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Man, that E6000 stuff saved millions of builds all over the world!

You could carefully and slowly dremel it down with the sanding drum. Bit by bit. Felix, you are a true trooper! Hats off to you!

More functional, less knick-knacks? Affordable? Sorry, the new look must still grow on me!

That's how it's done correctly. This avoids the darn "bleeding" of the paint. The template looks fine to me

Oh, I thought this was about the TFA trooper. I was confused. Must be the latex fumes

Just a quick question: Where would someone order the kit? I didn't find it on their HP

Oh my, sorry!

Thanks, Mark! Helpful as ever! I googled a little, and it seems appliance is RAL 9010, we call it "pure white". I wanted to use that in the first pace, because it is rather warm!

As I'm about to finish some helmets, I'm wondering what shade of white the original helmets were painted. Pure white? Slightly off white? Bluish white? You can't go by the pics for obvious reasons. Any insight would be of help! Thank you!

I always thought they were the same, just like coke and pepsi.

I currently making a chipper myself, and I'm doing a "logical" approach. Like with the hand guards, the paint comes off where the helmet is often handled. Examples: The chin, where the helmet is grabbed All the weak and thin spots Around the brow and neck trim A little on the edges etc, etc And remember: less is more! PS: Try using mustard instead of masking latex.

If you use E6000 to glue them in, you can change them in a few seconds

---------- The pic are gone, but you still "get the picutre"

There's more to a sandtrooper than just a dirty old TK

Great thread! I just dug out my helmet kit. This is going to be very helpful!

There are some "how to" s here to remove a bad paint job, like sanding, ovencleaner, etc. Cracking is fixed with an old t-shirt and super gue, To smooth the crack out some ABS paste is needed. The you need some cans of plastic primer, and several cans of high quaity. And as you said, you need replacement parts, like a helmet. A new, full armor kit will be cheaper

Collect some more and you can afford some decent hand guards!

If you look at the Brian R helmet, the left ear is quite thin

"Fancy pipe thingy to hide the velcro of the belt"

Well said! I guess every hobby can get expensive, even coin collectiing.

..and we Austriians complain about fees about 200...

Edit, I just answered my question myself. I must be a smalller s-tim, witha thin straiight edge.

Fair enough! I didn't want to question the CRL, , I ony want to build a correct replica I remember a long discussion about the cut trim some 5+ years ago, And I thought there was a conclusion by now. But it still looks different from the trim used in ANH, IMO

So, what's the word about the neck trim now? THE CRLs for Centurion state "S-shaped", but judging by this pic, it is clearly not. And it is not u-shaped, either. You can see a rough cut area in the red circle* Also visible: the red and white over spray from the primer and top coat, resluting in a nice pink. The "grey" primer, mentioned on starwarshelmets, is simply the standard HDPE clolor (RAL 7034) in a different lightnig.

Found it (again) "Wheel balancing putty"