Now to what made me almost hyperventilate when I saw them taped together. The legs are so off it's scary, maybe after I do some trimming for the cover strips to hide the return edge it will look a little better. I will work on it tomorrow after I glue the back of the thighs. To sum this up for some that don't want to read it all - I am 6'2" and 175 and counting. - I am impatient but, I have been learning that I need to test things on a scrap piece, measure twice, cut when I am sure. - Aiming for level 2 certification, level 3 in the future. - Need to do the hot water bath on the left bicep due to being stuck with 2 right back bicep pieces. - Need help with filling unneeded holes in the future. - Need possible help with legs after I cut them. - Need to fix back to be longer What I need help with right now - I feel there are some gaps on pieces that are too wide at the butt and front of the pieces. I feel some strips are cut too short which worries me - Idea on how to do a hot water bath properly - Steps on filling holes that are unwanted, I know about 3 different thicknesses of abs paste. Just don't know the steps after using it - Looking over my cover strips. I have chosen to do 2 different styles which I feel might hurt me. One is the movie with the 2 45 degree cuts on the end which are on the legs. The other is almost rounded and show up on the arms. - Between the cover strips and armor there is a tiny gap for some pieces, is this bad? - My thighs seem to be okay but, I can't tell. - What are some mistakes that just CAN NOT be fixed so I can watch out for that. I really do appreciate all the help that I will receive, hoping this was not too long. I will be posting the legs and body tomorrow, both are not put together and it's late. Again I look forward to joining the 501st in future and contributing at events and things to come, I really love what you guys do for charity work and it influenced myself to pursue the 501st. Thank you!